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136 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 2h \ parent \ on: Jor almost lost a lot of BTC from a Signal scam bitcoin

Re: edit. That's what I thought. It's just a bunch of kids with a call list. What you should worry about is how you got on the list.

133 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 2h

I'm not sure what it costs to join Club Orange, but it's kind of a high bar just to run a failed scam and get barred from the site. Whoever did it must have been confident in his abilities to make that investment. I'm not so sure it's just kids.

136 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 2h

Kids are often being recruited by syndicates - like the ones operating the scam compounds in Myanmar. They are vulnerable, uncertain and want to make a quick buck. The investment is not done by the person you talked with.

136 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 1h

This reminds me of this Hacked podcast episode, talking about this scenario

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/hacked-29408/episodes/the-sim-farm-269335802

136 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 2h

What you should worry about is how you got on the list.

very few even think about... Because they still do not know how to separate the public from private.

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @Hector_of_Troy 51m

Because they still do not know how to separate the public from private.

This is one of the smartest things you mention in your guides, by the way. It would go a long way toward stopping incidents like the OP if people implemented it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 46m

I asked this question here on SN and seems that few people know the answer about who is "darthcoin" #1251738