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Attention! New type of fraud! Where you can get caught too:(
6 months ago
Yesterday, a person wrote to me on another social network where I run an account with drawings of a different type (not commercial, but only for myself, I don’t have many subscribers there, and views of 1-5 thousand on each video) with a simple request to buy my art for NFT. This initially seemed very suspicious to me, but my friend and I decided to allocate 20 minutes of time to check this (it would be better if I worked for these 20 minutes...) I write that we can make a deal through PayPal or USDT, to which this brilliant person (or bot?) replies that he only conducts transactions through a special site for NFT sales and purchases.
The name of this link started with deluxe art (don't go there under any circumstances, and if you are given any links except for sites like opensea, DO NOT GO THERE) The funniest thing is: 70% of the site's buttons didn't work and its code was displayed in the palm of my hand:) What goes where. I understand programming a little bit in parts of code and I was interested in what they would answer me about this. In response, you will always get the same answer: "I already told you this is a verified site"
I couldn't understand what they were getting out of it (I registered a fake email with a fake password and was there with computer protection and a VPN) But I found some information on Reddit, I'll show you:
«If you have been contacted on Instagram or other social platform and offered a ridiculous sum to mint your art, it is a scam. I could yada yada about things being too good to be true, but we’re all looking for that opportunity and some extremely intelligent and experienced people have fallen for these scams.»
You get the idea. There’s any number of ways you can be victimized once you’re communicating directly with scammers. Always be cautious. Anybody can fall victim to these scams. Our judgement can be impaired for any number of reasons, the most important thing is to note a few critical things:
«You will never have to send fees for any sort of verification on a major platform
You should never click a link from a stranger that you can find yourself, and if you can’t, question why that is. Clicking one link is all it can take. QR codes are links, treat them with caution.
Always pay attention to the prompts when you sign a transaction. Specifically look for things like approve_all or anything beyond a simple signature. Wallets are much better these days about providing you with warnings about the functions of certain contracts, but you should never rely solely on this. Always read prompts.
There is no recourse. Transactions on the blockchain are not reversible. Once things are gone, they’re gone for good.»
In short, I'll explain the principle briefly: a stranger knocks on your personal messages, offers an amount of ETH or something like that, you register on the site, they supposedly buy your drawings, so that a large transaction can take place, they ask you to have at least some amount in your wallet and they receive your works, your data, your money.
Friends, be careful!!!
The name of this link started with deluxe art (don't go there under any circumstances, and if you are given any links except for sites like opensea, DO NOT GO THERE) The funniest thing is: 70% of the site's buttons didn't work and its code was displayed in the palm of my hand:) What goes where. I understand programming a little bit in parts of code and I was interested in what they would answer me about this. In response, you will always get the same answer: "I already told you this is a verified site"
I couldn't understand what they were getting out of it (I registered a fake email with a fake password and was there with computer protection and a VPN) But I found some information on Reddit, I'll show you:
«If you have been contacted on Instagram or other social platform and offered a ridiculous sum to mint your art, it is a scam. I could yada yada about things being too good to be true, but we’re all looking for that opportunity and some extremely intelligent and experienced people have fallen for these scams.»
You get the idea. There’s any number of ways you can be victimized once you’re communicating directly with scammers. Always be cautious. Anybody can fall victim to these scams. Our judgement can be impaired for any number of reasons, the most important thing is to note a few critical things:
«You will never have to send fees for any sort of verification on a major platform
You should never click a link from a stranger that you can find yourself, and if you can’t, question why that is. Clicking one link is all it can take. QR codes are links, treat them with caution.
Always pay attention to the prompts when you sign a transaction. Specifically look for things like approve_all or anything beyond a simple signature. Wallets are much better these days about providing you with warnings about the functions of certain contracts, but you should never rely solely on this. Always read prompts.
There is no recourse. Transactions on the blockchain are not reversible. Once things are gone, they’re gone for good.»
In short, I'll explain the principle briefly: a stranger knocks on your personal messages, offers an amount of ETH or something like that, you register on the site, they supposedly buy your drawings, so that a large transaction can take place, they ask you to have at least some amount in your wallet and they receive your works, your data, your money.
Friends, be careful!!!
