Conversation with Crypto Scammers: How to Protect Your Crypto Assets?
Original author:Rekt Fencer, Cryptographer
Original compilation: Leo, BlockBeats
Original compilation: Leo, BlockBeats
Wallet is the most basic facility for Web 3 users, but no matter how cautious you are, some fraudulent websites will still have the private data of the wallet. Encryption researcher Rekt Fencer interviewed a person who defrauded encrypted assets, and sorted out his modus operandi, I hope everyone can understand some encryption scams and take corresponding measures. BlockBeats organizes and compiles them as follows:
This article is based on an interview with a real crypto scammer and the information presented is for educational purposes only and is not meant to suggest or encourage others to follow suit.
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Who are potential victims of scams? anyone
Usually, scammers will use different pretexts to try to get the target to download some software or share passwords/mnemonic phrases. The person I interviewed said that he is a programmer himself and sells "so-called earning money" to his victims. A lot of money" program.
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It mostly depends on the tricks the conman applies and the method he uses to deceive people. For example, a scammer with only 6 months of experience can easily make $5000-10000 per month.
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What data do crooks steal?
For example, how MetaMask wallets get hacked, if you install malware that sends all your computer data to crooks, they can crack your MetaMask wallet with a password cracking program. But what you can do is set some long and complex passwords, if you set a password longer than 15-20 characters, they will have a hard time cracking your password.
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How Scammers Launder Money
There are actually many ways to exchange the fraudulent encrypted assets into US dollars, but the people I interviewed did this through the Exodus wallet:
- Deposit money on the BSC network;
-Exchange the token into XRP;
-Transfer to CEX through fake KYC;
-Exchange tokens from CEX to cash dollars.
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how to avoid being scammed
Therefore, there are some ways to prevent users from being deceived, such as:
- Use antivirus software Avast or McAfee;
- Never save passwords in your browser;
- limit the right to download from the Internet;
- Do not take screenshots and save photos of mnemonics/passwords.
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Security Guidelines for Tel and DiscordIn addition, you can go to see Officer's Notes about Tel and Discordsafety guide
,include:
- What to do with data and devices if you install malware?
- How to change passwords for social media, trading platforms and email accounts"
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epilogue
I hope the above content can help you. Earning tokens is important, but keeping tokens safe is the end.
