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136 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 8h \ 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.
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133 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 8h
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.
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136 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 8h
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.
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136 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 8h
This reminds me of this Hacked podcast episode, talking about this scenario
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/hacked-29408/episodes/the-sim-farm-269335802
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136 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 8h
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.
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aeneas 7h
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.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 7h
I asked this question here on SN and seems that few people know the answer about who is "darthcoin" #1251738
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