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Re: Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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Post by Frieren » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 9:59 AM UTC

ovulator wrote: post #29

ryandrake wrote: post #8

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I don't understand who keeps falling for this stuff. The victims are not all 90 year old grannies suffering from cognitive decline.

Large of law numbers. There are a lot of idiots out there. I had a buddy; super nice, super funny guy, late 20's, but financially an idiot. He sent a $1,000 check as "collateral" to some online "bank" to get a $10,000 "loan". I explained to him that this isn't how any of this works and he just paused and said, "Huh, so should put a stop payment on the second check?" He had sent them another $1,000 as some sort of sec…

> There are a lot of idiots out there.

Tech experts things that everybody not as knowledgeable as them are "stupid". The reality is that everybody has blind spots and fall for a scam. Maybe, you will not fall for this one because you are an expert on technology but you may be victim of some other form of scam.

To call victims "idiots" is an attitude that solves nothing. We should make sure that people gets better on-line safety education with good trustful sources starting on school. This will be too late for some people that grow in a different time and may have problems identifying this type of on-line scams, but it is not for younger generations.

Re: Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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Post by southernplaces7 » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 12:39 PM UTC

cyanydeez wrote: post #37

tantalor wrote: post #7

> the gaming site will reject the request and prompt the user to make a “verification deposit” of cryptocurrency — typically around $100 — before any money can be distributed This is called "advance fee" scam. It is hundreds of years old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam

Well, anyone who has $100 crypto bucks has already been scammed once.

Blatantly stupid takes like this little gem about crypto are part of the reason this site has become something of a joke for anything resembling a nuanced discussion about crypto, in both its cons and pros.

Re: Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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Post by johnisgood » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 2:16 PM UTC

tantalor wrote: post #7

> the gaming site will reject the request and prompt the user to make a “verification deposit” of cryptocurrency — typically around $100 — before any money can be distributed This is called "advance fee" scam. It is hundreds of years old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam

And it is not limited to crypto at all.

> An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is a common scam. The scam works by promising the victim a large sum of money in return for a small upfront payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

I have encountered it many times during my life, long before crypto was a thing.

Re: Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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Post by dpoloncsak » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 4:48 PM UTC

Frieren wrote: post #51

ovulator wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Large of law numbers. There are a lot of idiots out there. I had a buddy; super nice, super funny guy, late 20's, but financially an idiot. He sent a $1,000 check as "collateral" to some online "bank" to get a $10,000 "loan". I explained to him that this isn't how any of this works and he just paused and said, "Huh, so should put a stop payment on the second check?" He had sent them another $1,000 as some sort of sec…

> There are a lot of idiots out there. Tech experts things that everybody not as knowledgeable as them are "stupid". The reality is that everybody has blind spots and fall for a scam. Maybe, you will not fall for this one because you are an expert on technology but you may be victim of some other form of scam. To call victims "idiots" is an attitude that solves nothing. We should make sure that people gets better on-…

I assume everything is predatory towards my wallet until proven otherwise

Re: Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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Post by fknorangesite » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 6:23 PM UTC

eddythompson80 wrote: post #44

nottorp wrote: post #43

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> You can gamify anything Actually gamifying is as predatory as gambling so what's your point again?

Don’t call it gaming. Gaming is good and has nothing to do with gambling. What is your point? Ok look. If you put poison in food, it ceases to be food. It’s just poison at that point. Calling it food or even poisoned food is only an attempt to besmirch the good name of food. Food is always good for you. Any food that’s not good for you by definition isn’t food and no one can mistake it for food and any attempt at cal…

You are about five hundred years late to this argument.

Re: Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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Post by cyanydeez » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 8:52 PM UTC

southernplaces7 wrote: post #52

cyanydeez wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, anyone who has $100 crypto bucks has already been scammed once.

Blatantly stupid takes like this little gem about crypto are part of the reason this site has become something of a joke for anything resembling a nuanced discussion about crypto, in both its cons and pros.

If it quacks like an orange duck, it's a grift.

Also, do you think anyone cares that this site has less crypto propaganda.

Re: Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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Post by southernplaces7 » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 11:47 PM UTC

cyanydeez wrote: post #56

southernplaces7 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Blatantly stupid takes like this little gem about crypto are part of the reason this site has become something of a joke for anything resembling a nuanced discussion about crypto, in both its cons and pros.

If it quacks like an orange duck, it's a grift. Also, do you think anyone cares that this site has less crypto propaganda.

another moronically flippant response, and no, discussing -on a "hacker" tech news site no less- the nuances of a unique technology that effectively works as a hack against the deeply controlled playing field of financial transactions, is not "propaganda". The sheer ignorance and dismissive naval gazing about crypto on this site is pathological among some, a sort of childish resentment that strays far from rational consideration.

Re: Scammers unleash flood of online gaming sites

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Post by don_neufeld » Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 2:00 PM UTC

quickthrowman wrote: post #36

don_neufeld wrote: post #31

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I get between 5-10 per day, so I’d say you’re just lucky.

Are you recently divorced? Just curious if public filings like divorce decrees would make someone a target for pig butchering scams.

No