Cryptocurrency scams

[qldfrog]

And the fact these outsourced call centers where genuine employees of banks etc are in Bangladesh and dirt poor countries, able to get your userid password.secret questions etc..
I mean how naive are we..I would perfectly understand them, how big is really 10k for you, but this could be life and death for them, a child etc
Worse, i read horrendous reports on Chinese triads kidnapping philipinos burmeses and locking them in a house forced 12h a day to calling fellow richer compatriots or some westerners to scam them.
So the actual guy trying to scam you could be a victim too...

 

[Dona Ferentes]

From the AFR:

Mark Carnegie, Australia’s highest-profile cryptocurrency investor, said a 31-year-old South Korean entrepreneur who started the now-collapsed Terraform Labs cryptocurrency business and may be on the run from authorities was “just another one of these super-bright scumbags” who did not understand business history.

Mr Carnegie, the founder of MHC Digital Finance, said he invested in Do Kwon’s luna cryptocurrency, which fell from $120 in April to 0.05¢. Simultaneous falls of another cryptocurrency connected to luna, terraUSD, contributed to a global rout in blockchain assets this year.

“We owned some luna,” Mr Carnegie said from Singapore, where he lives. “We net ended up square or maybe down a bit. With a Ponzi scheme you are trying to get in and out early."

.... I'm finding it very hard to understand if there's any difference in character between the two mentioned.
PS love that low tax regime , eh?

 

[Miner]

I searched for Crypto on ASF and found this thread. The last posting was a rare one about a year back from none but our @Joe Blow.
Hoping some of you would be on crypto (I am yet to be after missing the opportunity to get into BTC back in 2017, thinking it was all but a scam.
Anyway long story short: does anyone know this person Michael Allision? A Crypto Trader who apparently is only happy with a 15% commission on the profits you earn but he takes control of your account if you are unable to spend time while using his trading system. His Instagram picture comes with a flashy car. Michael is an Australian settled in the USA. Too prompt in following up queries and that begs me the question if someone makes multi-millions why he or she operates on a Gmail Account, so keen to help others with a 15% only profit share?
Whatsapp no is also shared.
There are a few like this when I researched.
Has anyone dealt with him or similar traders?
How legitimate these people are?

https://www.instagram.com/tradewithmichaelson_/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/harriso18494222?lang=en

Video from Buffaet - 10 months back
Some of the profile pictures of Michael Allison

very flashy points with sun glasses and gym fit figure for sure

Michael Allison crypto trader - Google Search

 

[Joe Blow]

Anyway long story short: does anyone know this person Michael Allision? A Crypto Trader who apparently is only happy with a 15% commission on the profits you earn but he takes control of your account if you are unable to spend time while using his trading system. His Instagram picture comes with a flashy car. Michael is an Australian settled in the USA. Too prompt in following up queries and that begs me the question if someone makes multi-millions why he or she operates on a Gmail Account, so keen to help others with a 15% only profit share?
Whatsapp no is also shared.
There are a few like this when I researched.
Has anyone dealt with him or similar traders?
How legitimate these people are?

https://www.instagram.com/tradewithmichaelson_/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/harriso18494222?lang=en

Video from Buffaet - 10 months back
Some of the profile pictures of Michael Allison

very flashy points with sun glasses and gym fit figure for sure

This is a scam, probably run out of Nigeria. Don't go near it.

 

[Miner]

This is a scam, probably run out of Nigeria. Don't go near it.

Thanks Joe.
Michael does use a USA no +1 631 518 xxxx. But with Whatsapp, anyone can use the US no and operate from Nigeria and alike.
I often get calls using Brisbane no when the calls are originated from outside Australia. Our half of energy is to detect frauds due to developed technology.

 

[Joe Blow]

Thanks Joe.
Michael does use a USA no +1 631 518 xxxx. But with Whatsapp, anyone can use the US no and operate from Nigeria and alike.
I often get calls using Brisbane no when the calls are originated from outside Australia. Our half of energy is to detect frauds due to developed technology.

It's easy to get an international phone number these days. Here's an article showing Nigerians how to get a US phone number. Be careful out there. The internet is filled with predators.

 

[Miner]

It's easy to get an international phone number these days. Here's an article showing Nigerians how to get a US phone number. Be careful out there. The internet is filled with predators.

Gees @Joe Blow
You are a hidden treasure. that's awesome and thanks a lot.

 

[Value Collector]

This advert has been appearing on ASF, it’s obviously a scam, it’s basically the same old thing where they hijack a celebrity and say they are sharing some secret way to make money. This time it’s koshy.

@Joe Blow if I click on this ad every time I see it will it help generate revenue for asf at the expense of these scammers? 😅

 

[Joe Blow]

This advert has been appearing on ASF, it’s obviously a scam, it’s basically the same old thing where they hijack a celebrity and say they are sharing some secret way to make money. This time it’s koshy.

@Joe Blow if I click on this ad every time I see it will it help generate revenue for asf at the expense of these scammers? 😅

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I've noticed a few dodgy ads appearing recently. I will go in and block as many as I can find this weekend.

BTW, the answer to your question is yes.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

@Joe Blow if I click on this ad every time I see it will it help generate revenue for asf at the expense of these scammers? 😅

And that's a bit of a Faustian dilemma.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

And that's a bit of a Faustian dilemma.

A bloke called Faust checked in to the hotel last night and was shouting the bar and ordering Chicken Parmies for all and sundry.

The dilemma is should he be thrun out?

My philosophic side says he should.

gg

 

[Joe Blow]

I just nuked at bunch of dodgy ads. Hopefully you won't be seeing any more of them... for now at least.

 

[farmerge]

I just nuked at bunch of dodgy ads. Hopefully you won't be seeing any more of them... for now at least.

Tiresome, aren't they, to say the least.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Tiresome, aren't they, to say the least.

And dangerous, the web is watching you.

An example I was discussing with a high honcho in the LNP today via phone what chances the Lib/Nats had at beating The ALP in 2025.

He thought it was too early to say so I duckduckgoed " betting sites Australia Federal election 2025 : and got a link. ( don't bet much on the ponies except for Melbourne Cup or if I've been given a tip that a horse has been "readied " for the chance of a win.

Anyways a few minutes later I went on Twitter and my timeline was full of Betting outfit advertisements. I never see such ads, it's usually IT or Investing Ads for some reason.

Every time you click on anything you are giving information about yourself away.

gg

Libs 2.6 Lab 1.5 btw.

gg

 

[farmerge]

And dangerous, the web is watching you.

An example I was discussing with a high honcho in the LNP today via phone what chances the Lib/Nats had at beating The ALP in 2025.

He thought it was too early to say so I duckduckgoed " betting sites Australia Federal election 2025 : and got a link. ( don't bet much on the ponies except for Melbourne Cup or if I've been given a tip that a horse has been "readied " for the chance of a win.

Anyways a few minutes later I went on Twitter and my timeline was full of Betting outfit advertisements. I never see such ads, it's usually IT or Investing Ads for some reason.

Every time you click on anything you are giving information about yourself away.

gg

Libs 2.6 Lab 1.5 btw.

gg

Worse than than Big Brother (Govt) watching over your shoulder.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Every Breath You Take https://g.co/kgs/cHa1LA

 

[farmerge]

Every Breath You Take https://g.co/kgs/cHa1LA

Shallow of deep??

 

[Dona Ferentes]

I just nuked at bunch of dodgy ads. Hopefully you won't be seeing any more of them... for now at least.

He's back, but changed banks!!

 

[Joe Blow]

He's back, but changed banks!!

With the amount of conmen and scammers Google allow to put ads on their platform, getting rid of dodgy ads is a bit like playing whack-a-mole. Knock one down and another quickly pops up in its place.

 

[So_Cynical]

The Kochie scam has been around for many months, a few people have already fallen for it as its been in the media a bit, The banks etc should start advertising about these scams - proper advertising no just the odd email and text warning, 30 second TV ads.