🚨How to recognize a scam?
It is not always easy to distinguish fraudulent platforms from those that are not. However, certain signs should alert you.
Scammers with a well-crafted speech…
Scammers use well-known techniques. They contact their future victim by email, phone, via social networks or private messaging, sometimes after the victim has left their contact details in a form on a site offering to invest in “cryptocurrencies.”
They initially show great friendliness and try to establish a climate of trust. Their speech is always very elaborate, and they often rely on a whole network of fake “industry professionals.” They emphasize the rise of “cryptocurrencies,” especially bitcoin, and dangle a 2.0 currency with very attractive returns.
Scammers invite their future victim to invest their money directly on a fraudulent platform, which is obviously not authorized to offer services on crypto-assets; or they offer to convert their money with an authorized PSAN before directing them to a fraudulent trading platform.
After investing small amounts at first, a first withdrawal of the so-called profits is granted. The victim, now fully trusting the investment, invests larger amounts that, this time, will never be recovered.
The contacts eventually become unreachable or find various excuses to avoid making new withdrawals (amount blocked for a minimum duration, technical problem, etc.). In some cases, they even request additional payments to resolve the issue, for example by claiming the payment of fake “taxes” or fake “fees.”
