Scammers will try to contact individuals directly via email, calls, direct messages on various platforms like Telegram, Discord, Twitter, Reddit, etc. They will often pretend to be a crypto investor that wants to exchange ideas, has “found” a very lucrative investment platform or similar. Users have to be extremely cautious when they are contacted directly from someone they don’t know.
Investors should collect as much information about a project as possible before investing.
M11
Never share private keys or seed phrases
Cryptocurrency investors should never share their private keys or seed phrases with anyone. Legitimate persons will never ask for that information. They should also avoid using screen sharing to solve technical problems since some apps include QR codes of private keys or seed phrases which could show up during the session.
M12
Avoid / turn off direct messages / Ingore strangers
Investors, who use messenger apps, should use restricting settings. Users should never trust anyone they do not know and who is contacting them in a private message. Legitimate admins of real projects will never send a direct message first.
