[vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”New crypto scam appeared on Facebook: a publication on the page called Crypto Capital promises to give out up to 200 Ethereum in celebration of the community growth.“][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_heading title=”A well organized crypto scam on Facebook” size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”The method is always the same: some event, crypto event as a present and a request for sending certain amount of crypto to the ETH address on order to increase the bonus.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Scam artists promised from 3 to 15 ETH in exchange for depositing 1-5 ETH coins.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Besides, there were several fake comments proving that some “users” really got the reward. But they were not accompanied by transaction details or any address.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”At first sight, the newcomers may think the scheme is secure but in reality all coins get to criminals.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”One of the main blockchain benefits is transparency, so there is a possibility to obtain a lot of information such as crypto address for forwarding crypto published by fraudsters.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Thus, we can check if there were any ingoing or outgoing transactions, and considering the fact that ETH blockchain uses smart contracts for altcoin exchanges we can also track the transactions via them.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Consequently, when the address was checked it became obvious there was only one 1-ETH ingoing transaction but no outgoing transactions that were supposed to send 3 ETH coins in return.”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_paragraph text=”Furthermore, no smart contracts connected with the scheme have been detected. This is further evidence of that the commentaries were a total lie.”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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