05-27-2021, 06:32 PM
BEWARE this scam!
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>just saw this scam posted earlier but was removed because the user didnt have enough karma.</p> <p>scammer drops a wallet with the keys in public. within the wallet is the bait alt coin in the $X000s.</p> <p>saying something like “leaving the crypto space. fastest fingers gets it, good luck!”</p> <p>but heres the catch, there isnt enough ETH to withdraw/pay the gas fees. so the scammer sits and waits for gullible users to add ETH to attempt to withdraw the altcoin, then WITHDRAWS the ETH to their private wallet whilst the sucker is attempting to get the alt coin!</p> <p>EDIT: further explanation/link courtesy of <a href="/u/watahboy">u/watahboy</a></p> <p>Its a honeypot address contract scam. They are constantly happening and are still being made all the time. here's another contract fail honeypot <a href="https://twitter.com/asynctomatic/status/1370751370811297793">https://twitter.com/asynctomatic/status/1370751370811297793</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/HN1L"> /u/HN1L </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nltqnq/beware_this_scam/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nltqnq/beware_this_scam/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>just saw this scam posted earlier but was removed because the user didnt have enough karma.</p> <p>scammer drops a wallet with the keys in public. within the wallet is the bait alt coin in the $X000s.</p> <p>saying something like “leaving the crypto space. fastest fingers gets it, good luck!”</p> <p>but heres the catch, there isnt enough ETH to withdraw/pay the gas fees. so the scammer sits and waits for gullible users to add ETH to attempt to withdraw the altcoin, then WITHDRAWS the ETH to their private wallet whilst the sucker is attempting to get the alt coin!</p> <p>EDIT: further explanation/link courtesy of <a href="/u/watahboy">u/watahboy</a></p> <p>Its a honeypot address contract scam. They are constantly happening and are still being made all the time. here's another contract fail honeypot <a href="https://twitter.com/asynctomatic/status/1370751370811297793">https://twitter.com/asynctomatic/status/1370751370811297793</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/HN1L"> /u/HN1L </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nltqnq/beware_this_scam/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/nltqnq/beware_this_scam/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R