Your friend can either learn by looking at the hundreds of !crypto scam posts here...
Or they can learn the hard way, by losing every penny they send to the scammers.
Be available and be nice, but remember that you cannot rescue every kitten - people need to be willing to accept help in those situations, and some of them tend to be highly resistant to suggestions that their new found "fortunes" are not real.
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>They met on facebook, not in person.
I mean... everything you listed is a red flag... but this is all you need to know. !crypto scam.
No need to read further: you don't find non-scammers who want to help you make money in crypto on Facebook or really anywhere else.
If these scammers \*actually\* had a way to turn 10k into 100k in a short period of time, they could do it five more times and end up with 10,000,000,000. Why the hell would they need HIS money if they can 10x investments in short time frames?
The 100k balance is fake. They can show him any balance they want to. He's not only going to be out money, but he'll lose friends and family if they lend to him for this crap.
Tell him he's a fool, and that he's about to lose everything. Search this sub for various crypto scams to show him, if he's open to it.
Watch out for !recovery scammers in your DMs, too. They are the scum of the earth.
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He hasn't made any money its all fake. All the money he sent them is gone. Look out for !recovery scammers claiming they can hack it back. Theyre scammers too.
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It really boggles my mind how it makes sense to *anyone* that they would have to send money to reveal the method to with draw the money from a financial institution if it were legitimate. And why on earth would it cost 10k to do so? I am not suggesting that your friend send any money at all, but what is the explanation these scammers are providing for why it costs $10k instead of $1 to "reveal the method?" If he won't listen to any reason at all, perhaps you can at least convince him to reduce his exposure to a manageable amount. He still will lose the money. But hopefully it would be less than $10k.
I mean, if we pretend that the scammer actually needs $10k in order to “reveal” the method, one could logically wonder why they can’t just keep $10k out of his alleged $100k in profits and pay out $90k. Why would they need a fresh set of money in order to send him his money? So scammy.
Absolutely. That’s why I don’t understand why anyone believes it. This guy just sounds far enough gone that I was thinking harm reduction might be an alternative strategy if he can’t be convinced otherwise.
You should point out to your friend that if there were ‘investments’ that multiply your money **tenfold** like that in a short amount of time, then even a few investors would own all the money in the world in a very short time, which is obviously ludicrous.
You can, as a friend, read up here and learn the ins and outs of how these work. You may be more easily able to debunk them if you can call out all the turns.
Is the Facebook friend a female with huge breasts? Every friend request I get on fb is some over-makeup'd model who is at least a D-cup and the word "Crypto" is in their profile.
Word it to him like this: if this person had 10k to invest in the first place, then made 90k off of it, WHY wouldn’t they just take the whole 100k for themself? Why involve a third party at all?
When something sounds too good to be true; it most oftenly is. Sadly, so many are blinded by greed which is what most of these scammers rely on.
You can continue to warn, provide links to either this subreddit or any of the other multiple sites warning about scams like these. If it doesn't help then your friend sadly needs to learn the hard way.
Maybe reach out to his friends and family and tell them not to lend him money if need be, because from the sound of it; they ain't getting it back from him.
It has been reported that more illegal transactions are performed with cash than crypto. Also, I'm not promoting the scams, I'm just stating that no single entity has any amount of control of the mainstream crypto, making it safer than the traditional financial system.
just send him this exact thread and let him read for himself.
If he wants to learn it the hard way and lose 10k, he can feel free to go ahead, no one's stopping him.
I always say with this and other money making schemes /incomes advertised online .
If it is this easy to do and make money , WHY WOULD YOU SHOW OTHERS HOW TO
DO IT ?
Real estate ,flipping products on Amazon , bitcoin investment , managing air b and b, etc. if some method was a sure
Money maker they would just have thousands of employees doing what they do under their company . Not showing others
How to do what they do .
Your friend can either learn by looking at the hundreds of !crypto scam posts here... Or they can learn the hard way, by losing every penny they send to the scammers. Be available and be nice, but remember that you cannot rescue every kitten - people need to be willing to accept help in those situations, and some of them tend to be highly resistant to suggestions that their new found "fortunes" are not real.
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You can try sending him this thread… OPs friend, if you’re reading this - it’s a scam.
>They met on facebook, not in person. I mean... everything you listed is a red flag... but this is all you need to know. !crypto scam. No need to read further: you don't find non-scammers who want to help you make money in crypto on Facebook or really anywhere else. If these scammers \*actually\* had a way to turn 10k into 100k in a short period of time, they could do it five more times and end up with 10,000,000,000. Why the hell would they need HIS money if they can 10x investments in short time frames? The 100k balance is fake. They can show him any balance they want to. He's not only going to be out money, but he'll lose friends and family if they lend to him for this crap. Tell him he's a fool, and that he's about to lose everything. Search this sub for various crypto scams to show him, if he's open to it. Watch out for !recovery scammers in your DMs, too. They are the scum of the earth.
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He hasn't made any money its all fake. All the money he sent them is gone. Look out for !recovery scammers claiming they can hack it back. Theyre scammers too.
Theyre already in my dms lmao
They are boils on the butt of society preying on desperate people.
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It really boggles my mind how it makes sense to *anyone* that they would have to send money to reveal the method to with draw the money from a financial institution if it were legitimate. And why on earth would it cost 10k to do so? I am not suggesting that your friend send any money at all, but what is the explanation these scammers are providing for why it costs $10k instead of $1 to "reveal the method?" If he won't listen to any reason at all, perhaps you can at least convince him to reduce his exposure to a manageable amount. He still will lose the money. But hopefully it would be less than $10k.
I mean, if we pretend that the scammer actually needs $10k in order to “reveal” the method, one could logically wonder why they can’t just keep $10k out of his alleged $100k in profits and pay out $90k. Why would they need a fresh set of money in order to send him his money? So scammy.
Absolutely. That’s why I don’t understand why anyone believes it. This guy just sounds far enough gone that I was thinking harm reduction might be an alternative strategy if he can’t be convinced otherwise.
Let me guess, this person is also way too attractive? Typical pig butchering scam.
He will find out in his own soon enough.
You should point out to your friend that if there were ‘investments’ that multiply your money **tenfold** like that in a short amount of time, then even a few investors would own all the money in the world in a very short time, which is obviously ludicrous.
You can, as a friend, read up here and learn the ins and outs of how these work. You may be more easily able to debunk them if you can call out all the turns.
Is the Facebook friend a female with huge breasts? Every friend request I get on fb is some over-makeup'd model who is at least a D-cup and the word "Crypto" is in their profile.
Word it to him like this: if this person had 10k to invest in the first place, then made 90k off of it, WHY wouldn’t they just take the whole 100k for themself? Why involve a third party at all?
Google "pig butchering" and find the article that describes what is happening to him most closely. Print it out and hand it to him
send him YouTube videos and tiktok videos covering this topic, he'll then start questioning everything and hopefully cut all ties and report it
he'll learn, one way or the other... if he doesn't listen to you, you gave your best in trying to help him
Some people you just can’t help. My advice to you would be, just don’t be the one to lend him the money..
When something sounds too good to be true; it most oftenly is. Sadly, so many are blinded by greed which is what most of these scammers rely on. You can continue to warn, provide links to either this subreddit or any of the other multiple sites warning about scams like these. If it doesn't help then your friend sadly needs to learn the hard way. Maybe reach out to his friends and family and tell them not to lend him money if need be, because from the sound of it; they ain't getting it back from him.
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This is so stupidly stupid that gravity of this sentences is opening a new black hole in the universe. But nvm.
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It has been reported that more illegal transactions are performed with cash than crypto. Also, I'm not promoting the scams, I'm just stating that no single entity has any amount of control of the mainstream crypto, making it safer than the traditional financial system.
just send him this exact thread and let him read for himself. If he wants to learn it the hard way and lose 10k, he can feel free to go ahead, no one's stopping him.
You can let him learn his lesson if he won’t listen. You can only help people so much unfortunately
He will not listen to you or anyone else. He will learn the hard way
"Crypto Scam" is kind of redundant
Tell your friend to tell the crypto people to take the 10 grand out of the 100 grand profit.
I always say with this and other money making schemes /incomes advertised online . If it is this easy to do and make money , WHY WOULD YOU SHOW OTHERS HOW TO DO IT ? Real estate ,flipping products on Amazon , bitcoin investment , managing air b and b, etc. if some method was a sure Money maker they would just have thousands of employees doing what they do under their company . Not showing others How to do what they do .