Cryptocurrency Scams

Introduction

Often, but NOT always, an attractive East Asian woman will be used as bait for a cryptocurrency scam.
The person using the image might, for example, be:

Regardless of whether the person that a victim or potential victim is communicating with is one of the bullet items above, or some other person, once a stranger on the internet starts suggesting that you put money into cryptocurrency, that is all that you need to know that he or she is a scammer.
Cryptocurrency themed scams are extremely common on the internet.
You should not be at all surprised if a:

is the victim of a cryptocurrency scam.
If so, the sooner that you can intervene, the better.
The more that a victim of a cryptocurrency scam loses, the more resistant he or she may be to accepting that it is a scam.
The victim of an ongoing cryptocurrency scam might use language such as:
"I know it is a scam, but I find it entertaining!"
Even if we were to pretend that the above statement were true, the entertainment stops once the victim has given his or her last thing of value to the scammer.
Someone with a well-rested mind might find it comical that anyone would believe that:

might be outright desperate to have an intimate relationship with him or her, if only he or she would put money in an unknown crypto website, but somewhere as I am typing this, that very scam is being played out.
As you scroll down this web page, I will list some things for you to look for when trying to explain to someone that he or she is in a crypto scam.

Website Registration Dates

If you look up the registration date for a cryptocurrency themed scam website, you may see that the website was created recently.

If you do not remember how to look up website registration dates, please see my web page below:

Website hosts and website address registrars vary greatly in their tolerance for scammers.

Hallmarks

Even if a scam cryptocurrency website was not recently registered, cryptocurrency scams often have the following hallmarks:

Unrealistic claims are among the most universal hallmarks of cryptocurrency scams.
Scroll down to read more about unrealistic claims.
Click on the links below to read my web pages about other hallmarks.

Unrealistic claims are among the most universal hallmarks of cryptocurrency scams.
Scroll down to read more about unrealistic claims.
Click on the links above to read my web pages about other hallmarks.

Unrealistic Claims

The Wikipedia page on Bernie Madoff references Madoff promising returns of 18% to 20% per year.
Cryptocurrency scammers purport to be able to do even better.
As in Madoff's case, the promised returns are complete nonsense.
Unlike Madoff's case, there is a substantial chance that a cryptocurrency scammer lives outside the United States.

Gambling

If you have some absolutely irresistible need to gamble, consider your state's lottery.
You will still likely lose all or most of your money, but at least some amount of your losses may go into local services.
My point is not that putting money into a lottery is a good idea.
It is merely a less bad idea than contributing your money to a cryptocurrency scam.