I received a message from an unregistered Whatsapp number asking me if I wanted to send them specific screenshots from a specific website for a daily pay of up to $60. First, I looked into this Whatsapp number and discovered that it was registered to a private individual, not a company; they did not have a profile photo, and nothing about them screamed legal organization or company.
It was a WhatsApp number associated with a South African country, but I know this is a simple trick that even inexperienced internet scammers can use. This person made a mistake by making the offer too good to be true.
It was initially too difficult for me to resist asking this person what the job entails, and they proceeded to provide the details, which is where I backed out. I wanted to keep asking this person about the job details, but I was too busy to do so.
Another scam alert was that this Whatsapp job offer lacked a human touch. It felt too AI-like, as if it were a prewritten conversation. In fact, this person could have simply copied and pasted these things from the internet and sent them to me.
There were so many red flags, and taking screenshots to earn up to $60 seems unrealistic. Many people have attempted to scam me on the internet, but the last time I was scammed was in 2011, which was about 13 years ago when I was still under the age of 20.
Although I have lost a lot of money over the years due to overzealousness and attempting to be too smart, I have never truly lost to a scammer out of greed. I will not say it is because I am smart; I believe it comes down to the fact that I do not have enough money to lose.
Now, I am not sure what this scammer wants; he or she will most likely pull off some shady things in the future, but I do not think I have the time to waste.
Too Little For Too Much
Now, the reason people get scammed in the first place is because they want way too much for so little. I understand that everyone wants to make money in life, but when people start looking for the next x1M with little effort, they are more likely to fall victim to a scam, which is exactly how scammers operate.
But this person has no idea that I would never have fallen for something like this. This is far too much money for so little effort. Perhaps they could have made it look more realistic. I understand that you need to persuade people with an irresistible offer, but *90%" of things that sound too good to be true are, in fact, too good.
Although other red flags could have helped me see through this person's deception, it was a good effort by an inexperienced scammer.
However, many things that seem too good to be true in life are true; it is just that they are extremely rare.
HBD's 20% APR sparked a lot of debate
One of these was the 20% APR for HBD. It was so good that some projects were labeled as scams by Twitter users. However, they were unwilling to simply try it to see what happened. These guys have probably been on web3 for a long time and have seen Luna, and stuff like Luna makes realistic stuff like HBD look like a joke.
Now we have HBD at 15%, and I believe it will stay there for a long time. The witnesses believe it is time to reconsider the 20% APR, which has been in place for over four years.
As I previously stated, we cannot have too many "too good" things in life; they are simply too rare, and Hive is one of those rarest places. I read a post by libertycrypto in which he stated that he discovered Hive through paid content on the Internet over 5 years ago.
He also mentioned that over 9 of those ventures have died, but Hive has only gotten better in 5 years; this is another topic for another day, but I just wanted to throw an allusion in so you could understand what I mean.
Again, we have seen so many red in the crypto market, and we no longer trust anything that appears green; we see everything green as a bull trap, and this is due to the previous 24 months of endless dips. Do not be fooled; instead, be prepared.
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