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Users of Umbrel, MyNode, Lighting in a Box, Start9, Trezors, Ledgers, Coldcards, Passports etc...

Please be cautious in Telegram and Discord groups asking for help if something is not working. There are scammers and teams of scammers that monitor these groups and will DM you to try to solicit information about your node, seed words, private keys, accounts etc under the guise that they are support or the lead developers on projects.

DO NOT EVER ENTER SEED WORDS INTO A WEB SITE, no matter who you think you are talking to
DO NOT UPLOAD wallet files
DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL "REPAIR" SOFTWARE that isn't in common use, verifiable etc.
DO NOT TRUST NAMES AND AVATARS to be who you think they are. VERIFY.

There is really no reason to ever immediately go to DMs for support. Issues can and should be solved in public where possible so that others can search for the same solution, and chime in if something is nefarious.

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kidwarp · 115w

Just don’t use TG it’s a lot easier 🤣

Here's an example of one of these scammers that reached out to me in DMs after fishing for a scammer. An hour ahead of me time wise. English isn't perfect. https://i.nostr.build/VQw7.png

If you got to the level of running a node and you give away your seed voluntarily. There was no hope to begin with.

I think a #mainvolume issued license is required to think. I think I am European, Swedish in fact. I think I am created by Sina for mainvolume.com https://apps.apple.com/de/app/sys/id1439243037?l=en-GB

The telegram support model is really bad in this bitcoin space

DarthCoin ₿⚡️ · 115w

I will strongly recommend to Telegram users to activate the (hidden) option to show the user unique Telegram ID. Go to Settings -> Advanced -> Experimental settings -> Show peer IDs in profile. That way you can see exactly with WHO you are talking, comparing the original user ID (from the main grou...

nostrich · 115w

Should be common sense. Why are people still falling for that... 🙄

It's a nightmare, as soon as you ask anything with the word help or issue or anything related, you get spammed by bot (or not) inpersonating admin or reputable people in the channel. There should be a way to mitigate that, no? Like a reputation system, or only having PM from users that have an old e...