{"id":2797,"date":"2024-06-30T11:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T11:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoin-zukan.com\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2024-06-30T11:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T11:06:23","slug":"scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoin-zukan.com\/en\/learn-en\/scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Many in Japan Mistakenly Believe Bitcoin is a Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bitcoin is somehow suspicious and I hear people say it’s a scam.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin is legally recognized in many countries around the world, and its uses are expanding, including the acceptance of bitcoin donations by UNICEF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, however, some people recognize that bitcoin itself is a scam, as there are people and organizations that misuse bitcoin for fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this article, I’ll show you some of the scams that have misused bitcoin, their modus operandi, and the reasons why people mistakenly believe that bitcoin is a scam.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t

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This article was written in Japanese and converted to English using a translation tool.
Date of writing (Japanese version): December 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin Fraud Cases<\/h2>\n\n\n
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What kind of Bitcoin fraud cases are there?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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There’s been a case of a scam that’s been going on for a while now, demanding bitcoins instead of cash.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t

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A Scam Email Demanding Bitcoin<\/h3>\n\n\n
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There have been an increasing number of cases of fraudulent emails demanding bitcoin by pretending to have hacked a computer or smartphone and threatening to “release videos of you accessing adult sites.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems that the scammers are trying to steal assets by distributing emails to an unspecified number of people and inciting anxiety like a furikome scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I know these scam emails have been around for a long time, but there are also criminals demanding bitcoins.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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It looks like they’re asking you to send bitcoins to the bitcoin wallet address listed in the email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you receive a scam email, do not panic and ignore it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t

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Pyramid Scheme Inviting You to Invest in Bitcoin Mining<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A person involved in “BitClub Network,” which lured people into investing in bitcoin mining equipment and defrauded them out of a total of nearly 80 billion yen, was arrested in 2019.
*Mining\u2026a system for performing calculations necessary for Bitcoin transaction approval and obtaining Bitcoin as a reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pyramid scheme, which encourages people to join the sales organization, attracted investors in the form of a pyramid and caused victims all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Besides Bitcoin, there’s also been a string of mining investment scams for other virtual currencies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t

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“The latest technology!” “You’ll make money if you invest!” I have to be careful with all those swell stories.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

SNS Money Giving Away Scams<\/h3>\n\n\n
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There are a large number of posts on Twitter and other social networking sites with the main idea of “giving away bitcoins.”
If you respond to these posts, you will be put on a list as a target of the scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, do not jump on these types of posts, as there have been cases where people have been used as recipients of scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s a suspicious money distribution scam to look at, but something about the bitcoin being put in it makes bitcoin look suspicious too.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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It’s a very bad thing that people are abusing bitcoin, but it’s as if some people think that bitcoin itself is a scam, and that’s a very misleading notion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t

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A Foreign Woman I Met on a Matching App Recommended Me to Invest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A woman who met a foreigner on a matching app recommended investing in Bitcoin and defrauded her out of 147 million yen worth of virtual currency.
The victim was asked to transfer virtual currency through a fake website that resembles an actual exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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