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nick
@nickysap
My day was completely derailed yesterday after a scammer posing as a journalist nearly phished me via Zoom. He reached out for an interview, got me on a call, then asked me to share my screen to demo my product. I keep screen sharing disabled in Zoom, so I had to restart the app. When I rejoined, system dialogs popped up, one of which asked for remote access. Huge red flag. I denied all permissions and ended the call immediately. I spent hours checking my security settings, running a malware scan, and moving my crypto to cold storage. Found others who fell into the same trap with this scammer. Scammers pose as journalists or investors, get you on a call, then trick you into screen sharing or remote access. If you’re not careful, they can hijack your machine and drain your funds. My advice: treat any unsolicited Zoom call with extreme skepticism. Better yet, just deny them on sight.
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@toadyhawk.eth
Glad you’re safe man, I’ve been targeted by these scams a few times but luckily it’s a huge red flag that anyone would want to talk to me.
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@sardius
had something similar with a “team” who held multiple interviews and were trying to get me to download their metaverse program to explore it and get familiar with their code base The idea sounded really dumb and it raised a ton of flags the more I thought about it and fortunately bailed and blocked everyone
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@jpfraneto.eth
i once was on a telegram group chat with 5 people that were supposedly going to be my new team members they are so sophisticated
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@ghostbo4.eth
Ngl someone nearly Got me to do that But then Thankfully things didn’t work out lol And the pay was too good to be true So God saved me
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@coopahtroopa.eth
110% and super glad you didn't get drained and were able to quickly see what was happening. I really don't trust unsolicited Zoom links at all whatsoever anymore
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Kyle Patrick
@kylepatrick.eth
Glad you dodged the bullet!
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@fcpro.eth
better yet, you create the google meet link, if they refuse the invite, 100% scam
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@baseddesigner.eth
Many such cases, good thing I don’t do any calls now
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@kijijij
Did you download zoom exe from the link the scammer provided ? That could have cause the issue. Always use official links, phone numbers and set things up before hand. Take care and thanks for sharing !
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@matthewfox
Had a very similar situation a couple of months ago Sussed it just before the call when the x account got banned and realized the emails didn't line up Was so well done I felt like such an idiot
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@bbroad
oof sorry man. scammers are hitting us from all angles right now :/
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@bytebot
You didn’t install anything right? I wonder how you saw all the system dialogs
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@thelostpunk.eth
Thanks for sharing Sharing is caring
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@hassanomotayob
That’s terrifying. Thank you for sharing this. Your quick thinking and caution likely saved you from serious damage. This is a timely reminder for all of us in web3 to stay hyper-vigilant!
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@lk
Nick, glad you’re all good. And cc @jake this is the method from your post I think
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@garyweinstein
*Great* heads-up @nickysap. Thanks for sharing.
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@rjs
Is this what happened? I’m puzzled how they triggered system dialogs… https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/04/zoom-attack-tricks-victims-into-allowing-remote-access-to-install-malware-and-steal-money
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@saltorious.eth
Also happens with people posing as recruiters for jobs. Get you to hop on a zoom call either from a phony link or try to get you to screen share Insidious af
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@pichi
Thank you so much for talking about this publicly. The only way we can learn what the scammers are doing right now is by sharing these stories.
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