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YouTube Bitcoin Evangelist Gives Crypto Scammer Taste of Own Medicine

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
4 years ago
in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency news
Reading Time: 3 mins read
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Bitcoin is a powerful technology and movement. It stands for freedom and the crypto was designed to be decentralized so no single actor or party could ever control it. The idea of removing control from the governments and banks, while simultaneously being a breakthrough in bringing money into the digital age, has caused many to pledge a religious-like belief in Bitcoin, and work hard – just like early Christian evangelists – to spread the word about Bitcoin and educate the masses on why it is special.

One of those evangelists,  a Bitcoin YouTube influencer and educator, was recently the target of a crypto scammer. The YouTuber, however, was able to recognize the scammer’s intentions and turned the situation around – resulting in the scammer losing some of their own Bitcoin in the process and the funds being rerouted to charity.

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Ben Perrin, the host of YouTube channel BTC Sessions and marketing director at Bull Bitcoin, is ” Canada’s most popular YouTube Bitcoin educator,” spreading the good word about the crypto asset since 2016. Since then he’s amassed a following of well over 30,000 subscribers and over 2.5 million views across his YouTube content.

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His passion for Bitcoin has made him a notable figure in the crypto space, however, his public-facing popularity and involvement with the digital financial technology made him a target of a crypto scammer hoping to steal the Bitcoin he loves so dearly. But because Perrin is well-versed in crypto as a technology he was able to turn the tides on the scammer and give them a taste of their own medicine.

“This morning I awoke on a beautiful holiday Monday in Canada to a message from a clear scammer, promising me untold fortunes if I just bestow some of my Bitcoin upon them,” Perrin explains. The YouTube influencer says from there he used a mix of photoshop, random blockchain transactions, and “social engineering” to teach the scammer a lesson they won’t soon forget.

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The scammer had offered to double Perrin’s Bitcoin investment within a day, and Perrin used normal skepticism to his advantage. He pretended to have received a similar offer from another person, who sent a “test” transaction to prove that what the person was offering was legitimate. He further backed up his story using the aforementioned blockchain transactions and photoshop to give validity to his claims.

The scammer gave in, and sent Perrin $50 of Bitcoin that he then informed the scammer he would be keeping and donating to Bitcoin Venezuela, a charitable foundation aimed at helping Venezuelan citizens rely on Bitcoin over their native fiat currency, the bolivar – a currency that’s value has dropped so significantly, it’s nearly worthless, and its value only continues to fall.

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In the end, the Bitcoin evangelist taught a scammer a valuable lesson, all while supporting an important cause. The crypto community could use more individuals like Perrin to drive the industry forward into a positive light, taking out the criminals tainting the digital asset class along the way.

 

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Tony Spilotro

Tony Spilotro

I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a global remote work leader with a decade of award-winning content experience and excellence. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter at @tonyspilotroBTC and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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