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The TL;DR is: a friend of mine online had asked me to set up a crypto wallet for myself and sent me a small amount ($6.71). I have no experience using crypto or anything and I was curious if there is any possible way to turn this into anything more? If not what options or use do I have for it?

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[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Watch out for crypto scans. Friends can turn scammy or be hacked by scammers.

One scam is to have you set up a wallet on a fake site. The site then shows ridiculous gains (all fake of course), at which point your “friend” talks you into investing more and more of your own money, making you believe you are getting rich. When you try to cash out, they stall as long as possible, and when you finally figure out you’re getting fooled the site and scanner suddenly disappear and you’re left with nothing.

The other scam is getting you to link your crypto wallet to a bank account, tricking you into giving them control over it, and then draining the account.

The big question is why is your friend suddenly pressuring you to try crypto? Use common sense and be safe.