SCAM ALERT - Ether Phishing Attempts on Slack - PLEASE SHARE
WARNING - Do not click links in Slack
Since the recent attempts to spoof the MyEtherWallet site I have noticed a huge number of phishing attempts on Slack pretending to be warnings and asking people to check their wallets and transfer their funds to a new wallet.
Rather than being some concerned citizen trying to warn others - these are actually phishing attempts with A FAKE LINK. They will take you to a fake MEW site and once you have entered your login information they will then steal all your funds.
DO NOT FALL FOR IT.
If you are ever concerned about the funds in your wallet you should visit the site yourself and make sure that the URL is correct and that it is using https.
NEVER CLICK LINKS IN WARNING MESSAGES EVER.
It doesn't matter if you get them in Slack, your email or on your phone. Always enter the URL yourself.
Please share this information to warn others.
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Thank you!
I got this today disguised as Synereo.
Yes they are spreading.
483 ETH lost? Damn. And I thought I was unlucky losing .9 ETH to a forgotten password (wallet mistake). I try to never click on links.. or at least hover over the hidden ones to see the real URL. I've gotten a few phishing attempt emails unfortunately, and I don't think it'll stop now that my YouTube will continue to grow. Screw the phishers..
I think you misunderstand that message is the phishing attempt!
Thank you for sharing this. We will all be a lot safer.
Thanks for the warning!
You're welcome!
Thanks a lot for the warning, good one indeed. Upvoted
Thanks!
Welcome and more success to you buddy. Happy weekend
Hey @thecryptofiend
I didn't knew all this, I will remember all these points.
Thank You for sharing such valuable information with us.
Love to you
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You're welcome.
I've seen many scams like this, heck, even my friend and I did a scam with fake sites ( but for a game) and it was like 5 years ago! How is it still a viable way to scam? Don't people like, i don't know, learn? Also I've seen programs where you just enter url and it creates a fake one!
Well the scammers keep changing it slightly. The main thing now is to make people panic that they may have been hacked at which point they are not thinking rationally.
Damn! One of my friends fell into such a scam just a couple of days ago. He lost around 1.58 ETH.
Thanks for sharing!
Sorry to hear that!
Thank you for warning.
You're welcome!
Thanks for sharing this it's dangerous I will be a lot safer