PSA - WARNING EOS/Ethereum Fake Airdrop Phishing Scam

in phising •  7 years ago  (edited)




I received an email today claiming to be from EOS.IO stating there was an Airdrop for holders of EOS and Ethereum and at first, I thought this to be true until I contacted a mod @steempowerpics from the official EOS discord server = https://discord.gg/9GkJv5Y






The email linked to a similarly named site as the official EOS site EOS.IO > EOS.COM with a dot underneath

REALFAKE
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A dot underneath a letter in a Domain URL(Website Link) as far as I've seen has always been a phising site and should be looked out for.




On visiting the site I was brought to a page claiming to give 15 EOS to 1 ETH which is a ridiculously high offer to make.


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Underneath was this asking to visit a FAKE myetherwallet site instead of just requesting address which a real airdrop would only need and not a transfer.


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REALFAKE
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Official MyEtherWallet will always have MYETHERWALLET LLC in green.


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  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Great work, thanks for saving us.

I posted this link on telegram channel @EOS_Airdrop

https://t.me/EOS_Airdrop

Great post. We really need to do everything we can to pprotect all the new people coming onto crypto that are falling victim to these scammers

Saw a mail too, was afraid, i dnt know what to do. Thank God for your post, its very helpful... Am going to resteem now... Thanks @isacoin

helpful stuff man your work on this platform is not just info but also help people save their hard earn money you are not just providing a content you are providing a service thank you.

Great work @isacoin ... I resteemed it just to store this info on my blog. Thanks!

Resteeming this will be worth it if eventually even just one more person doesn't get scammed. Good looking out.

I've seen that airdrop before too but didn't take much time on it since it looks scammy and shady.

you sure its the same?
that site was made today and its an exact copy of the EOS site the only difference is the top paragraph's wording and the Airdrop offer

your post is very helpful to us, to always be wary of people who are not opinion

Thanks for this !

@isacoin got the same email and just deleted it right now. Thank you

Thanks for the info of Pishing @isacoin

You just saved a soul. Thanks alot!!!!!

Thanks for the info @isacoin

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Many people would have fallen victims of this scam l. Something needs to be done to stop these scammers. Thanks for sharing, you have saved a lot of people from being duped. Great work!!!

Thank you so much for the warning!

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is it me or does an "airdrop" always turn out to be a scam?...

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