Losing crypto via phishing: sad but avoidable

[TomPluz]

After the Bitcoin faucet became popular and made many people really "rich" that is if they continually keep the coins they gathered from such a very generous offer, bounty hunting came on the scene and it was likewise a proven way to make good money in the cryptocurrency industry. Those were the early days and if you happen to be on that time then I am sure you also experienced phishing which became a very popular way to hack into your wallet.

So what is phishing? Phishing is the practice of sending fraudulent communications that appear to come from a legitimate and reputable source, usually through email and text messaging. The attacker's goal is to steal money, gain access to sensitive data and login information, or to install malware on the victim's device. Phishing is a dangerous, damaging, and an increasingly common type of cyberattack.

Sadly, I was one of the victims of phishing in those time when I was still so innocent, naive and didn't know much on how to safeguard my account and wallet. How they did it? They sent me a message in Stack that there was something wrong with my MEW wallet and I need to login immediately...unfortunately I clicked the fake link which they provided where I input my details.

Right now, most people in the cryptocurrency industry are already aware of phishing and there are now many safeguard tools that can help us avoid this problem. The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

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The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

Yes, checking the url of the sites that you are visiting is very important, but did you know that people that are affected by phishing attack do not even know knowledge into click on the link at all. The best would be to know when phishing email or message is sent and just avoid it. No need to click on the link attacked to the message. It is good to also discard the emails and others means of getting those messages. Also you can report the messages as spam and block the account that is sending it.

[bitterguy28]

They sent me a message in Stack that there was something wrong with my MEW wallet and I need to login immediately...unfortunately I clicked the fake link which they provided where I input my details.

usually the hacking happens after the user inputs their details or interacts with the website so unless you do this you are safe my recommendation is to ALWAYS check the link and check if the domain is legitimate or not if you have any kind of suspicion small or not don’t go through with the link

Right now, most people in the cryptocurrency industry are already aware of phishing and there are now many safeguard tools that can help us avoid this problem. The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

there are efforts being made to filter out spams and suspicious messages but it is still up to us to make sure we don’t fall victims to such attacks after all it is our devices and our accounts that we hold and there’s no one else but us that can protect it

[bitmover]

The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

Yes, checking the url of the sites that you are visiting is very important, but did you know that people that are affected by phishing attack do not even know knowledge into click on the link at all. The best would be to know when phishing email or message is sent and just avoid it. No need to click on the link attacked to the message. It is good to also discard the emails and others means of getting those messages. Also you can report the messages as spam and block the account that is sending it.

I agree. Just avoid clicking links from e-mail and also avoid downloading files from email

If you want to visit a website that someone sent you by email, just try to Google it first to verify that it is safe.

[bayu7adi]

Okay, maybe many of you here know about phishing.. but I focus more on the point of "planting malware to steal data"... this is also a tool used by phishing perpetrators to steal victim's money... and I was once a victim of phishing because my data was finally exposed on the internet....

According to you here, is a VPN with a high level of privacy and good encryption security able to minimize the occurrence of our data theft including phishing?

[MrSpasybo]

Sadly, I was one of the victims of phishing in those time when I was still so innocent, naive and didn't know much on how to safeguard my account and wallet. How they did it? They sent me a message in Stack that there was something wrong with my MEW wallet and I need to login immediately...unfortunately I clicked the fake link which they provided where I input my details.

Right now, most people in the cryptocurrency industry are already aware of phishing and there are now many safeguard tools that can help us avoid this problem. The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, and I hope you've been able to recover from the incident. I was also a victim of an internet scam when I created my first Ethereum account through MEW but from a fraudulent website that looked very similar to the official MyEtherWallet - MyEtherWalíet. My haste to participate in an ICO for a lending project caused me to lose a lot of ETH at that time, and I still regret it immensely.

I was too naive to trust a KOL in the crypto market. My unfortunate mistake was a result of FOMO and a lack of awareness of scams in this market. Newcomers should be cautious when clicking on any suggested links and avoid connecting their wallets to unfamiliar websites without thorough verification. The assets we work hard to earn can be stolen by a very small mistake that we could easily avoid if we are sober and have enough time.

[Crwth]

I'm sorry to hear that you are one of the people who have experienced this kind of thing. I hope you can recover from it and not be affected too much daily. It's essential to increase awareness with everyone, especially those who could be gullible. Every day, scams/phishing get more complicated and challenging to detect, so I suggest always being vigilant and using tools to help you secure and protect yourself.

[Asiska02]

Right now, most people in the cryptocurrency industry are already aware of phishing and there are now many safeguard tools that can help us avoid this problem. The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

Phishing scams are one of the oldest method scammers use to steal from their victims. People who are unaware of them are in rush to check and react to the message sent to them immediately, notifying them is some dangers in the account which they need to take action on immediately. Unknown to them, the scammers will add a link to redirect them to a wrong site where they import their details and get their informations immediately and cater away with their funds. It might be an old method, but till date, it’s still alive and newbies without the knowledge of crypto are still falling scam of them. For any danger warning, one should follow it step wisely and always cross check the url and where you’re directed to rectify the error. They always find new means to get to their victims, one need to be informed of their latest means so as not to fall victim even as a pro cryptoneur.

[electronicash]

Sadly, I was one of the victims of phishing in those time when I was still so innocent, naive and didn't know much on how to safeguard my account and wallet. How they did it? They sent me a message in Stack that there was something wrong with my MEW wallet and I need to login immediately...unfortunately I clicked the fake link which they provided where I input my details.

Right now, most people in the cryptocurrency industry are already aware of phishing and there are now many safeguard tools that can help us avoid this problem. The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, and I hope you've been able to recover from the incident. I was also a victim of an internet scam when I created my first Ethereum account through MEW but from a fraudulent website that looked very similar to the official MyEtherWallet - MyEtherWalíet. My haste to participate in an ICO for a lending project caused me to lose a lot of ETH at that time, and I still regret it immensely.

I was too naive to trust a KOL in the crypto market. My unfortunate mistake was a result of FOMO and a lack of awareness of scams in this market. Newcomers should be cautious when clicking on any suggested links and avoid connecting their wallets to unfamiliar websites without thorough verification. The assets we work hard to earn can be stolen by a very small mistake that we could easily avoid if we are sober and have enough time.

this is also the wallet is remember using when there are people complaining about their ERC20 tokens stolen. people use to login to that MyEtherWallet using their some code or some kind o a UTC*** file to access the wallet.

i was careful already not to click link from an email so i was never a victim. i wasn't one off those who were caught in doubler of phishing but a victim of ICOs that time. so many ETH being sent every new project thinking i could make more when its listed. teams didn't even care to say hello again in their telegram.

[Findingnemo]

Avoidable to certain extent but not completely safeguard unless we go completely cold to store our cryptos which might be inconvenient but trust me it worth the time than losing it to someone just cause we being stupid and clicked a random link. Now we can avoid most of them by checking their URLs and not to proceed if we find its unofficial but scammers are getting progress too, they sometimes can hack into their official website and let's do this on that case most people will fell for it.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

There have been a lot of ways through which scammers are using to make sure that landed at raging attacks on us, but when we are fully aware of their techniques, we are going to do all it may take us in avoiding for them, the use of social media is one of the fastest means through which they could easily seize an opportunity, but we must never give them chance by any means.

[Sim_card]

The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

Yes, checking the url of the sites that you are visiting is very important, but did you know that people that are affected by phishing attack do not even know knowledge into click on the link at all. The best would be to know when phishing email or message is sent and just avoid it. No need to click on the link attacked to the message. It is good to also discard the emails and others means of getting those messages. Also you can report the messages as spam and block the account that is sending it.

You are right it is better not to click on any email that you are not expecting and delete it to avoid any mistakes in the latter. What i do is that the moment i see any mail or link, I delete immediately because prevention is better. Malware is also another way which scammers use to scam their victims by sending malware to their keyboard so that when you are copying and pasting your wallet address, it changes it go the scammers wallet address an d if you don't cross check it, you will send your coins to them.

[JoyMarsha]

The most important thing is to be always vigilant and to triple check the site URL you are logging in to make sure it is the legit one.

Yes, checking the url of the sites that you are visiting is very important, but did you know that people that are affected by phishing attack do not even know knowledge into click on the link at all. The best would be to know when phishing email or message is sent and just avoid it. No need to click on the link attacked to the message. It is good to also discard the emails and others means of getting those messages. Also you can report the messages as spam and block the account that is sending it.

You are right it is better not to click on any email that you are not expecting and delete it to avoid any mistakes in the latter. What i do is that the moment i see any mail or link, I delete immediately because prevention is better. Malware is also another way which scammers use to scam their victims by sending malware to their keyboard so that when you are copying and pasting your wallet address, it changes it go the scammers wallet address an d if you don't cross check it, you will send your coins to them.

This is very terrible. Someone should carefully cross-check their wallet address before hitting on send button. It would be pathetic if someone would later find out their wallet address was changed to a scammer's address when they are sending out their coins. The moment the coin is sent, it is unrecoverable. That's the painful part. Sending or receiving crypto addresses should be cross-checked before sending coins to anyone to avoid falling victim to such wrong address

[Zed0X]

Slack and Discord were infested by scammers but the most common place from my observation is Telegram. Impersonating officers/moderators and then helping newbies via private messages probably works 5 out of 10 back in the day. Such method still works today but maybe to a lesser extent.

[Rubel007]

I had the same experience as you. Although I myself was not harmed there. A friend of mine was admitted to such an attack. When he lost all his money I realized how painful the situation was. Phishing links which are just like any other site is a form where anyone can easily be attacked. Scammers can gain access to secret keys at any time due to user carelessness. When he admitted to the attack, he never understood how it was possible. But after losing everything he realized his mistake when he revisited things. Scammers create fakes to attack a user in a variety of ways. There is nothing to do but to be careful.