Losing crypto via phishing: sad but avoidable

[armanda90]

I believe all trader have bad experienced with their cryptocurrency losing trough phishing link, I have fatal mistake when recently myetherwallet website become more popular and not bookmark the real website.
Opening google search the fake or phishing link lead on the first standing place search and I think its real myetherwallet website.

Just few minutes all my assets holding in myetherwallet gone and its reminder for me always booksmark all important wallet link how to secure our assets and easily for scammer make their phishing link lead the top standings search on google.

[Themepen]

My early days of cryptocurrency were exciting but also risky. Many people made money from Bitcoin faucets and bounty hunting but some fell victim to phishing scams. Phishing is harmful be we can lose money by this personal info can be stolen and our device gets viruses.

We should always check if messages are real. We should be careful with urgent requests and we should double check website addresses. By doing this we can safe ourselves. We can reduce more risk if we will update passwords often or if we will use secure crypto exchanges and we should report suspicious activity this will help others too.

[Tribalchief]

I believe all trader have bad experienced with their cryptocurrency losing trough phishing link, I have fatal mistake when recently myetherwallet website become more popular and not bookmark the real website.
Opening google search the fake or phishing link lead on the first standing place search and I think its real myetherwallet website.

Just few minutes all my assets holding in myetherwallet gone and its reminder for me always booksmark all important wallet link how to secure our assets and easily for scammer make their phishing link lead the top standings search on google.

So sorry to hear this. Such experience are quite terrible. These scammers are becoming more sophisticated day after day. They literally don't find new ways to perform a phishing attack, but they make upgrades to their old technics. Just imagine from your own experience, the phishing attack came in the form of a URL that you often visit, which is already a vulnerability that was exploited. I think this scammers most times study their victims, know what they use often (on the internet), and attack from that angle.

I also bookmarked most of the site I visit, not just because of phishing attacks, but because it is easier and faster to visit. The trauma that comes with losing funds to this attack is unimaginable. We can only help ourselves by being careful, but for how long can someone act careful without making him/herself vulnerable. Let's just stay safe.

[Crypto Library]

A survey alone shows that those who lost most of their crypto through phishing were mostly web3 wallet users. And hackers can easily hack it because once they know what is private, they can easily drain the web3 wallet. This happened to me a few years ago. I was basically a victim of phishing through trending content. I was a victim of phishing while downloading a cracked version of a game. Not only did they drain my web3 wallet, but they also took away all my private data access.
I think the only way to avoid being a victim of these phishing is that we have to be aware in the case of website browsing and of course before downloading any file we have to go to sites like virustotal and take a security check.

[sampoerna]

I think the only way to avoid being a victim of these phishing is that we have to be aware in the case of website browsing and of course before downloading any file we have to go to sites like virustotal and take a security check.

Yes, we have to be more aware and careful about that. Because after all, sometimes, we accidentally click on certain links that endanger our devices.

because, basically there are several possible reasons why someone clicks on a phishing link:
- Because of ignorance, this also causes unawareness that the link is dangerous
- Because of carelessness, unknowingly randomly clicking on certain links without thinking
- Because the scammers are so convincing that we click on the link and we get carried away

[robelneo]

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 sure you've moved on from this, but still sorry for your loss, When we are new in this technology and we are excited to be part of it, we want to be guided, and so we trust people who communicated with us without knowing their true intention,, and if you happen to met a scammer its likely that you are going to get scam unless we know how scammers work and how they implement their scamming.

Its important that we read and get updated on the latest news and security because we are our own bank and so we are always the target of scammers.

[taufik123]

I'm sure you've moved on from this, but still sorry for your loss, When we are new in this technology and we are excited to be part of it, we want to be guided, and so we trust people who communicated with us without knowing their true intention,, and if you happen to met a scammer its likely that you are going to get scam unless we know how scammers work and how they implement their scamming.

Its important that we read and get updated on the latest news and security because we are our own bank and so we are always the target of scammers.

Trusting new people is the first mistake beginners make.
Because I myself felt it, as a beginner at that time, I was very excited to be able to learn how to make money from crypto and what it takes.

The scammer seems to be our personal teacher, but in the end just gives me a phishing link and creates my account and some wallets to be hacked, then they will not be able to be contacted and disappear.

It was a valuable lesson for me and to this day I really don't trust strangers who send me private messages via Telegram or email or even people who pretend to be people I know.

[libert19]

I have been phished a few times, thankfully it didn't cause much damage, as these were phishing webpages for private key and not something malicious that could compromise the whole system and make matters worse.

Also, I only came to know I was phished when I was asked to input seed phrase — the rule that never ever share your private key/seed saved me.

[Kemarit]

So many people fall victim to phishing attacks, and i know it must be sad to lose your hard earned money to these crazy scammers, so i recommend cold storage. If you store your funds in an airgapped device, you cannot lose it to phishing attacks, it is also important not to click on random links and never let greed allow you do foolish things.

It's good to have hardware wallets or cold storage. But sometimes we have web wallets that we used for our every day transaction. And that's where most of the victims are getting phished, because their computer might be compromised already as there are a lot of malwares that is being released by cyber criminals.

Yeah, that's one thing, not to click links specially suspicious. Or even links that we think that are safe, we should really check the source first as phishers knows how to imitate the legit site with their many tricks.

[bitterguy28]

My early days of cryptocurrency were exciting but also risky. Many people made money from Bitcoin faucets and bounty hunting but some fell victim to phishing scams. Phishing is harmful be we can lose money by this personal info can be stolen and our device gets viruses.

i guess the best way here is to have separate devices for your personal use and crypto related things we know that when we use our devices for scrolling through and interacting in social media there is a chance that we interact with suspicious links so it would be advisable that if you are going to store your funds online keep it in another device and make sure the software is always updated so that the security is at its best

We can reduce more risk if we will update passwords often or if we will use secure crypto exchanges and we should report suspicious activity this will help others too.

another advice with passwords is that to never use the same password in two or multiple accounts whether that is crypto email or just social media so that in case an account gets compromised you do not have to worry about the rest of your accounts getting compromised as well

[Z-tight]

It's good to have hardware wallets or cold storage. But sometimes we have web wallets that we used for our every day transaction. And that's where most of the victims are getting phished, because their computer might be compromised already as there are a lot of malwares that is being released by cyber criminals.

Yeah, i also have online wallets for spending on the go, but i don't keep more than $200 in it, so if i ever get attacked, i would lose only a very small amount of money. Some poeple keep so much money in online wallets, that is where they get it wrong, online wallets should only hold an amount that you cannot afford to lose, and the most of your funds should be in a cold wallet.

[sampoerna]

Yeah, i also have online wallets for spending on the go, but i don't keep more than $200 in it, so if i ever get attacked, i would lose only a very small amount of money. Some poeple keep so much money in online wallets, that is where they get it wrong, online wallets should only hold an amount that you cannot afford to lose, and the most of your funds should be in a cold wallet.

Because phishing links are so dangerous that we really have to be aware of them from the start and be aware of these things and possibilities. Because honestly, even though we are as prepared as we can be, sometimes we are so unlucky at that time, maybe accidentally or unknowingly click on a certain link that causes malware to hack our device and in the end various assets that we save online will be very easy to steal. And this often happens.

Therefore, your idea to limit the number of assets online is quite reasonable. because even if we are unlucky and lose our assets, at least that is the amount we can afford to lose. And not a high amount so that we can be more prepared for various things that might happen.

[Report]

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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.

Until now I have not been Phished and hopefully it will not happen to me someday. I also often check repeatedly for the latest website access about cryptocurrency. For example, to log in to the altcoisntalks forum, I also continue to check it repeatedly, whether the website is correct or not because with the writing altcoinstalks there are many examples that are almost similar: For example altcointalk, altcointolk, etc. and the correct writing is www.altcoinstalks.com.

[LogitechMouse]

Phishing is rampant and the most used tactics to hacked accounts these days. Exchanges have methods to avoid this, stating notes on any pages, mobile banking app as well have notes and emails, even saw sponsored posts in facebook and other socmed accounts for a anti-phishing campaigns. But guess what, there are still few users will be a victim of this kind of hacked once in a while or maybe once a week.

It has always been, and now that many are expecting for the bull run to happen next year, expect more of these phishing links in the future. As the bull run approaches, these scammers will be more active in hunting those new investors as well.

What's good is that, most of the platforms are constantly giving warnings to their users in these phishing links, but there will be some that will fall into phishing sites for some reasons. Google on the other hand sometimes is bad in determining phishing sites or not because there are times where the phishing link is what's on top of a google search. I've experienced it myself already.

To prevent these phishing sites, the best thing to do is to bookmark those websites on your PC.

[Z-tight]

Therefore, your idea to limit the number of assets online is quite reasonable. because even if we are unlucky and lose our assets, at least that is the amount we can afford to lose. And not a high amount so that we can be more prepared for various things that might happen.

Exactly, that is the reason why cold storage is always recommended to store a huge amount in BTC. Take note that some people do not fully understand what cold storage is, they think it is a wallet that is offline but connected to the internet once in a while, that is wrong. A cold wallet is one that is completely disconnected from the internet and will never be connected to it again, if your cold wallet goes online, it no longer is a cold wallet.