PSA - WARNING EOS/Ethereum Fake Airdrop Phishing Scam
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
| REAL | FAKE |
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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.
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.
| REAL | FAKE |
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Official MyEtherWallet will always have MYETHERWALLET LLC in green.
Web Wallet Safety Tips
USE A HARDWARE WALLET
https://www.ledgerwallet.com
https://trezor.ioIf you use your private key on a phishing website, your money is gone!
Always make sure links to websites are correct.
Never use a link from an untrusted source on social media(steemit, twitter, facebook) forums(Reddit, bitcointalk, 4chan) messengers(telegram, slack , discord) private messages or email.
Type links or search on google for an official link.
Browser Tools To Block Malicious Websites
Wallet Extensions
MetaMask chrome.google.com/webstore
Cryptonite chrome.google.com/webstore/metacert
MyEtherWallet chrome.google.com/webstore/myetherwallet
Anti Phishing Extensions
isthislegit https://github.com/duo-labs/isthislegit
Other Extensions
Software
Trend Micro(Paid) https://www.trendmicro.com
Malwarebytes(free trial + manual scans) https://www.malwarebytes.com/
Avast (Free) https://www.avast.com
Kaspersky(Free) https://www.kaspersky.co.uk
Bitdefender(Free) https://www.bitdefender.co.uk/
Fortinet(Free) https://www.forticlient.com/downloads
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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