Pending Case Wallet Release Targeted by Scammers
Yesterday, on January 4, 2015, a link was shared on Reddit from new user accounts claiming that a select few people would win a free Case Wallet by entering their email address and downloading the firmware. The website looked very official. Being a clone site, the coding mirrored Case Wallet's real website. Upon closure inspection, it turns out that the "firmware" was an executable file that tested positive via 3 virus scans for possible trojan and/or malware content. A screenshot of the culprit can be seen here. This confirms earlier talk about this issue that occurred at Bitcointalk.org.....
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