Imitations of Popular Bitcoin Services Trying to Lure Cryptocurrency Owners
Popular Bitcoin websites such as CryptoCoinsNews and BlockChain, have been used as baits in a wave of phishing attempts against Bitcoin owners. With Bitcoin gaining in popularity, financial-related crimes have boomed during the past year. Scammers have been operating through different strategies and tactics, but the impersonation of a company or service, is definitely the most popular one. Warning: when searching for us on Google, 1st result is a phishing link disguised as an ad for http://t.co/0DZyULb31t. On August 14, Bitcoin news website CryptoCoinsNews,com, reported being impersonated....
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