Suspected Black Friday Phishing Site Alert
It seems from numerous reports the website bitcoinblackfriday.info could be a host of phishing scams. The website that premiered sometime two weeks ago looked seemingly like a competitor to the real BitcoinBlackFriday.com website. The possible fraudluent website ending in .info has a fake Trezor site, a fake Gyft site and others that everyone might want stay away from. We all saw the announcements and the site behind it was similarly eerie to the originally created Bitcoin Black Friday website. There were subtle differences and users were to leave their email address to get revealed deals....
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