Bitfinex Alerts Users of Phishing Emails
Bitfinex has alerted of phishing emails being circulated from an address that is made to appear to be one of its email addresses. The distressed company notes in a blog post on its website that the email is not from any @bitfinex.com address but from @ibitfinex.com, stressing the additional i. Bitfinex states: We like to stress this is not a message sent out by Bitfinex and we advise anyone that has received this email or any similar email to delete it immediately. Do not open the attachments and if you have opened the attachments do a full virus scan of your computer. It added that any....
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