Don’t fall for the Black Friday-themed Bitcoin giveaway scams

Don’t fall for the Black Friday-themed Bitcoin giveaway scams
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2018-11-22 16:41

It appears hackers were able to seize control of the email address of cryptocurrency exchange desk Uphold – and blast its users with a link to a Bitcoin giveaway scam. Scammers sent links to a phishing campaign, designed to dupe naive investors out of their coins.

To fool users, the attackers disguised the fake giveaway as a special Black Friday deal. The malicious email was sent out on November 21 at around 19:50 UTC. Four hours later, Uphold sent out another email to alert users of the phishing attempt and warn them against participating in the sham “giveaway. ” “THIS IS…

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