As the cryptocurrency sector grows larger, the methods of scammers trying to get their hands on others’ digital assets become more sophisticated, as seen in the recently exposed case of fraudsters pretending to be journalists to gain their victims’ trust.
Specifically, blockchain security firm SlowMist has recently revealed a scheme in which a swindler tried to hijack accounts on the crypto social network friend.tech posing as a journalist to trick users into downloading malicious files, as SlowMist’s team explained in a Medium post on November 13.
Fake journalist
According to the post, X user Masiwei reported on October 14 a scam attempt targeting friend.tech for account theft, saying he was talking to someone who said they were a journalist at Forbes for two hours, when they asked to verify his identity through a link in order to – prevent impersonation.
User reports scam attempt Source: Masiwei
Just in case, Masiwei first sent the link to SlowMist, and its security team iden
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