Another PSA – Another Scam To Watch Out For
Scams be gettin crazzy, certainly!
We’re again with one other – and this one feels additional brazen.
Yesterday, the Division of Justice (DOJ) indicted a man accused of stealing $450k value of crypto and NFTs.
How?
By making a full on web site that was nearly an actual duplicate of OpenSea.
Apparently, after making a lookalike web site of {the marketplace}, Soufiane Oulahyane used it to lure at the least one particular person at hand over the seed phrase to their digital pockets.
As soon as Oulahyane had entry to that, he merely transferred the crypto and NFTs out of the pockets, then offered the NFTs on the actual OpenSea (allegedly).
(Together with a Bored Ape value ~$92,000).
The nerve!
All of this has amounted to Oulahyane being charged with a number of counts of wire fraud, the usage of an unauthorized entry gadget for the alleged crimes and aggravated id theft, (all having occurred in September 2021).
Whereas the OpenSea duplicate platform is now not accessible, tales like these are a stark reminder to all the time triple test the legitimacy of companies within the crypto area – particularly when you’re requested to surrender your seed phrase.
Just a little rule to reside by: If it do not look proper, it most likely ain’t!
