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Topic: Be aware of phishing things to secure your fund (Read 162 times)

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Here is a good article from Binance on phishing: https://www.binance.vision/security/what-is-phishing

Some of the recommendations that they made to guard against phishing:
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1) Be wary: your best defense to protect against phishing is to think critically about the emails you receive. Were you expecting to receive an email from someone about the subject in question? Do you suspect that the information that person is digging for is none of their true business? If there's a doubt, do your best to contact the sender through a different means.

2) Check the content: you may type part of the content (or the sender’s email address) on a search engine in order to check if is there any record of phishing attacks that used that specific method.

3) Try other means: If you think you receive a legitimate request to confirm your account credentials for a business that is familiar to you, try to do so through different means instead of clicking the link within the email.

4) Check the URL: hover over the link, without clicking it, to check if it starts with HTTPS and not just HTTP. Note, however, that this alone is not a guarantee that the site is legitimate. Check URLs closely for misspellings, unusual characters, and other irregularities.

5) Do not share your private keys: never give out the private key to your Bitcoin wallet, and be vigilant in determining if the product and seller you are about to give any cryptocurrency to is legitimate. The difference in dealing with crypto as opposed to a credit card is that there is no central authority to dispute a charge if you never received the good or service that was agreed upon. This is why one must be especially careful when dealing with cryptocurrency transactions.
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It is just a minor warning!

Read the news, with huge amount of money in DASH stolen: https://dashnews.org/suspect-apprehend-in-historic-heist-of-over-74900-dash/
Then, I believe that you might and should start seriously thinking that secure wallets with strong passwords, and multi-level of security are not enough to protect your funds store in your devices. Another kind of dangerous threat come from phishing sites.
Please be aware of those phishing sites
Please be aware of emails from strangers
Please be aware of any announcements of wallet upgrades sent in your email
Please be aware of generous help from others that might disclose your passwords, private keys, even your best friends.

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⚠⚠️⚠~Beware on active phishing Electrum websites~⚠⚠️⚠ (Collection list updated)
Warning: There is an ongoing phishing attack against Electrum users
WATCH OUT MALICIOUS BLOCKCHAIN.INFO WALLET PAGE!!
Protecting your email is of great importance
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