For beginners, it's really important to verify the websites, I totally agree with @Raflesia, we have an obligation now. We don't want this criminals to steal from us. So we always should remember to confirm and authenticate.
I know that this is another burden, but rest assured if we do this, we won't fall for this and not be the next statistics to the growing numbers of being scammed by cyber criminals. Do not give them a chance to score on us.
Topic: [Scam]: Fake OpenSea website (Read 109 times)
No surprised that these criminals have started to go after the latest trend of NFT and created this similar sites. And this will not be the last, if ever this site is taken down, a new one will pop up in the next few days.
That's why as crypto enthusiast, regardless if you are a newbie or have been in the space for years, it's better to check everything first, that's the rule of thumb that we shouldn't forget.
That's why as crypto enthusiast, regardless if you are a newbie or have been in the space for years, it's better to check everything first, that's the rule of thumb that we shouldn't forget.
For those who are not famiiar, https://opensea.io/, the real one, is the "The largest NFT marketplace". So obviously, since the hype on NFT is peaking, scammers are again taking one step on the game and cloning and faking those NFT sites.
And anyone that's anything but new to the crypto ecosystem would not find this surprising to say the least, anything that's received some hype on the crypto network tends to be pounced on by scammers, from ICO's to DeFi and now NFT, people should always take responsibility of their funds.By the way, It's pretty easy to avoid this if one basically plays by the rule of thumb of interacting only with original websites, and doing so is by verifying and not trusting until you're sure the website is not a cloned one but the official.
Whatever is busy and the trend is happening, clone sites will definitely exist because scamers will definitely be one of the destinations where scamers get more money, so it's no wonder other phishing sites will come as long as many people continue to like it, especially Opensea is one of the largest NFT marketplaces. .
For those who are not famiiar, https://opensea.io/, the real one, is the "The largest NFT marketplace". So obviously, since the hype on NFT is peaking, scammers are again taking one step on the game and cloning and faking those NFT sites.
And anyone that's anything but new to the crypto ecosystem would not find this surprising to say the least, anything that's received some hype on the crypto network tends to be pounced on by scammers, from ICO's to DeFi and now NFT, people should always take responsibility of their funds.By the way, It's pretty easy to avoid this if one basically plays by the rule of thumb of interacting only with original websites, and doing so is by verifying and not trusting until you're sure the website is not a cloned one but the official.
What happened: Fake OpenSea website
Website:
Archive: https://archive.is/b0Ob0
For those who are not famiiar, https://opensea.io/, the real one, is the "The largest NFT marketplace". So obviously, since the hype on NFT is peaking, scammers are again taking one step on the game and cloning and faking those NFT sites.
Website:
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http://opencea.io/
Archive: https://archive.is/b0Ob0
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Registrant Country is
Registrar NameCheap, Inc
IANA ID: 1068
URL: www.namecheap.com
Whois Server: whois.namecheap.com
(p)
Registrar Status clientTransferProhibited, serverTransferProhibited
Dates 12 days old
Created on 2021-03-22
Expires on 2022-03-22
Updated on 2021-03-22
Name Servers NS1.VULTR.COM (has 58,738 domains)
NS2.VULTR.COM (has 58,738 domains)
Tech Contact —
IP Address 95.179.146.117 is hosted on a dedicated server
For those who are not famiiar, https://opensea.io/, the real one, is the "The largest NFT marketplace". So obviously, since the hype on NFT is peaking, scammers are again taking one step on the game and cloning and faking those NFT sites.
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