Trust wallet attempt phishing be careful - page 3.

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Quote from: Ojima-ojo on October 30, 2024, 03:58:20 PM

Today I received an email that a deposit of 0.3+BTC deposits is being processed on my trust wallet, immediately my brain Skip to think which large transactions I was expecting, but none at that point I suspected a fawl play and became sceptical about the whole thing, and in the email included a link to view the transaction, and when I clicked on it on my secured browser, it took me to a page that demanded for a wallet key's, at that point it becomes clear that it was a phishing attempt.

Everyone be careful of such an email, most especially newbies, be careful of free money and never input your wallet key anywhere unless you initiate your wallet recovery yourself.

Can't count how many times I receive an email like this but didn't get bothered to check it.

Because I know I didn't do anything to receive something from them and people also need to realize or at least be doubtful especially if they receive to good to be true in their sight.

Those hackers or scammers just want to take the greed of people and caught them. That's why its really best for people not to use their main email upon exploring on any sites on crypto and use dummy mails to avoid any problems related on unwanted situation that they can't afford to happen.

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Wallets don't really require email address at all, so with that, upon receiving such emails they're already suspicious. Also, based on that picture shared by OP, there's also a coinbase image that make things more complicated. Other than that, don't be too greedy and no one is ever going to click these emails that tells we've received such tremendous BTCs.

Note: this attempt also happens in other popular wallets that these scammers use aside from Trust Wallet.

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Quote from: Ojima-ojo on October 30, 2024, 03:58:20 PM

Today I received an email that a deposit of 0.3+BTC deposits is being processed on my trust wallet, immediately my brain Skip to think which large transactions I was expecting, but none at that point I suspected a fawl play and became sceptical about the whole thing, and in the email included a link to view the transaction, and when I clicked on it on my secured browser, it took me to a page that demanded for a wallet key's, at that point it becomes clear that it was a phishing attempt.

They change from Youtube scams to email and wallet phishing scams but basically they target greed, naive and careless people.

Collection of comprehensive guides on identify and avoid scam projects. You can see years ago, they tried to scam with 1, 2 ETH giveaway on Youtube and convinced greed people to make 1 ETH sending first, to claim 2 ETH later.

This Trust wallet phishing scam is similarly.

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Everyone be careful of such an email, most especially newbies, be careful of free money and never input your wallet key anywhere unless you initiate your wallet recovery yourself.

I don't know how scammers knew your email to send the phishing scam but you can check your email, whether it was pwned.
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Quote from: Cryptomultiplier on October 31, 2024, 02:31:32 AM

Am surprised that even after Trust wallet celebrated an anniversary to mark its 7years in business, it still hasn't ensured that hackers do not use their site to phish wallet addresses that belong to consistent and even inconsistent users of the wallet.
Am sure that with more warnings and exposure of phishing attacks like this, the newbies and oldies would remember to be security conscious and take precautions when handling their wallets mostly for those wallets that have funds in them or are used to receive funds for transactions that has been concluded.

True, but such attacks do not cost hackers much and since there is a 1% chance of success, they will continue with such messages. The solution to phishing messages should be provided by service providers, they should provide better filters and make such messages require more effort.

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It is good to had brought this up here atleast even if some of us here claim it is an obvious scam scheme, there would had been a lot especially beginners or ignorant users who might have fallen into it victim.

Originally, that was malicious information sent to you OP because it is not convinceable of how Trust Wallet got your email contact address knowing that you did not include such when creating your wallet account in regards that the wallet is a highily decentralized platform.

You can also ask yourself if you did made demands that you wanted to trade the coin as they may have portrayed "guiding you on 3 steps in trading the coin".

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Quote from: Ojima-ojo on October 30, 2024, 03:58:20 PM

Today I received an email that a deposit of 0.3+BTC deposits is being processed on my trust wallet, immediately my brain Skip to think which large transactions I was expecting, but none at that point I suspected a fawl play and became sceptical about the whole thing, and in the email included a link to view the transaction, and when I clicked on it on my secured browser, it took me to a page that demanded for a wallet key's, at that point it becomes clear that it was a phishing attempt.

Everyone be careful of such an email, most especially newbies, be careful of free money and never input your wallet key anywhere unless you initiate your wallet recovery yourself.
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I wonder what would happen if you inserted a full 12-word seed phrase, but there's nothing in it. Like you just created that wallet just for the sake of that phishing attempt.

Anyway, these kinds of threads really are a big help towards the newbies out there. I always say that reminders like these helps those newbies out there that doesn't have any experience on phishing scams, and with these, they will already know what to do just in case it happens to them. There's a famous quote that states "If it's too good to be true, then it isn't true at all." Always remember that don't get attracted with those huge amounts of money that's being flashed on your screen. Always be vigilant, always think realistically and if you know that you didn't make a transaction with that kind of amount, ignore it at all costs.

No one will ask for a private key unless you will try to transfer your wallet into another device. Always, always research, and to prevent falling from these phishing links, bookmark their official websites.

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Am surprised that even after Trust wallet celebrated an anniversary to mark its 7years in business, it still hasn't ensured that hackers do not use their site to phish wallet addresses that belong to consistent and even inconsistent users of the wallet.
Am sure that with more warnings and exposure of phishing attacks like this, the newbies and oldies would remember to be security conscious and take precautions when handling their wallets mostly for those wallets that have funds in them or are used to receive funds for transactions that has been concluded.

I have not experienced such yet, but the little experience I had with trust wallet when I couldn't recover my lost wallet on a new device, made me part ways with the wallet company and even if I still at most adhere to these security tips and recognize phishing attacks, it isn't still sufficient and all these wallet companies should do well to upgrade their systems to ensure that such attacks reduce and not become a major concern for the cryptocurrency world.

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Quote from: Ojima-ojo on October 30, 2024, 03:58:20 PM

Today I received an email that a deposit of 0.3+BTC deposits is being processed on my trust wallet

It's too good to be true and if you receive 0.3+ BTC from someone sent it to you, by mistake surely mistake in this case, you need to refund the sender.

So only greed people believe in this scam, and are greed enough to ignore a refund to non scammer sender for a mistake sending transaction, so these people deserve to be scammed.

As receiver, they need to know they can not interfere the waiting transaction, if they don't use Child Pay for Parents.
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Quote from: robelneo on October 30, 2024, 06:50:52 PM

There's a possibility that your email was leaked so you're receiving this kind of spam, this is not targeted for you alone, its more likely a bulk email sent to try to scam people who do not know that Trustwallet do not ask for your email.
The basic rule always applies: if a link asks for your private key, it's a 100% scam. This has been an ongoing warning to everyone not to entertain emails that ask for private keys.

Yes you are right OP should be careful because his email might have been hacked which is why he is getting spam. These scams are usually sent to many people trying to trick those who do not know better about how Trustwallet works. Platform never asks for email verification so beware of fake emails. Important rule to remember is that any link asking for your private key is definitely scam. It is crucial to stay alert and ignore suspicious emails to avoid getting caught by these scams which experts have warned about many times.

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There's a possibility that your email was leaked so you're receiving this kind of spam, this is not targeted for you alone, its more likely a bulk email sent to try to scam people who do not know that Trustwallet do not ask for your email.
The basic rule always applies: if a link asks for your private key, it's a 100% scam. This has been an ongoing warning to everyone not to entertain emails that ask for private keys.

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We should find such emails usually all the time, especially as Bitcoin's value trends upward; these emails often appear in the inbox rather than spam, making them even more dangerous. These messages play on the temptation to lure recipients into clicking the phishing link. However, I believe that even if you open them in a secure browser, it’s safer to ignore any links altogether. You never know what deceptive method they might use, which could pose a risk to the device you used to open the link.

It is worth noting that TrustWallet has indicated in their article [this] about these phishing messages, and they have a clear principle that whoever receives unsolicited messages without previously contacting support ^{[support.trustwallet.com]}, and it’s not from their ticketing system or if the person receives messages about deposits in his wallet, it's a red flag. Because all transactions on the Trust wallet operate on the blockchain and don’t require users' email for transaction notifications. Knowing this can make it nearly impossible for a user to fall for such easy scams.

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I will add in a reminder for all those airdrops and bounties hunters, who think they could easily get something out of a thin air for them to hold on, trust wallet has been the center for performing scams of this kind and they were aware that most of the users will have trust wallet to use in claiming for their airdrops or reward, after which almost everything will eventually turned a dust, or one being scammed.

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Only a greedy or naïve individual will fall for this scam, which will still be a few among them since this is among the most obvious scam of our current age now, they're more sophisticated phishing scam but most times if we're cautious and well informed, we can often times avoid them not be victimize.

Quote from: Cantsay on October 30, 2024, 04:17:22 PM

Unless the whole TrustWallet system has changed (since it’s been a long time I last created an account there) receiving any sort of mail from them ranging from software updates to free giveaways should instantly be a red flag to you - don’t bother to explore it more.

They have their own official website except you register at the site, I doubt they will have any need of users email aside this, though these account mail are not directly link to their wallet address.

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If you installed trustwallet on your mobile device then you would have seen that you really did receive some btc. I never received an email from trustwallet whatsoever so I thought right away that it is a phishing attempt or to steal your crypto if you follow the instructions said on the email. One more thing, trustwallet app doesn't have a feature where you add your email tk received news or notification so that's clearly an attempt to steal your seed phrase.

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Just look at that there statement 3 confirmation needed before you will be able to trade the coin; those are just phrases the scanners copy from mail sent by exchanges each time they make a deposit.

Some people, after seeing such an amount, get tempted to rush and follow whatever step they are asked to, forgetting that they never used email to create a wallet in the first place. Ignorance and greed make lots of people victims of scams.

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First of all, you should know that Trust Wallet doesn't have your email. You created your wallet without any emails or passwords so how come they're sending you an email? Every update and notification they want to send gets sent in the app.
I think you shouldn't have even bordered to click the link because it might be a malicious link that might pass virus onto your device.
When you receive emails like that, after reading and confirming that it's a scam, just block the sender and report it as a scam so the email gets blocked.

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This is not new, and I keep asking the same question - “how did they get your email address?” Remember, when you create a trust wallet account you don’t input your email there so receiving an email from TrustWallet should already tell you that this is a phishing email and you don’t even have to click on it.

Unless the whole TrustWallet system has changed (since it’s been a long time I last created an account there) receiving any sort of mail from them ranging from software updates to free giveaways should instantly be a red flag to you - don’t bother to explore it more.

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One way to easily know that this is a scam phishing attempt already is the fact that a custodial wallet doesn’t have your email address as such it doesn’t gives you email notification for withdrawal or deposit so that should have given you a hint except you got Carried away or that trust wallet does that which I don’t think so, but should they then it is another reason aside many to leave that wallet and go for a better wallet.

Also it is a bad culture to actually click on links you’re curious about, the best thing to do at this kind of situations is to go straight to the wallet and check if there is an incoming transaction some wallets do show it, or simply use the address and check on bitcoin explorer.

Clicking link might have got your device contaminated already, some of the contaminants could be a clipboard malware so I will advice you still put an eye out for that

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Today I received an email that a deposit of 0.3+BTC deposits is being processed on my trust wallet, immediately my brain Skip to think which large transactions I was expecting, but none at that point I suspected a fawl play and became sceptical about the whole thing, and in the email included a link to view the transaction, and when I clicked on it on my secured browser, it took me to a page that demanded for a wallet key's, at that point it becomes clear that it was a phishing attempt.

Everyone be careful of such an email, most especially newbies, be careful of free money and never input your wallet key anywhere unless you initiate your wallet recovery yourself.

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