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As the digital asset economy grows popular and a number of crypto companies become well known, copycat scammers appear in greater numbers. There are a number of websites that are clones of the official web page from companies that provide mining device sales, wallets, full nodes, paper wallet tools, and popular trading platforms. <\/b><\/p>\n
Just recently, news.Bitcoin.com wrote a report on mining devices, and one of the links we found looked like it belonged to a reliable mining manufacturer, but the URL really went to a copycat site that looked identical to the original URL. People make mistakes and the fact of the matter is some of these scams can be awfully hard to catch. That\u2019s because oftentimes these web pages look exactly the same as the official website, minus a few minor details. <\/span><\/p>\n Some shady websites are quite obvious, like when news.Bitcoin.com\u2019s Terence Zimwara <\/span>wrote<\/span><\/a> about Bitcoin Inc. and the ostensible fractional share tokens. However, some web pages are straight-up copycat web pages, and are nearly identical to the official page. For instance, there is a copycat website of the mining rig manufacturer Strongu\u2019s official page. Google happens to keep to have the sketchy website posted at the very top of the results page. <\/span><\/p>\n The site is called \u201cstrongutech.com\u201d and the real web page is really called \u201cstrongu.com.cn\/.\u201d The copycat website, which uses the word \u201ctech\u201d in the name, was created to be a phony sales site. It also managed to make it to the top of Google\u2019s browser results with little effort. It should be known that the copycat website is not the company\u2019s official mining store. News.Bitcoin.com has reported it to Google\u2019s anti-phishing page which allows people to report suspicious websites. <\/span><\/p>\n Spoofing reliable crypto company websites has been happening for years. For instance, six years ago the popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase <\/span>was spoofed<\/span><\/a> by a web page called \u201ccoinbase.re\/,\u201d and everything was real except the sign-in button. Which means, after an unsuspecting Coinbase customer used it the hacker would steal login credentials. The website also was the very first \u201csponsored\u201d post on the top of the Bing browser\u2019s results page.<\/span><\/p>\n Day in and day out, scammers are using spoof websites and typosquatting to steal people\u2019s cryptocurrencies. Scammers are also appearing on Google\u2019s Play Store copying reputable brands and creating fake apps. Just recently, Satoshilabs, the company that manufactures the Trezor hardware wallet tweeted about an Android app that was pretending to be the official application. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA warning to all the Android users owning Trezor devices,\u201d the company <\/span>tweeted<\/span><\/a> on December 2, 2020. \u201cThis app is a scam and has no relation to SatoshiLabs and Trezor. We\u2019ve already reported it to the Google team. Always confirm any action on your device and never type seed words until your Trezor asks you to,\u201d the hardware wallet manufacturer added.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/p>\n The fact of the matter is that as cryptocurrencies become more popular, copycats, scammers, and website spoofers will grow in number. Always make sure the URL is 100% correct when accessing the wallet, exchange, mining company, or any service you use with crypto. There have been plenty of cases where Google, Bing, and other popular browsers allow copycat spoof websites at the top of the results page, and some scams are even sponsored. <\/span><\/p>\n You can report phishing websites to Google and other browsers, so other individuals can have a safer browsing experience surfing the web. Moreover, many crypto companies like Coinbase offer people methods to report phishing and spoof sites as well. <\/span><\/p>\n What do you think about the growing number of copycat and spoof crypto sites? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below. <\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The post Popular Browsers Like Google Fail to Catch Copycat Crypto Sites, Scams Make the Top Results<\/a> appeared first on Bitcoin News<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Popular](\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fake.jpg\" "\\"Popular")
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<\/span>Last summer, law enforcement in Europe <\/span>arrested<\/span><\/a> a group who spoofed the website Blockchain.com. The hackers managed to empty the wallets of 4,000 victims. All the malicious actors did was leverage a technique called \u201ctyposquatting,\u201d which uses a domain name but with one small typo. There are fake paper wallet generator sites people have been <\/span>complaining<\/span><\/a> about over the years. Three months ago, a Reddit user also <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> on a phony Ian Coleman BIP39 page on the top of Google\u2019s results. <\/span><\/p>\n![\"Popular](\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/trezossr.jpg\" "\\"Popular")
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