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some time ago I opened the Myetherwallet site to make a transaction, but I was directed to another tab in the browser that I used with a slightly different address but with the exact same appearance.

https://myetherwallet.com-eth.network/index.php?

https://i.imgur.com/xz2MsVr.jpg

exactly the same as the original website,

https://www.myetherwallet.com/

https://i.imgur.com/vBqkM4H.jpg

I hope this can be our shared awareness,
because not only were they new sites that were phishing, but the Vintage website from MEW also experienced the same incident.

https://myetherwallet.com-eth.network/vintage/index.php?key=9090

https://i.imgur.com/7SfTIKT.jpg

and exactly the same as the original website.

https://vintage.myetherwallet.com/#send-transaction

https://i.imgur.com/81hJQcI.jpg

always bookmark some important websites and ignore pop ups when you surf the internet. because it might be one of the phishing attempts.

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Real Pishing Website and i hope you avoid them and leave !
Thanks a lot of for report in this thread mate !



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Thank you for sharing this. Scammers are everywhere. I just created a thread people trying to scam money with the name of binance dex testnet launch and giveaway. There's a lot of phishing sites. Don't use any site from google search, better you bookmark the sites you used to use regularly.

Can you give more details? In particular what I would like to know is how and why were you redirected? Did you visit any insecure site? These redirectons should not happen unless your computer is infected with viruses or you visit some scam websites. Were you using the latest version of the browser and what browser you were using?

Generally when you search in google, you will get the official linm byt in some case, those scams sites however manage to rank in number 1 in google rank and people generally don't notice the url and get redirected to the scam sites.

OK, I understand now. That could explain it. The OP was not typing the Myetherwallet URL directly in the address bar. He was using Google to open the site, which is a very very bad practice. The scam sites do not need to rank in number 1 organically. They can buy Google ads to get on top of the search results. The moral of the story: never go to Myetherwallet via Google and always double check the URL!

ok I tell you more about my experience,
at first I was opening the Etherscan site (https://etherscan.io/) then when I entered my wallet address and I pressed the search button, I was directed to the phishing address.
there seems to be an invisible pop up blocking the search button so that when I press the button I am directed to enter the phishing address they made.
for information, I use the latest version of Google Chrome.

You sure you have used that etherscan website? Or you just end up with another fake etherscan? Tried to search there are no other fake sites with etherscan so this incident is
really weird.If theres a hidden pop-up when you do press out search then most likely your pc do have some sort of malware.Try to have some pc scan on your AV.

I haven't heard of a phishing site for ethereum wallets for a long time, but it seems they always pop up and try to snatch all the coins we have. Indeed, it is very difficult to distinguish between the original and not because it is very similar. But if you remain cautious and also always be vigilant if there is an acceptability.

Then it's a malware in your browser or device. I think you better re set up your device and use any reputed anti virus. Otherwise, the chances of being scammed is high for you. Do it ASAP.

Guys just bookmark MEW so you won't be a victim of phishing link.

Correct!  This is the safest way to access mew wallet without any worries that you are on a phishing website.  This might help to some mew users.

Thanks for the Information. I will pass down this to all forum I had

yes it seems like that, I also began to feel uncomfortable with the browser that I am currently using, I will try to update the anti-virus on my laptop. to prevent the spread of malware.

There are warning posted in the real site. Like what should the address look like and the appearance of the original hasn't changed since I started joining there. P.S I don't know if the site developed or changed. Those phishing sites are not new. There are a lot of them where if you put your wallet information in order to log in to your account, it's already over.

I think it's really very worrying when many people make phishing sites that aim only to steal what others have. Honestly, I have found a number of sites like that, but I am always vigilant by researching and doing the correct entry method. And for beginners, I recommend that you keep cautious because phishing sites are almost identical to the original site.

It has been a problem of most beginners ever since but with the simplest solution for it, this will reduce the possibility of landing to a phishing site.

Because you are aware of what's the exact URL address and you have bookmarked it.

Both of you have missed his point. He was in right website for checking the balance, etherscan. When he pasted his address and clicked for search, he was redirected to the phishing site. Bookmarking site can't do anything here although we must ensure the url. His device is infected with some kind of malware.

ok, bro ... this is just a reminder to each other, there's nothing wrong with sharing experiences that could endanger the assets of our friends here especially for those who are beginners.

People dont really have that time to read up and just posting replies which isnt really connected at all.It is indeed OP is on the right url of etherscan but clicking out that
search bar do redirects him on a phishing site.

This is why i dont really get paying attention when it comes to pop-out yet im not really expecting for etherscan to have it on the very first place.Always verify things out before
logging in any wallet.This is really have connection with malware problem because on typical etherscan search it wont really give you such phishing attempts.

And it's a big help and good awareness to all us to be more extra careful as scammers and hackers are just monitoring our moves and can penetrate
anytime when seen opportunities, better to make sure to bookmark the site to avoid being victimized and loses our funds, Thanks a lot with this  post
that you have shared.

Scam site why you have accessed without checking the URL. There are plenty of site available with the similar of wallet and exchange sites.

Please be careful while you access towards it.

If there is any thread to find the scam site link on this forum means that will be more useful for the forum users to stay safe.

yes, I have experienced being a victim of a phishing website, I lost some ethereum assets, therefore I remind others as much as possible not to experience the events that I experienced in the past.

instead I accidentally accessed the website, it looks like I have been exposed to malware that gave me a pop up when I clicked on another website and directed to the phishing website.
and actually I can find out this is a phishing website because I checked the url address of the website. and after I compare it is proven like what I posted first.

Always check the url, and do not click links that contains site that will redirects you to a phishing site that might steal your personal infos, like cc or your btc and eth wallet.

Thanks for the heads up, I've been a victim on MEW recently, still can't fathom how someone will channel all his energy on stealing other people's hard work +1 for you mate

thank you for sharing. If I don't see this thread maybe I will become a victim. The almost perfect appearance of the website scammer. In order to avoid this website scammer, we must double check the URL or bookmark the myetherwallet page.

Sometimes danger of stealing your account information comes from applications in your browser app store. Beware of unknown opened Wi-Fi networks, because there may be also phishing trap, especially if you are using smartphone or tablet..you can just not see whole adress of MEW. Just remember, to be always reading all the reviews about the app you want to install.

Many phishing sites copying the template of the wallets site and using the same kind of URL to scam the users of those wallets.

When you see the interface it will be exactly similar to the original site but you check the URL while you invest your time on accessing the wallet. Read the security measures you can see at the sign up and do it.

my advice, for important websites that you often use, it's better to be bookmarked so that you don't get stuck on phishing websites. btw thanks for your info 

actually it will be good if you install a metamask in your browser
because if you install metamask, it will warn your for every phising website that you visited

guys just get MyCrypto desktop app and you won't have to think about phishing sites anymore (check the github before downloading!)

I installed the EtherAddressLookup extension in my browser. It has a list of phishing sites and warns you if you hit it.
This is not an advertisement, I just share information with you.

MEW wallet is completely safe to store the Ethereum and ERC20 tokens. If you are accessed any shit site then possibilities to loose the money is high and the image shown also seems you have accessed fake site.
Please see your URL and confirm while you are accessing your wallet with Json or private key at anytime.

yeah, that one a good solution,
because if you use MyCrypto (https://www.mycrypto.com/) it's just like you use the MEW
and in mycrypto, it has an app that you download so there is no way that people can phising you

but don't forget that you need to download the app from the official website

Phishing myetherwallet site always appears on my search page if I search for MEW keywords. Phishers are talented when you search for keywords related to Myetherwallet, fake sites will appear first, and they have fooled you. Please pay attention to the website address and remember the exact address of MEW is https://www.myetherwallet.com/ (https://www.myetherwallet.com/)

Bookmark is an important action to avoid such phishing websites. use it for important websites that you use frequently, to be safer  8) scamer never die! be careful  ;)

also in MyCrypto you don't need to put tokens name and decimals to add a custom token, just contract address and it automatically scans for any needful token info

yes, this is also for our convenience with friends, I often get new knowledge and help from other members in this forum. so when I experienced this incident I went on to discuss it so that no more victims were trapped by these scammers.

Please change the subject line says Phishing site similar to MEW. If any newbie see this they might think that MEW is the phishing and that is what you are referring here.
This is the best wallet in my experience on for having eth or tokens.
Be careful while accessing your wallet and check the url and seeing the address whether right or wrong.

Never got to the phishing myetherwallet site. Whoever knows the correct address will never get caught, but newcomers in this case can also get caught. In principle, you can report this site to MEW official twitter page or email them. They think they will do everything to clean this site.

I think I have to be careful. I've lost my eth because of scamer, it's never safe from malware phishing, I prefer to use metamask quite safe for me

Search engines should redirect to official sites for queries like well known wallets, banks, etc...

I once got a desktop notification of a Phishing Myetherwallet site, I had to carefully cross-check the site and discussed it was a scam. Already, I bookmarked the real site on my browser to avoid any slight mistake and I do well to always check even the book market site for a possible re-direction.

ok buddy, thank you I will try it. Previously I bookmarked MEW on my web browser (I use chrome) is this safe enough to avoid phishing webs. or do I need something again?

same here buddy i also bookmarked the official mew site and i can say that this was safe because ive been doing this for more than two years now  just before the phishing news about mew went viral   .

btw what method do you use to open your mew wallet ? i currently use private keys and i know that it isnt the safest way to open a mew wallet  . if your like me that also use private keys , then i sugest you use some kind of browser extension like meta mask  for extra protection from hackers and phishers  .

I was about to say this one, bookmark everything so that the likelihood of you getting to a phishing site is minimised. Been practicing this and so far I was able to get away from those sites, everyone should give it a try.

Private key is dangerous as well, but I was say that I used it before again, never experience hacks but I'm still very careful though.

Well, online wallet is the worst wallet to use. It might be easy and simple to use, but very low security. I suggest you all to get at least desktop wallet to store you assets, if possible you can buy a hardware wallet for better security. Better safe than sorry.

they still do this when they can just guess the privatekeys like the kids who stole 45,000 ETH just by guessing privatekeys. phishing will leave more trail thru that hosting companies they use. these hackers seem to have more skills, than just guessing so they should just use their skills to earn not steal.

What a thing that often happens. Phishing sites are circulating everywhere and always looking for our guardian side. It's really the thing that makes MEW users think twice about using it. Keep your friends' hearts because evil always targets our blind spots.

Bookmark and always check it first before putting your private keys is very important securing your wallets online, a lots of hackers who's waiting to penetrate with your accounts so do a routine check before dealing with your online wallet, always take a closer look with the site and double check
everything as OP already shared some information.

not just beginners. everyone can make mistakes. carelessness factors can happen to anyone and that must be avoided and reminded.
thank you

Firstly I check the Alexa rank of the site, even though I bookmark them. Most of the phising sites don't have good Alexa rank. If you compare real site with the phising site you can see the difference in Alexa rank.

Secondly using Metamask, it shows the warning message on the screen when we visit any scam or phishing sites.

Third, read the URL twice before entering into them.

Fourth, Always use Two devices one for work and one for the wallet.

MEW is mostly attacked Ether Wallet till now.

LOL you are asking to check the alexa rank before use it? Really funny I hope you don't do like that too.

While you accessing the wallet just confirm the URL is correct or not that is enough else you bookmark the page and access the legacy wallet. Because of new UI many people confuse themselves whether it is correct or wrong wallet.

Yes Checking Alexa ranks helps me in 2018 to avoid fake MEW URL's  If you don't understand what I want to say then you should read again. Mostly phishing site doesn't have good Alexa rank if you check in case of MEW, the Alexa rank for MEW is 12,877 and if you open the phising site you can see their Alexa rank. Much different

As far as I know there are more than two thousand such sites in Russia. I am more interested in what resources will advertise such phishing sites. Of course, in order to avoid any problems, always use only previously made bookmarks.

Everybody wants a piece of the pie but not everyone is ready to work for it. Thanks for the infos. They get more and more creative.

Search Engines doesn't work like that. Search engines work bases of a website's ranks. inbound and outbound links. and other factors. which we call Search Engine Optimization. if a phishing website have stronger SEO than an original website then that phishing site will win in the search engine. that's how it works. search engines are made of bots and codes. they don't check which website is original and which one is phishing. Stronger Optimization you have stronger the chance of your website to come on top of search engines.

Make sure once you search to myetherwallet you can check it if the site is really legit because we know now a lot of pishing site are copying the name of the website and they change only some letters or add some so the user will not notice that website is fake or trying to hack your account. We need to be careful every we want to login our account to make sure our account is safe.

It's easy now to detect MyEtherWallet site phising or not
First, if you mobile user use MyEtherWallet apk on playstore, it's easy to use
Second, for pc user install MetaMask to protect you from phising site, it always close when you open phising site. Very helpful.

This has been the first time this year that I am hearing about the MEW phishing site, so I got the impression the scammers gave up on this particular type of phishing as it is the most obvious one and most people are already familiar with it, but I guess it is still effective enough to keep trying. Bookmarking the real MEW site is indeed an easy and crucial ordeal to avoid stepping on this phishing mine.

I think no one will refuse. After all, inexperienced investors always come to the market. I’m sure hundreds of people make this mistake every day. In a hurry or unknowingly. But this is not the end of phishing. You also need to be careful and do not use Google to search your exchange. Unfortunately there are enough fakes too.

The scammers know how to manage the whole manner without raising any questions on the victim's mind. MEW has changed its user interface and wallet access methods, scammers did the same thing too. Now scammers use Google advertising tools for promoting their phishing site and new users have gravitated to this magnet.

These scammers are buying ads to promote their phishing sites.  They are going under google's radar.

This is one of the reasons that you never just copy and paste your private key into a web browser.  Always connect with a safe option like a hardware wallet.

It can create an experience for all of us, now that there are many phishing websites, be careful to keep your data safe.
My advice is to avoid phishing web pages, by bookmarking pages, don't often use searches,
If you open https://www.myetherwallet.com/ use the metamask installed on your PC

It's always a better idea to bookmark all the websites where you are entering data which may be compromised. I use Binance and MyEtherWallet and I have bookmarked both of these.

I am confused.  Can you tell me which is original and which is fake?

Now phishing sites at every step, scammers know very well how to deceive you, therefore, you need to be very careful about your safety and very carefully read the site to which you go.

While using any of the wallets it is a must to be very careful, a small mistake will cause a big loss. What we have seen here is an example. I have come across such a phising site of coinbase. One day got an email stating confirm to withdraw funds. On clicking the link it took to a page which resembles same as coinbase. Somehow out of luck saw the url and got out of the page.

And a few moments ago one of our friends also hacked into his MEW account. Whether it's from phishing or whatever it is, but we have to be more careful in keeping our private key not to go to an inappropriate place because when we have lost it will be very difficult to return.

The original website posted some warnings about what the link above should look like. But anyways, this is a good reminder especially for the beginners out there. And also, make sure you don't post your private key somewhere else and if you have enough money, I would recommend you also invest on your funds's security.

actually if we examine this more easily, we can see the address of the website we are visiting. then it would be better if you do bookmarks on important websites that we often visit.

If someone redirect on phishing site from google or any other sitez there's nothing to do. Bookmarking is the best solution because once you sync all the data with your mail, I guess will not face any knid of phishing in future.

If you compare real site with the phising site you can see the difference in Alexa rank.
 Bookmarking the real MEW site is indeed an easy and crucial ordeal to avoid stepping on this phishing mine

There has been a lot of theft with a phishing site MEW and that is very detrimental. So it would be better if we always carefully enter the Myetherwallet site and then bookmark.

Actually this case often happens and the problem has been found.
The user is careless and looks rushed to open an important website. or they forget to bookmark important addresses in their browser.
the point is not to be careless, even though the bookmark has been done if it is careless then this case will repeat itself.

how can you say that even though we have bookmarked the event will repeat itself? isn't it if we visit a bookmarked site that we won't visit the wrong address

I make exceptions to careless people and keep searching manually. it could happen due to carelessness or human error.
Hurry or forget it can happen to anyone. right?

True . Not all people are careful on what they do but most people in this world are careless enough not because they are dumb or whatsoever but because they are too busy  . You know most of us are working and rushing  .  They may mislook the url and after the insert thier private keys boom,they will notice that they lost all their funds afterwards   . This issue can be avoided if all are going to take time to read and check everything ( not just check but double check ) for more safety  .

I understand what you mean, wrong and forget about the nature that exists in every human being.
but this experience I got when I entered the correct website. then it turns out there is a hidden pop up that I might click on and I am taken to the phishing address.

I installed adblock on my chrome, maybe that could help.
I agree with you, and be careful better. I also bookmark to avoid fishing.

Thats right , adblock can help block sites that pops out automaticaly but i think ad block cant block malware that is already infected the devices . You still need a good antivirus and you must always update its database  .  Bookmarking the original site url is also the last but but not the least that everyone should do  just to make sure that we are only accesing the correct website and not the phished ones    .

Wow, thank you man,

many people use many ways to get money, but this one people consider same as really bad people

Some months ago .i was using my ether wallet.when  i try to login by accidently am reach to pishing site but i ignore .and loged in to my ether wallet using pvt key .   :o after some days I lost my all asset. so i recomend to all users use safely and beactive then using my etherwallet. now am using mobile wallets. i think its safe way.if anyone have new advice pls tell here.iam very scare about this.i dnt want lost again.

like I did, I also installed adblock on the browser that I use (Google Chrome)
because scammers do everything to get money fraudulently.

Bookmarks are also one of the best ways to prevent scammers who are getting smarter at making crime traps.

You can add the Adblock Plus extension to your Google Chrome here:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/adblocker%20plus?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

https://i.imgur.com/QjUoBNd.png

But we are sure there are still many who are good, as this friend wants to tell anyone to be vigilant because many who abuse their intelligence only to seek illegal profits. this is often a lot of people who are deceived because they are not careful, actually small things can be done so that it does not happen, make it a habit to use bookmarks if you often go to websites that you often open, without the need to repeat writing on google which might lead to fraudulent websites.

Be careful

This is one of the most popular ways of social engineering.

It is absolutely easy to make a website absolutely similar in design to text content and this is one of the most popular ways of phishing.

У мeня тoжe был cлyчaй.Увeли кoшeлёк мoй myetherwal -нa бaлaнce былo oкoлo 100 дoл ,и эти дeньги были мнoй зapaбoтaны в интepнeтe. To ecть мнe нe жaлкo,нo кaк мoгли взлoмaть-ocтaётcя дo cиx пop зaгaдкoй. ;)Глaвнoe cкaчaть кoшeлёк нa кoмп и тoгдa мoжeшь cпoкoйнo зaxoдить и pacпopяжaтcя cвoими дeньгaми.

Every users of myetherewallet shoul pay attention when signing in on thier wallets they should always check first the url if its correct or not, some users are not aware on this cause as long as they recognize the same display and details like the original one, they will continue without knowing that their tokens are in danger.

please use English, I made this discussion on a global thread,
if you want to discuss with a local language, you can enter in your local country thread, thank you. ;)

Quite common stuff now. Applies not only for MEW but for other platforms as well (Social Networks, Crypto Trading Platforms, etc.)

Many people copying the template of MyEtherwallet and use it scam the users. Many people got trapped in this problem. I am not sure who is going to give the solution for it.

I believe every users needs to secure themselves with the security options and keep access the wallet checking the URL.

That’s why it was advisable that everything in internet that needs our account to be logged in must be Bookmarked because hackers are great in their skills so if we don’t make precautionary measures for sure we will victimized.this must served as lesson for everyone who’s reading here to always BOOKMARKED important site that we usually used

its better a use a linux usb drive pc everytime there is a need to connect to wallets or exchange.

No need to install the OS, just let it run on the USB drive, everytime it starts its a like a new PC.

much more safer works well.

Thanks for sharing this excellent info. We have similar hack in 2018 where ethereum worth 150000 were stolen by hackers. Just by following few simple guidelines you can avoid huge losses.

Thanks For the inform to us sir !

Its a sad world that many people have to resort to theft in order to survive.  These phishing sites will never cease to exist until there is more equality in the world.

People lose their cryptocurrency only by stupidity. Neglect of safety practices leads to the loss of its cryptocurrency. I read a lot of stories that people lost their cryptocurrency through their own fault, no one even hacked them.

Most of them are trapped by their ignorance, or because of their heartlessness.
therefore the OP may aim to provide them with experience and knowledge to be more careful and not be trapped because of ignorance.

My email was hitted by some mail, that named is myetherwallet with title "ETH HARDFORK" and when i click the button on the message its redirected to some phising/scam like myetherwallet site's.

The question, where they(the scammers) know my email? because i never linked my myetherwallet account to my email account.

No,it doesnt work that way.Your email might have been exposed where you might able to register or input it into other services/websites.
When theres a leakage or those email list had been solved out and been bought then scammers or hackers do mass sending with those phishing emails
just hoping for someone to be hooked up.

I was shocked when I saw this post because recently, I opened my MEW and it appeared many red. I checked again the site now, thankfully the site is real.

It is good to have some post like this in order to avoid phishing sites like this specially today, crypto is growing up again. Thanks OP for your information. I hope, we will be freed in scammers as well as hackers. Cryptocurrency is a prone from them. Let's us all help each other in order to eradicate this acts.

i think there is another way to easily knowing the phishing website by installing metamask.
With metamask every phishing website that you visit it will warn you like below
https://i.imgur.com/LcqmXBY.png

Thank for this very informative thread mate specially for people like me who’s visiting MEW just very few times so I don’t familiar on what’s old and New,now I need to bookmark the legit to find peace of mind every time I need to access my erc20 wallets

Hope many people here will recognized this difference before putting their private keys so they won’t be phished by this damn hackers

always use metamask it surely will secure your web from phising site time to time. and check the logo lock in the view site information for double safety. and all be safe and keep researching theres a lot phising site and click bait

I was remember , few months ago.. So many people who got scammed by Myetherwallet scam or phising sites. They didn't careful to type myetherwallet site (maybe).. And so much Ethereum and tokens/coins on hacker wallet. After they got that , they just move it directly to exchanges.
And then.. Myetherwallet official team tweeted on their account to change DNS , Server , Appearance or something I dont know which hopefully all can easily access "the real one" myetherwallet site.
Maybe next time.. you must bookmark "the real one" myetherwallet site because until now , phising sites still exist. And thanks for this thread explain about myetherwallet phising sites

MyEtherWallet wallet is mostly being attacked by many users with creating fake added link with it.
When there is huge amount in any wallet and that user incorrectly accessed the fake site means they may face heavy loss. Only thing users has to realize the problems and be careful while accessing any sites.