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Title: Fake MetaMask
Post by: cryptomaniac_xxx on April 30, 2020, 09:37:44 AM

Greetings crypto enthusiast.

I just want to give you a heads-up about a fake Metamask website out there. It is very similar aesthetically and even the domain name is very tricky and you can easily fall for it if you don't check it.

Code:

hxxps://meta-mask.io/

https://i.imgur.com/d3VVmWi.png

Archiving here: http://web.archive.org/save/https://meta-mask.io/

Code:

Whois Record for Meta-Mask.io
 Domain Profile
Registrant Country	ca
Registrar	EPAG Domainservices GmbH
IANA ID: 85
URL: http://www.epag.de
Whois Server: —
Registrar Status	addPeriod, serverTransferProhibited
Dates	2 days old
Created on 2020-04-28
Expires on 2021-04-28
Updated on 2020-04-28	  
Name Servers	EVA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM (has 22,058,176 domains)
GARRETT.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM (has 22,058,176 domains)
  
Tech Contact	—
IP Address	104.27.151.11 - 1 other site is hosted on this server

http://whois.domaintools.com/meta-mask.io

REAL WEBSITE: https://metamask.io/

https://i.imgur.com/6LDPoCk.png

You can also read this thread that I created: AdBlock and UBlock (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5242287.0).

I already email the domain registrar, compliance@epag.de

Code:

Your request (420783) has been received and is being reviewed by our support staff.

Title: Re: Fake MetaMask
Post by: Sohyun Park on April 30, 2020, 11:12:14 AM

This board would be the write place https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0

Title: Re: Fake MetaMask
Post by: cryptomaniac_xxx on May 01, 2020, 01:41:24 AM

Good news, the site has been taken down already.

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Your request (420783) has been updated. To add additional comments, reply to this email.

Sol O (Tucows Inc - Compliance)

Apr 30, 10:03 EDT
Hello

Thank you. This has been suspended

Regards
* Compliance Officer * Tucows Inc
https://www.tucowsdomains.com/compliance-form/

cryptomaniac_xxx

Apr 30, 05:34 EDT

Hello,
You have a phishing site here: https://meta-mask.io/

The original site is: https://metamask.io/

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Title: Re: Fake MetaMask
Post by: Jating on May 01, 2020, 10:52:06 AM

Good, at least the domain registrar responded very quick and decisive.

I have one pending on reporting one scam/phishing site and so far I haven't got any response in more than 24 hours now. And the only that you found is really very dangerous because someone can fell for it like typo squat because the name is very similar to the original one.

Title: Re: Fake MetaMask
Post by: aioc on May 01, 2020, 04:47:26 PM

Quote from: Jating on May 01, 2020, 10:52:06 AM

That's a true a simple typo error can land one into a phishing site, but the best way is always to bookmark the site that you are frequently using and more so on sites like Metamask, and if you have a budget getting a metacert application is highly recommended especially for those who frequently trade on Decentralized exchanges.

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