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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: Baofeng on September 13, 2020, 12:21:11 PM



Title: {Warning}: Coingecko Domain (Email) spoofing
Post by: Baofeng on September 13, 2020, 12:21:11 PM
Just be careful if you received such email, delete it immediately as this is a another way of phishing attacks.

https://i.imgur.com/8EDjqoz.png

Source (https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/irgcrz/possible_scammers_disguising_as_coingecko/)

Coingecko itself confirmed that this is the case: here (https://www.reddit.com/user/coingecko/)

https://i.imgur.com/VH35Kd1.png

Interestingly, I try to search for cryllic attack. The good news though is that the website has been taken down already.

Code:
 PHISHING LINK - http://xn--congecko-d2a.com/ 
coíngecko.com

Just created a day ago:

Quote
Whois Record for Coíngecko.com
 Domain Profile
Registrant   WhoisGuard Protected
Registrant Org   WhoisGuard, Inc.
Registrant Country   pa
Registrar   NAMECHEAP INC NameCheap, Inc.
IANA ID: 1068
URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Whois Server: whois.namecheap.com

(p)
Registrar Status   addPeriod, clientTransferProhibited
Dates   1 days old
Created on 2020-09-12
Expires on 2021-09-12
Updated on 0000-12-31

https://whois.domaintools.com/xn--congecko-d2a.com