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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: notblox1 on November 25, 2020, 05:38:45 PM



Title: Fake Metamask website and extension scam
Post by: notblox1 on November 25, 2020, 05:38:45 PM
What Happened: Fake Metamask website and scam extension asking to download, install and import seed words.
Don't download and never import seed words anywhere.
Report website for phishing.

Code:
website: https://chrome-extension.info/nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20201125173312/https://chrome-extension.info/nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/
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https://i.imgur.com/MtR49QL.png

Quote
Domain Name: CHROME-EXTENSION.INFO
Registry Domain ID: D503300001189975435-LRMS
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namesilo.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namesilo.com
Updated Date: 2020-11-19T15:30:39Z
Creation Date: 2020-11-19T15:26:02Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-11-19T15:26:02Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date:
Registrar: Namesilo, LLC


Title: Re: Fake Metamask website and extension scam
Post by: ScamViruS on November 25, 2020, 06:19:41 PM
Good catch OP. Lots of fake websites and fake apps are seen in different places. Their main goal is to scam people, but they often do not succeed in their mission because some people like you who want to secure the crypto world expose these scammers. When they become exopse, they start looking for new ways to scam people.

Keep up the good work.


Title: Re: Fake Metamask website and extension scam
Post by: AhmadM on November 25, 2020, 08:56:32 PM
Nice catch OP, it obviously scam website that pretending to become the real metamask extension service. It would save many newbies from falling to the trap by exposing it.

The site has been reported to https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en
Detection on virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/2c69a77cceb771f5bf48e47514c4d2bc6843bd85db3737e14405ccbfed9e0779/detection

Anyway, from where you got this site? Whether you got it by particularly searching it on google search?