Bitcoin Forum

Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: arabspaceship123 on December 08, 2022, 02:41:41 PM



Title: Protect your coins. Bitcoin vanity address scams
Post by: arabspaceship123 on December 08, 2022, 02:41:41 PM
https://freeimghost.net/images/2022/12/08/bitcoinvanityaddress.com.jpg

If you're searching for vanity address generators be careful you'll find scams. In the first search outputs I've found a scam to steal Bitcoins bitcoinvanityaddress.com

Online generators aren't safe they'll record private keys. One day you'll discover your coins aren't in your wallet. Don't use websites to generate vanity addresses you can't trust them. It's not worth taking shortcuts.

Samr7 vanitygen hasn't updated in 10 years. It's a trusted option https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen (https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen)





Title: Re: Protect your coins. Bitcoin vanity address scams
Post by: albon on December 08, 2022, 06:00:46 PM
https://gcdnb.pbrd.co/images/s4dvJE19bNhH.png

In fact, the domain is new, and I do not have explicit proof that I accuse it of a scam, but it targets beginners who do not even know how to create a wallet for bitcoins. Through this site, after clicking on Generate, it gives you a new wallet address for your bitcoins and a private key to use, and perhaps after you open the wallet and deposit your bitcoins, they will steal what you deposited, so I do not advise at all to use online generators sites, and any beginner can easily create a wallet from the official sites and uses it without generators sites.

Quote
Domain: BITCOINVANITYADDRESS.COM
Registrar URL: http://www.nicenic.net
Registrar: Nicenic International Group Co., Limited
IANA ID 3765
Status: clientTransferProhibited, ClientDeleteProhibited
Creation Date: November 14, 2022 (3 weeks ago
Update Date: November 14, 2022 (3 weeks ago)
Expiration Date: November 14, 2023
Age: 24 days
Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
Registrant Organization: Vlad Artemiev
Registrant State/Province: None
Registrant Country: RO
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: support@nicenic.net
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +853.2354112

SOURCE: https://www.domainiq.com/domain?bitcoinvanityaddress.com#/whois