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Binance users are receiving letters with an invitation to test a new application for Windows for a reward of 0.5 BTC, which 'will go to your Binance account. All you need to do is download and enter your data.

This is phishing! Attackers try to get personal data in this way, to access your money. Binance does not distribute 0.5 BTC for testing Windows applications. Be careful!

Thanks to the reminder bro. For sure, no exchange will provide such value just for download. Such a binance is one of the legit market. So I just want to know who can victimize it. It might be just a beginner.

Wow dude, thanx a lot.
I didn't get anything like that but you can never be too careful.

A fellow who is not greedy would not in a twinkle of an eye that it is a scam. Who gives 0.5 BTC for just testing an app?? People just devising means of robbing fellow humans everyday

Yes, you’re right. There’s a Reddit topic that had an image of the alledged email from Binance: https://www.reddit.com/r/binance/comments/8khcbw/be_careful_with_this_dont_do_it/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/binance/comments/8khcbw/be_careful_with_this_dont_do_it/).

There are so many scams around now that you really have to be wary and have all your senses on constant alert. This case was pretty obvious due to the high reward, but others are more suttle and use an URL that is very similar to the original but changing a character.
I also found a link somewhere to the file to download and, fortunately, it now seems to be pointing to nothing.

Thanks for the information mate

Yeah yeah...
It's sad that phishing still exists these days.Just simple common sense there isn't a campany who would give out 0.5BTC for just testing an application, only fools would fall on that but thanks for sharing common awareness.

Thanks for the warning. I do not understand that in the minds of such people who create such mailings. Why are the relevant organizations not engaged in the calculation of such criminals and deceivers?

I haven't received any email phasing for this. Which is the good thing as it indicates that their database is not leaked which would be terrible. Binance is trying to be one of the top when it comes for caring for their customer security. It is sad tho that you are not able to defend yourself with phasing. Many ICO bounty campaigns sell your email and thus it could be the reason on how they have your email address. It happened to me the other day ad I have received an email stating tron ico is on to me to give them my money for tokens which is obviously a scam. Thank you very much for this warning as if you helped at least one person that is an excellent work. Thank you.

Thank you for informing the community, I myself have been a victim of phishing (luckily only a tiny amount) but it's disgusting there's so many moral-less scammers in the space right now

This shows how important it is to have different emails for different purposes. The vast majority uses pretty much a single email for everything, it has no meaning in that. The chance for you to fill out a form and then receive thousands of sophisticated phishing scams is too big.

phishing again? waw this is very dangerous everyone should be careful this is often the case, hope no one is stuck in phishing web thank you this is good information friend

The amount that will be given is already questionable.
I am already done with those freebies that are offered even the lowest one.
Dont sign up on anything or do not give even a single detail to them.
That is based on experience already. One hack from those a-holes and I learned.
Even if it is almost true. Better just work for it. More satisfying than freebies.

Thanks though.

How are they targeting just Binance users? Did their e-mail database get leaked, or has their mail server been compromised? If it is either of these, then that's a big problem for the exchange.

Could you please add a screenshot of the email so we can see the send address, I would like to see if they're spoofing the domain.

Pretty difficult to phish a tech savvy crowd, but no doubt they'll get somebody.

There was a thread created yesterday: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3957525.msg37714723#msg37714723
As per the above thread,their domain is: support@binancesupport.co
And the screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/bmEikh3.png

But there are still a lot of non-techies out there, you might got caught in this phishing attempt. However 0.5BTC reward? Lol, I guess many can still fall for this trap because of the supposedly huge reward being offered (around $4K-$5K). I think someone already posted link in Reddit to see the actual email being sent out, although the screenshot doesn't display the originator or the send address. Anyways, its good that this community can share warnings like this so that the chances of us getting phished is slim to none.

I also trade on Binance and thank you for the warning. I also often receive letters from this exchange. But usually they are marked with flags.

lol... who in their right minds would give out 0.5 BTC for testing an application?
an exchange, such as binance, will probably hire professional testers for development testing
if it is an open beta test, I doubt they give out that much... probably just a special discount on trading fee

Oowh, thanks for reminding us. The award of binance to us is very high,  so it is questionable. Its a great help to us. I like trading in binance because some of my tokens is there and transaction is fast. So thanks for the info friend.

Thanks for this very vital information, links from an important site like this should be properly scrutinized before opening, you need to check their twitter handle or telegram group because there are phishing sites trying to extract information on the increase because cryptocurrencies are gaining ground.

How sad it is, why those men always trying to cheat people, why they cannot work hard for themselves, that's why the image of bitcoin always affected for what they have doing.

Hello everyone, thanks for the warning. I'll be careful. And then lately everyone is trying to deceive each other

It will interest you to know that some persons will download this app and fill in their data without doing some diligent research.  
0.5 BTC ( $4000+ ) for downloading an app! only the greedy ones will fall for this.

Thank you for the warning and for informing us because I haven't received that e-mail yet. I am just wondering how did they got your e-mail address and how did they know that you are using binance?


Thank you for the screenshot, I would have replied that it would be better if he could provide a screenshot but I saw your post when i scrolled down.

Yes I believe that binance does not distribute 0.5 bitcoin, and it must be very careful in providing personal data, because at this time many ways to steal money or bitcoin that we have.

I have been getting the message for the past 3 weeks now, but ignore it. This is a way to get your details and your account will be hack

This is another reason why this site is so important , this is very important information as it will hopefully prevent persons from falling for this scam and loosing all their money.information dissemination is very important and it is from this site that most of us get our information

thanks for aware i am new if i have merit i were give total merit for this post. it very help full for us. i also received message like that i thought i was Binance but ignored on that time.

Thanks for your information, now, there are many ways to deceive property as well as accounts exchange sites! Be careful and use only official, censored information!

wao, I have not been able to email it. probably because my asset in binance is still small. but thanks for the information you've give, I'll be careful too, maybe after this, hacker hacker will start to target my asset as well. all binence users should also be careful about this.

Those who are greedy of Bitcoin are the ones who mostly fell on this booby trap of scammers. This is obvious phishing site. Who the hell will give 0.5 BTC to those who will log in in their Phishing Site?? Think twice before thinking about it.

Anyway, thanks for informing those who don't know this yet but the email has spread weeks ago already and I got one email too. I ignored it because I know its a scam.

I think it is one of the scams and it will not be possible binore to distribute as much bitcoin to 0.5 bitcoin which is just donwlod application.

thank you for notifying this information because this kind of information is very useful for new traders like me, with this information I can avoid fake information that steals personal data I have.

thanks a lot for the warning waves plattform also suffered form that once, they camouflaged as a random airdrop the waves team regularily does

very useful. thanks for the information.

a few months ago, binance also rejected rumors that binance had been hacked. the rumor was first spread because of the tweet of John McAfee who received a lot of information about the potential hacking that befalls the binance.

then, through tweeter account CEO Binance Changpeng zhao informed that binance only have system constraints, because there is data that does not match the binance replica server database.

but I do not understand why binance can be exposed to pishing? whether there is a system that is not connected, because sometimes hackers take advantage of that opportunity.

is it now normal again?

Guys, be careful, now there are many cases of fraud. Do not visit suspicious links, carefully check the addresses of sites. Do not believe anyone who promises you money and stuff.

A 0.5 btc reward for testing some application, I can't believe there are people out there falling for things like this.
How could you even think this would be real.

Thank you for the information. I think only a new market makes such a thing as it aims for promotion.

these phishers are everywhere, the waves plattform also suffers from them,

waves regualrily does airdrops, and then phishers are camouflaging as the waves dev. team to phish private data. they even approach people privately, those who are new to this, can be deluded easily.

it will create a surveilance system that also makes it difficult for new startups to appear trustworthy as they cant fund countless security certificates.

regards

Honestly i get irritated with the rate of scammers in the space right now thanks for the information i hope this will go a long way for us to be careful enough to read thoroughly and observe every detail because they have so many methods of making people  fall for this.

i bet in the end the industry becomes as arrogant as the western and eastern world'S billionaires that protect themselves and their wealth in a way from others that they live like in an information bubble like buffet

Holy crap, what is going on??
I thought it was a real. I just going to be done this. I thought after some while I will do it. oh my god.

This is a good reminder and a very helpful but it woukd be more nicer if you put some links to support this advisory for us to be familiar,so whenever we encountered this thing we already know what to do.

Since binance is one famous thing here in our cryptoworld so better we must aware of everything phishing happening

It's time to remember that no one and never just so much bitcoin or Ethereum does not distribute. Who has been in crypto for a long time, has seen more than one such fraud, and there are always too gullible people, and then everyone is told that crypto-currencies are scam.

True this is very important information, so this news can prevent the increasing of victims from fraudulent acts through phishing sites ...

Binance gives 0.05 btc if you download their application? binance will not do that that's phishing, scammers nowadays want to steal your crypto, I received many phishing emails because scammers knows my email when I signed up in airdrops that was last year, so don't show to the public your email or give it to someone.

A lot of people love giveaways whatever it is. But we really need to be careful. Whenever you feel something's off, just stop and do not risk your infos. They should not require a lot of datas in the first place.

 binance là một sàn giao dịch tiền tệ kỹ thuật số phổ biến trên thế giới, được thành lập tại Thượng Hải, Trung Quốc bởi Changpeng Zhao – CEO công ty Beiji Technology chúng ta thận trọng vì hiện nay trung quốc chưa được hợp thức hoa bitcoin

It's just a cheap scam, and I don't know how the scammers got my email.
That's a question I've always been curious about.

Thank you for informating us sir, I havent receive that kind of email. Usually victims of Philsting are people who loves to join airdrops where coin owners will create a dummy coins, make airdrops, and collect datas for future spam/philsting.

I have bookmarked my Binance and I don't enter a site through my email. These are measures I put in place to avoid be phished. I have received that email and deleted it without even reading the content.

It's insane how often social engineering is successful. By far the easiest type of hack to execute.

I think most people are aware of this tricks as its been repeated in different form. Newbies should be very careful of this type of giveaway, this is the new trend being used by hackers in the crypto community.  always confirm and information before taking any steps , don't be too excited and forget to do the needful. Don't fall for such scam

Surely many have suffered from intruders, still need to be more careful as invented more and more cunning ideas and inventions

I think i'm lucky because still i don't get this.

Luckily, i didn't get that email. I'd be damned if i get phished. But surely, i'll be watching out for this. I checked my binance and there are no unauthorized use. I'm freaking out with all these hacking and phishing news. The last time was with myetherwallet and i was afraid to check my wallet that time.

So be careful guys so that we can avoid this kind of bad activity Binance will announce globally if there's a true reward. Don't easily trust those kind of letters I think this is the idea of attackers.

One tip is to always check the sender and email headers if you can. I doubt that the finance email can be spoofed, by many cyber criminals have other, compromised email servers they use to send out spam, so while an email might says it's from Company A, the From: email address is something like bhhcqg7qe7e@hackeddomain.com

Sadly many modern email clients make checking this more difficult, as they sacrifice security for UI design choices

Is there any information on how these emails are targeting Binance users specifically? Was there a database leak or something, as there shouldn't be a way of targeting them without access to their emails.

In any case, Binance seems to have weaker security than most other exchanges, so I don't bother trading there anymore. Bittrex is the one for me.

Lets all be careful lot of scammers that will do everything to scammed us they have lot of tricks.i also use binance but i didnt receive email.lets not trust easily and open links.

If they ever did decide to reward testers it is likely to be in BNB rather than BTC. Offering such a high amount is just pure greed on the scammers part and that will be their downfall. We must all be cautious and try not to fall for these scams.

Not sure what you are basing that on, but Binance's security is as good as all the top tier exchanges in this market. In a way you can even say that it is better than the rest in security terms, because they haven't gone through anything seriously damaging yet. Admittedly, Binance is relatively new in the crypto world still, but they as largest exchange face the heaviest stress testing, and they handle everything without many problems.

In more recent terms their security trigger system prevented coin theft as result of an API key attack. In other words, Binance saved plenty of users, and that while these users messed up big time. Even if Binance's security trigger system didn't jump in, the loss of funds would still be people's fault. That's what you get when you use malicious bots and other services requiring input of API keys.