[2015-11-28] Suspected Black Friday Phishing Site Alert

[ezak]

Suspected Black Friday Phishing Site Alert

t seems from numerous reports the website bitcoinblackfriday.info could be a host of phishing scams. The website that premiered sometime two weeks ago looked seemingly like a competitor to the real BitcoinBlackFriday.com website. The possible fraudluent website ending in .info has a fake Trezor site, a fake Gyft site and others that everyone might want stay away from..

We all saw the announcements and the site behind it was similarly eerie to the originally created Bitcoin Black Friday website. There were subtle differences and users were to leave their email address to get revealed deals before the big event. Many people talked about the site in forums, and it was also mentioned in some news publications. No one had known that the site may have been set up to be a scam, and some say the phishing sites have been established mid-day November 27. The fake Gyft website and the others were created just a few days ago. It has not been officially confirmed that the site BBF.info was part of the conspiracy as there has been no word from the owner of the domain.

Another interesting aspect of the case was that the phishing sites were using previously used Bitcoin addresses at checkout. This had caused alarm for those early, and some immediately reached out to processors like BitPay. BitPay denied any involvement with the “appgyft.com” and supplied a warning to the community via their Twitter feed.

http://bitcoinist.net/suspected-black-friday-phishing-site-alert/

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[Benarand]

There are too many scammers around. Will the forum operator/moderator compensate the loss for its users? They got paid by the advertisers.

[ezak]

There are too many scammers around. Will the forum operator/moderator compensate the loss for its users? They got paid by the advertisers.

they paid little , and win a lot

[Lutpin]

There are too many scammers around. Will the forum operator/moderator compensate the loss for its users? They got paid by the advertisers.

And under every advertisement, there is a warning displayed

Code:

Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.

They paid little , and win a lot

They've spent roughly 4BTC (forum ad + sig camp + social media campaign, and thats only on here).
And they scammed 20BTC+

[ezak]

They've spent roughly 4BTC (forum ad + sig camp + social media campaign, and thats only on here).
And they scammed 20BTC+

they are very smart

are they was been before and was legit ?

[1Referee]

People must look better at the actual domains they are visiting. If they paid close attention to that, then they wouldn't fall for phishing site scams. At days like black friday people only seem to care about the cheapest deals, and not look at the details of the site that is offering the deals.

[Denker]

It's always the same. During days like black friday, christmas and so on it is high season for scammers.
The same when the price of Bitcoin is very high and your lookin for probabale trade.
People must be aware of that. Read and inform.Don't be too naive and look closely!It's always the same sh*t!

[Kprawn]

It's always the same. During days like black friday, christmas and so on it is high season for scammers.
The same when the price of Bitcoin is very high and your lookin for probabale trade.
People must be aware of that. Read and inform.Don't be too naive and look closely!It's always the same sh*t!

I guess the scammers are cashing in, when we are at our weakest. We already have a holiday vibe going and you see LOW prices everywhere and you need to buy stuff for Xmas.

Everyone need a little break before Xmas, because during that time of the year, you spend more than usual and you want to get the best deals for the lowest price.

Denker, I would not call people naive... they are just less vigilant and exited and pressured to get the best deal within one day. The best recipe for a scammer to succeed. Next

year, we should start a campaign to warn people, before this day happens.  

Report scam sites here ---> http://www.badbitcoin.org/