Scam alert: ElectrumPro is not an Upgrade of Electrum wallet

[ladydark]

We all know Electrum wallet to be one of the best bitcoin wallet which could be downloaded from www.Electrum.org.

But now a scammer who has bought a domain with name Electrum.com has released a new wallet named as ElectrumPro and termed it as an Upgrade of Electrum wallet.Its designed to look exactly as the original Electrum wallet.

Beware, don't use that wallet and save your hard earned bitcoins.

EDIT: The site has now been shut down.

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[Aura]

We all know Electrum wallet to be one of the best bitcoin wallet which could be downloaded from www.Electrum.org.

But now a scammer who has bought a domain with name Electrum.com has released a new wallet named as ElectrumPro and termed it as an Upgrade of Electrum wallet.Its designed to look exactly as the original Electrum wallet.

Beware, don't use that wallet and save your hard earned bitcoins.

EDIT: The site has now been shut down.

Where did I see this 'attack' before? Oh wait Bitcoin.com.
Here is a guide for security enthusiast on how to decompile the malicious software: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-docs/blob/master/decompiling_guide.md . It includes a reference to the malicious add_seed method that send your seed using a post request to their servers.

[Bervelukan]

That's true and I thank you for sharing this information with us, because I understand that this kind of information is very important to us.

[mann77]

A lot of peoples are being scammed nowadays. Thanks to alert us about this scamming.

[Sudarmoon]

Such fraud is very dangerous and can drain away all the bitcoin we have stored in the wallet, from I think this news or news is very important to spread.