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August 02, 2019, 04:14:24 PM
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Website: https://coinbase-promo.com
Archived: http://archive.is/VyVDQ
Bitcoin address: 13tsX2zBiPz3P2nt5HgyFKxXTQFWRqXEuj
What happened: Running fake giveaway by using coinbase name.

Noticed from Twitter some share screenshots and seems there coinbase announce giveaway which is totally fake.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AnnWate24006750/status/1157308458091372545



They have created a script for send bitcoin to prove ownership of address. You have to send 0.05BTC and obviously you are going to lost it forever.

Although this isn't new way to scam, but I want to remind it once again. Who know perhaps some greedy people's will fall in that trap.

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August 02, 2019, 04:44:19 PM
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Although this isn't new way to scam, but I want to remind it once again. Who know perhaps some greedy people's will fall in that trap.

Site is ugly, twitter screenshot is fake, transactions are all fake, block height that is being displayed is fake, double bonus for nothing  Cheesy so I hardly think there will be anyone who would fall for this given the amount of btc they are asking for registration. Some might have fallen if they had asked like 0.001 or 0.002.
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August 02, 2019, 04:58:17 PM
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You can find thousands of scams everyday on Twitter (binance giveaways, fake/scam groups on facebook, etc.) and I don't feel this topic is valid here as it was not posted on bitcointalk while on Twitter. If we were to report all of them, all these topics would occupy most of the threads of this board and plus this is not a scam accusation as the scammer is unknown. It's just a scam giveaway. Better to move it to off-topic.

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August 02, 2019, 05:04:32 PM
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These bastards are almost under every crypto tweet lately. If nobody was dumb enough to fall for this, they wouldn't be doing it.

They scammed somebody for 0.0595btc (~$600) btw.
https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/13tsX2zBiPz3P2nt5HgyFKxXTQFWRqXEuj

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