Ether Wallet Scam

[BlackViruse]

Please whatever you're doing don't save your ether wallet private keys online avoid saving you private keys on your mail It's a death trap the best way to save your keys is on a paper and keep it somewhere secured maybe in your grandma photos album or a place you can easily get access to any anytime, there is this new scam going on a random message would just pop up on your mobile with two options "Cancel" and "OK" meanwhile "OK" means Cancel while "Cancel" means  OK they interchanged the options to get you traped a friend of mine ether wallet was hacked yesterday through his mail and all his assets taken away. The messages can not be avoided the best solution is to keep your private keys offline

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[Doranile432]

There there still people who used Gmail or Yahoo mail to keep private keys? If there is they are stupid, emails can be compromised in several ways you can never think of, it's better to write it down in a book that only you have access to or carve to a silver steel, I used carving to safe mine

[DoubleAweSeven]

Who in their right mind would save their precious keys online? not to mention in an email THAT A COMPANY CAN SEE AND HAVE A HIGH RISK OF GETTING HACKED? But hey, thanks to your friends sacrifice, we get to know one of the scammers method.

[bitcoin31]

It is really needed for us to save the private key to safe place yes it is good if it's offline because  once you save it to the gmail or any online platforms or in the computer possible the hacker will hack and for sure once they open your wallet your money will gone. Im not using a wallet that kinds of wallet if I save my private key I will make sure all the details will be safe no one can know expect to me.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I have created several thread about it:

[1] Do not use any note taking apps for recording your crypto keys and password
[2] The dangers and threat of using Self destruct Private Notes.

So anything that is online is not safe to keep your private keys or mnemonic phrase. It's better to write it down, put in a safety deposit box for safe keeping.

[molsewid]

Who in their right mind would save their precious keys online? not to mention in an email THAT A COMPANY CAN SEE AND HAVE A HIGH RISK OF GETTING HACKED? But hey, thanks to your friends sacrifice, we get to know one of the scammers method.

Some people save their private keys online for them to have easy access to their wallets anytime anywhere.

Please whatever you're doing don't save your ether wallet private keys online avoid saving you private keys on your mail It's a death trap the best way to save your keys is on a paper and keep it somewhere secured maybe in your grandma photos album or a place you can easily get access to any anytime, there is this new scam going on a random message would just pop up on your mobile with two options "Cancel" and "OK" meanwhile "OK" means Cancel while "Cancel" means  OK they interchanged the options to get you traped a friend of mine ether wallet was hacked yesterday through his mail and all his assets taken away. The messages can not be avoided the best solution is to keep your private keys offline

I agree! Don't store your important private keys in email.

Would you give a screenshot of this random message? And I want to know if it's shown in an application or browser? These notifications show only in the browser because I see one of them and not aware that these could hack the private keys you have in your email.

[Doell]

save on email is very vulnerable it will be a valuable lesson for your friends ,write in a book or print and keep it in the cupboard is safer ,some other additions avoid malicious web / applications if you still have it on your hardware because a hacker keep trying to hack and enter through very small gaps ,it is a matter of money and the user should take better care of it like money in a personal home treasure box

[Malam90]

I don't save my wallet details in any online way like email, facebook messanger etc. It is very risky to save wallet details in online like email. Don't click any suspicious email link. One years ago my blockchain wallet was hacked due to clicking a phising login attempt link in my email. I have thought i have tried to login few minutes ago, i opened the wrong link that wasn't mine and login with password. Few minutes later, i have found my balance empty. So, i won't recommend anyone to put wallet details in online. You can save your details in offline, increase security by 2fa code and mobile verification if it supports in wallet.

[Bttzed03]

Can you please share more information on this pop up message? Your friend must have clicked some link on email or text message that contains malware. This is also the first time I've read about this okay means cancel and vice versa. Maybe the malware will be downloaded whichever option you click. It kind of reminded me of those porn sites years ago that when you try to close it clicking "X", more windows pops up instead.

[pedrillo0]

Please whatever you're doing don't save your ether wallet private keys online avoid saving you private keys on your mail It's a death trap the best way to save your keys is on a paper and keep it somewhere secured maybe in your grandma photos album or a place you can easily get access to any anytime, there is this new scam going on a random message would just pop up on your mobile with two options "Cancel" and "OK" meanwhile "OK" means Cancel while "Cancel" means  OK they interchanged the options to get you traped a friend of mine ether wallet was hacked yesterday through his mail and all his assets taken away. The messages can not be avoided the best solution is to keep your private keys offline

Since you arrive in the crypto world, you learn with great losses.

But uploading files to the cloud is a great bad idea.

Never trust that, not even to save personal photos.

Better keep everything on pc or hard drives ...

[ningrum]

What do you mean Myetherwallet? I have used Myetherwallet on the desktop for years and there are no problems,
if indeed everyone is no longer using it, try to make a wallet using a keystore file because it is very safe

[WalkerIVIV]

it seems like this is a new method that used by the scammers. BTW i never instal suspicious application on my phone but sometimes there's someone who has been getting trapped by phishing.
We should always be careful with any application that we wanna try to deal with it.
Just always try to remember DYOR

[OasisDre]

Please whatever you're doing don't save your ether wallet private keys online avoid saving you private keys on your mail It's a death trap the best way to save your keys is on a paper and keep it somewhere secured maybe in your grandma photos album or a place you can easily get access to any anytime, there is this new scam going on a random message would just pop up on your mobile with two options "Cancel" and "OK" meanwhile "OK" means Cancel while "Cancel" means  OK they interchanged the options to get you traped a friend of mine ether wallet was hacked yesterday through his mail and all his assets taken away. The messages can not be avoided the best solution is to keep your private keys offline

So the malicious message works like phishing? Just click button and viola your ethereum in your wallet will disappeared? I think this lacks the real information of what happened to your friends wallet and how it was really hacked, anyways it's always safer to keep your wallet private keys offline or just write it down on paper 

[Anonylz]

Please whatever you're doing don't save your ether wallet private keys online avoid saving you private keys on your mail It's a death trap the best way to save your keys is on a paper and keep it somewhere secured maybe in your grandma photos album or a place you can easily get access to any anytime, there is this new scam going on a random message would just pop up on your mobile with two options "Cancel" and "OK" meanwhile "OK" means Cancel while "Cancel" means  OK they interchanged the options to get you traped a friend of mine ether wallet was hacked yesterday through his mail and all his assets taken away. The messages can not be avoided the best solution is to keep your private keys offline

Sad thing to have happened to your friend but don't you think the heading of your topic is a bit misleading! at first i thought eth wallet has resulted to scamming activity, after reading the post it was clear the scam took place as a result of of the info stored in the email, you make it sound like eth wallet is at fault,
anyways it has been over stressed here that people should avoid storing their priv key on their email on any online file, the danger is high,
and we should also learn how to avoid opening unknown mails, you can either flagged them as spam, put on blacklist or delete immediately without opening, you never know what will pop out.

[aioc]

Please whatever you're doing don't save your ether wallet private keys online avoid saving you private keys on your mail It's a death trap the best way to save your keys is on a paper and keep it somewhere secured maybe in your grandma photos album or a place you can easily get access to any anytime, there is this new scam going on a random message would just pop up on your mobile with two options "Cancel" and "OK" meanwhile "OK" means Cancel while "Cancel" means  OK they interchanged the options to get you traped a friend of mine ether wallet was hacked yesterday through his mail and all his assets taken away. The messages can not be avoided the best solution is to keep your private keys offline

This looks like a new method that many are not aware of this cancel and ok thing, it's better that you create a complete thread about this method , it's better to put this in the scam section or the beginner's help, is it possible to get your account or email compromised even if you have a 2 factor authentication, or phone verification, this is something that should be explore.

[santiPOGI]

For 6 years almost now, I haven't seen any problem using Ether wallet because I saved my private keys on my USB, and from
that time until now still safe and sounds dude, So, in your case you are just learned from your experienced and thanks for that concern
anyway, Good day.

[BlackViruse]

So the malicious message works like phishing? Just click button and viola your ethereum in your wallet will disappeared?

The email was hacked and his private keys stolen what part of it are you not understanding?

[awakpane]

Indeed, keeping the wallet private keys offline is the best solution and I think that is the only way to be safe and difficult to hack by other people, therefore avoid fraudulent information so that we are not trapped and the website must also be considered when accessing the Ether wallet because many sites resemble official wallets so that we unwittingly access scam sites and all our assets are lost

[Periodik]

This is very elementary. Why would you save your private keys online? If you are keeping your keys online, then you are somehow like keeping your funds in a custodial wallet. In the first place, you have kept your funds in a wallet where you own your private keys so that you really own your funds. But if you already have them and then save them somewhere other people could possibly force to access then the purpose is already defeated.

[masterrex]

It's a very unfortunate incident, but why did you save your private key in your mail? base on what you said that was the case, but I dont think your email is just easy to penetrate if you have done securing it correctly.
Dont just use the same email at a time it is better to create an email according to its purpose and make it more secure by adding a strong password, enables the 2fa, in mobile, or an authenticator app, to make sure it was secure unless the email provider was already compromised, I believe you become a victim of phishing it is usually caused by just a link that looks like legitimate so be careful always exercise precautions before opening any link to avoid that happening again.