Fake Trust wallet stealing seed phrase.

[The Cryptovator]

Website: https://trust-wallets.xyz
Archived: https://archive.is/gf4oQ
Fake Trust wallet Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Trustwalletsupply/
What happened: Fake trust wallet giveaways.

Nothing new, but noticed from Facebook advertisement a fake Trust wallet running a giveaway for SHIBA token. They are directly asking for your seed phrase of Trust wallet.



If anyone submit seed phrase of Trust wallet mean everything will be gone forever. Posting here to save newbies.

[zasad@]

Google has changed its rules, so this is just the beginning.
https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/10688110?hl=en&ref_topic=29265
"Beginning August 3, advertisers offering Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Wallets targeting the United States may advertise those products and services when they meet the following requirements and are certified by Google. To be certified by Google, advertisers will need to:

Be duly registered with
(a) FinCEN as a Money Services Business and with at least one state as a money transmitter; or
(b) a federal or state chartered bank entity.
Comply with relevant legal requirements, including any local legal requirements, whether at a state or federal level.
Ensure their ads and landing pages comply with all Google Ads policies"

[TanakabZX]

When I first see your topic I thought it's another fake app on playstore but it's a website lol, who dares trust xyz websites? They are used by those who can't even afford a good domain anyways thanks for sharing this will be useful for newbies who are always in rush

[suzanne5223]

The same thing is still happening, it crypto users that need to familiar themselves with real crypto application link/site.

Google has changed its rules, so this is just the beginning.
https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/10688110?hl=en&ref_topic=29265
"Beginning August 3, advertisers offering Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Wallets targeting the United States may advertise those products and services when they meet the following requirements and are certified by Google. To be certified by Google, advertisers will need to:

Be duly registered with
(a) FinCEN as a Money Services Business and with at least one state as a money transmitter; or
(b) a federal or state chartered bank entity.
Comply with relevant legal requirements, including any local legal requirements, whether at a state or federal level.
Ensure their ads and landing pages comply with all Google Ads policies"

I tried to find out something but couldn't is this new policy is applicable to Google play store service? Cause they seems to be talking about Google ads which is the reason why they said "Advertisers must request new Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Wallets certification with Google when the application form is published on July 8, 2021"

[boyptc]

Newbies have to learn that they should never ever use their seeds to "earn" features of any wallet. That's bait for them and seeds must only be used to recover their wallets and always download from the official website or app.

[khaled0111]

The facebook post is redirecting to a Google form which also asks you to enter a trust wallet seed. Both the website and the fb page are most likely controlled by the same person but I couldn't find any direct and clear link between them. So good catch op!
The funny thing is that the facebook page was created in 2015, two years before even trust wallet was founded. It also has more than 20k followers so it's definitely a bought page.
I reported it and hope it will be taken down soon.

[Darker45]

It should be emphasized to newbies that the seed phrase is something that shouldn't be shared to anybody whatever the case is, not to friends, even to family members, and especially not to strangers online. Well, in case of death or permanent mental incapacity, let the family discover it.

~snip~

I tried to find out something but couldn't is this new policy is applicable to Google play store service? Cause they seems to be talking about Google ads which is the reason why they said "Advertisers must request new Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Wallets certification with Google when the application form is published on July 8, 2021"

I don't think this particular policy update is also directed at the services offered in Google play store. It is specifically addressed to advertisers.

[cryptoaddictchie]

When I first see your topic I thought it's another fake app on playstore but it's a website lol, who dares trust xyz websites? They are used by those who can't even afford a good domain anyways thanks for sharing this will be useful for newbies who are always in rush

obviously this is the common thinking of us. Scammers are usually relies on cheap domain, thats where you can know at least that they are planning or scheming something up with theit agenda.

Damn that, the design is sleek if the newbies arent careful they could be victim of this website.

Thanks OP for sharing, the website must be turn down really soon.

[acroman08]

seeing that trust wallet has a warning regarding sharing your seed phrase, I wouldn't feel bad to anyone that fell for this half-assed planned scam attempt. it is just sad that a company like Facebook is allowing this kind of scam to further ruin its platform. Nice find btw. I also reported the page. not sure if anything will happen but did it anyway.

It should be emphasized to newbies that the seed phrase is something that shouldn't be shared to anybody whatever the case is, not to friends, even to family members, and especially not to strangers online. Well, in case of death or permanent mental incapacity, let the family discover it.

I agree they should put more details on the warnings and the danger of sharing your deed phrase with anyone. but to be honest any sane person who has made a wallet from electrum or trust wallet would know that it is a dumb idea to share your seed phrase.

[Furryball]

This type of scammer is going to go hungry for a long period of time because no one is going to fall for that trick, it's easier to go to trust wallet official website through Google search and it's easier to just go on playstore to download trust wallet

[Lucius]

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You have to ask yourself why someone is doing things like this, and that is certainly not because they have extra time that they wants to use somehow. These people do things like this because they can effectively hide using all available methods of hiding their online identity, and because there will always be at least one big fish that will bite on their hook.

This means that if they manage to scam only one person who has at least 1 BTC in their crypto wallet, they have made big money - especially if they live in some third world countries. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who invest in cryptocurrencies, and at the same time have very little knowledge about them - it is very easy to scam them.

[aysg76]

This is not new phisshy scam where hackers have tried to use the similar domain name to the original website or wallets to fool people with little change in the domain but it's completely scam that's the main point of difference.You enter your seed phrase or private keys in hope of getting free tokens even shitcoins that dont have any utility in future and are prone to fund loss and seed phrase compromisation.You are eventually directed to click on false link or enter some of the wallet details and boom the funds are lost as they gain access to your btc or any other crypto you are holding.Most commonly they use same interface and register their domain with false information and sites usually don't have SSL certificate to ensure safety.So first have a complete check before filing such details or I would say don't ever try to get something free offered online that you would not get but also loose what you own.This is crypto market where hackers have more ways to fool you.

[$crypto$]

It's almost the same case what I found last august about TrustWallet asking Phrase/Seed to run their Giveaway, so I think they keep running on social media especially in the created page and this is definitely controlled by my people and keeps changing in the domain they created to trick them therefore their tricks are almost the same, but still we have to give awareness to beginners who don't know anything in crypto.
But I'm glad you share it here, of course there is a little awareness from them or other beginners not to be careless in providing a phrase/seed.

Remember Trustwallet is only available for android/IOS app not available on web.

[The Cryptovator]

I think it was better when Facebook hadn't allowed cryptocurrency ads. Then it wasn't easy to reach cryptocurrency users. But lately seems Facebook hasn't any restrictions on cryptocurrency ads, doesn't matter it's a scam or phishing site since AI couldn't detect it. Now scammer could reach cryptocurrency users easily through Facebook ads. Often I have been seeing fake cryptocurrency ads on Facebook. Surprisingly Facebook doesn't take any action against them although I report it. The only way to avoid this scam just don't be greedy.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

I don't get how people fall for this because there are warnings when you create your seed phrase that you can't share it to others. I did reported the website just for good measures, this kind of thing is what people should be wary of because besides looking legitimate, they are advertised on social media platform which makes them much more credible for newbies.

[apityeh71]

To avoid this fake site, recommended only seacrh the original site from their twitter official or other trusted sites, like Coingecko or CMC. I also found many giveaway scam site that used google ads, and this ads usually be on the platform youtube. So becarefull to click on, and always login to personal wallet by click on original site, and to be more safe always bookmark it.

[Oceat]

I don't get how people fall for this because there are warnings when you create your seed phrase that you can't share it to others. I did reported the website just for good measures, this kind of thing is what people should be wary of because besides looking legitimate, they are advertised on social media platform which makes them much more credible for newbies.

Most likely newbies will fall for it especially if they don't know the real address of the site or they carelessly trust someone without doing a thorough research. Some people who are new to the crypto currency market will be rushing to put it without knowing the risk of what they are doing.

A typical scam/phishing site like this are all over the social medias nowadays. I hope people or google or not just google but other search engines too should do something about it if it is present on their ads. Hacking and scamming are rampant especially when Bitcoin is in the bull market now.

[The Cryptovator]

Quick Update. Here is another domain name that has been using the same script.
Website: https://trustswallet.uk (do not click and don't provide your seed)

I am assuming the same scammer just changed the domain name. Scammer trying hard to steal your seed phrase of Trust wallet. Be careful guys, don't fall into this trap.

[hugeblack]

I saw many newbies using that wallet. Therefore, it is easy to scam them and convince them that this wallet is real, especially the one that carries the .uk site.

Google has changed its rules, so this is just the beginning.
https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/10688110?hl=en&ref_topic=29265

I don't think Google will be serious about fighting this type of fraud unless there is legislation from the United States or many people who have lost their money sue Google or stop using the search engine.
It is unfortunate that Google supports this type of fraud, but things will change in the future as the number of users increases.

[$crypto$]

Quick Update. Here is another domain name that has been using the same script.
Website: https://trustswallet.uk (do not click and don't provide your seed)

I am assuming the same scammer just changed the domain name. Scammer trying hard to steal your seed phrase of Trust wallet. Be careful guys, don't fall into this trap.

When I opened Facebook I found another trust wallet with SHIBA INU giveaway and they have changed again with a new domain and still the trick with the same scheme.

Code:

https://trust-wallets.club/1/?fbclid=IwAR1cm84O_OiM4CFNRDgpP_RjLg3ckfpQ1vytF9HI5ZRXX-uj4YWJm800UX8

Code:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqr6xJrs8oXscqgm6c3BZ5W5hp-DWwSN23bnYA6bWQb7oTNw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR01jXyKv3aLbJB4LQKWRgGfGYQNLZVMsa2ynwbNTsOI7jdHevcK7l4BPSk

Never enter any phrase here including in this forum.
Avoid!! I have reported it.