Scammers Claiming To Refund Users affected By the Stake Hack

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Hi guys ..

Scammers will never rest, How swift they always are in taking advantage of situations to try to scam gullible and unsuspecting victims is what baffles me..

If you are on X(previously Twitter), then be careful not to fall victim to this scammers claiming stake is refunding users who lost money in the recent hack that cost the company a loss of a little below $42 million dollars, Official stake account on X already stated that funds are safe, which simply means users affected by the hack need not worry or take any action as their stake account balances before the hack happened will be automatically refilled back to the amount it was.

Now, this scammers imposing as Stake tagged me on X claiming stake is now issuing refund to users who were affected by the hack, and asking to click a link which I supposed to be a phishing link, to check my eligibility..



https://twitter.com/jjccfam/status/1698849339295027633?s=20

https://twitter.com/StakeRefund/status/1698820366796247103?s=20

Calling on anyone and everyone to ignore this tweet if you were tagged, most especially newbies...


FAKE STAKE ACCOUNT

https://twitter.com/StakeRefund?s=20


ORIGINAL STAKE ACCOUNT

https://twitter.com/Stake?s=20


Stay vigilant and safe out there..

[robelneo]

Something like this is bound to happen, Scammers are quick to take every opportunity and this time the recent Stake hacking, Stake already addressed this issue All funds are safe there's no need to do anything.

Stake's players know that announcements should come internally because they have a newsletter, they have their chat and they have their support, so if you're a player and you get updates coming from outside then it's your fault.

[Zlantann]

Scammers still want to steal from people who have already lost money. This informs us of the level scammers will go to steal from people. A closer look at the Twitter account of the scam social media account shows that the account was created this year and it has fewer followers than the original account. I prefer to get information from the website of any firm or wait for emails from them, social media scam posts like this are easy to put up by scammers. Paying close attention to details is important because there will always be little lapses that can give a warning sign about these scam messages.

[Nwada001]

This scammers don't even check the details of a particular situation before moving ahead with their scamming scheme. What they are always after is how to use a trending issue to fill their pockets. If they are looking for people who have lost their money as a result of the hack, then they should try contacting stake officials themselves because I have not seen any complaints yet about any users losing their funds. As stake has said, there is nothing for users to be afraid of as their funds are entirely safe, just as a user stated above.
 
Now it's just a post on Twitter, but later we will start seeing emails sent to suspected victims, even if they are not sure of the mail. Any mail they come across might receive any recovery form of scam email.

[decodx]

It's amazing how they've managed to get so many followers on their fake Twitter account in such a short time. No doubt, they are fake followers, but it could still trick someone who's not used to these kinds of scams.

[albon]

I am sad to hear this bad news about the huge amount that was hacked from the Stake platform, but I trust Stake that it is able to withstand and constantly face security challenges, In the words of the Co-Founder of Stake, to calm the community, Stake keeps a small portion of the crypto reserves in hot wallets to address any issues at any moment. What Stake did, a few hours after this hack occurred, by stopping its services and handling the matter, is a sound decision to reveal the effects of the crime and to protect the users’ funds. The next day, it resumed its services, and deposits and withdrawals were processed for all currencies, and the interruption of service did not continue. The Stake did not give the hackers time to continue spreading their fraudulent schemes and exploiting this incident, so if you look at the fake account of Stake, you will find that its name, image, and phishing tweet have been erased. Therefore, I see that things are back to normal now. It is the responsibility of every user of any casino, whether stake or otherwise, to put casino social accounts & websites in the bookmarks and ignore any other sources and any complaints or compensations are made through their live support and their official links only and not through phishing domains/accounts promoted on Twitter.

[Learn Bitcoin]

It's amazing how they've managed to get so many followers on their fake Twitter account in such a short time. No doubt, they are fake followers, but it could still trick someone who's not used to these kinds of scams.

I don't think they get the follower with this name. At first, they create an account with the name of either some model, actors or others, get some followers and then change it to another name. But they write the handle for a targeted audience, for example, @stakerefund in this case. Then they delete old posts made a couple of hours ago and start posting their scams!

Things could be different in this case. I don't know how these posts get engagement if those followers are fake. Of course, some real followers believe their scams and engage with them. Or it could be their alt accounts who are sharing those posts.

[Husires]

FAKE STAKE ACCOUNT

https://twitter.com/StakeRefund?s=20

How did they manage to get gold checkmarks!? Isn't it for official accounts verified by Twitter?
Everything on Twitter now requires re-verification, and you must verify the link before clicking on it by pausing with the mouse and seeing the extension or copy of the link and making sure that the domain is correct.
Scammers are always fast and depend on the success of a link among a thousand links, so the number of links and the speed of their creation is important to them.

[bittraffic]

Curious in how they are going to scam when it has to be refunded on their stake account. It would be dumbed if they believe it will be sent to a particular wallet they want.

Stake already guaranteed funds are safe. If that fake account asks something from a claimant then its obviously a scam already anyone with common sense will know.

[LogitechMouse]

Curious in how they are going to scam when it has to be refunded on their stake account. It would be dumbed if they believe it will be sent to a particular wallet they want.

Stake already guaranteed funds are safe. If that fake account asks something from a claimant then its obviously a scam already anyone with common sense will know.

There are only 2 types of people who will fall to this type of scam.
1. Those ignorant people who aren't updated yet on what happened to Stake.
2. Lazy people who don't even have the time to make some quick research on what happened with Stake.

Overall, I believe that we are all intelligent people here, and we will not fall into this type of scam attempt. On the other hand, I feel bad for those who already fell for this scam. I just hope that they will learn from this. Is there any way for X (twitter) to prevent this type of scams on their platform? Hmmm.

[Plaguedeath]

Curious in how they are going to scam when it has to be refunded on their stake account. It would be dumbed if they believe it will be sent to a particular wallet they want.

Stake already guaranteed funds are safe. If that fake account asks something from a claimant then its obviously a scam already anyone with common sense will know.

Classic scam, they will ask the user's email and password, similar like how a phishing site asking seed phrase or private key.

I think there will be few ignorant will fall to this scam because their twitter account looks legit where it's not contain a weird alphabet or number in the username and they bought a gold check.

Is there any way for X (twitter) to prevent this type of scams on their platform? Hmmm.

They have a rule about banning misleading or impersonator account, it depends on how many people are reporting that account.

[Wiwo]

Curious in how they are going to scam when it has to be refunded on their stake account. It would be dumbed if they believe it will be sent to a particular wallet they want.

Stake already guaranteed funds are safe. If that fake account asks something from a claimant then its obviously a scam already anyone with common sense will know.

I guess their goal is to get hold of stake customer detail through phishing link and make every attempt to empty their accounts,  because their are already aware that the hack on stake does not effects players' account.

Only a gullible set of people will fall for this scam attempt because the game is somehow clear for anyone to spot the red flags in all of this,  and this could only succeed unless and if the customer is not a frequent visitor to the casino.

[Coin_trader]

The check mark on twitter makes scammers life easy because it can be mistaken as official twitter account by Stake to those whose not aware that this check mark can be purchased by everyone unlike before that only prominent people can be verified.

One thing I hate about twitter now is the ability to notify someone unknowingly while you don't follow that specific twitter account is very dangerous. Twitter is the number 1 hotspot now of scammers due to this new privileged. Twitter is more garbage now compared to facebook.

Btw, I think Stake user will not gonna bite this since all the users money is safe and they can withdraw now. Their account balance doesn't turn into zero but rather only the hot wallet got empty which can be easily solve after Stake refill the hot wallet.

[CryptSafe]

It is never a new thing that scammers would go to any length to get at unsuspecting members of the audience with any slight opportunity at their disposal. It takes a patient person to take out time to doing research on subject matters so as not to fall victim of their scam. OP you have done well to draw this to the attention of members of this platform. I believe members who are not aware of this scam would take note of it and try their possible best to avert any further engagement or interaction they have already had or are trying to do with the scammers unknown to them.
The people I sorry are the greedy ones who are not smart enough to control themselves but to jump into wanting to get what they have no evidence for to claim.

[acroman08]

looks like the account has been banned, a quick action from Twitter(which is surprising), I guess it was because a big company is being copied.

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How did they manage to get gold checkmarks!? Isn't it for official accounts verified by Twitter?
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saw an article months ago about how Twitter's verification system is so bad that scammers can easily fool it and get the gold checkmark despite not being an actual official business account.

[rohang]

Since past week , everyday i have been getting spammed on twitter with some xyz casino coin/token release, its disgusting how many  scammers are out there not doing actual work but just waiting to steal other peoples money like this,

I have been reporting every single twitter account i see spamming i really hope twitter puts and end to this nonsense soon

[PX-Z]

I have been reporting every single twitter account i see spamming i really hope twitter puts and end to this nonsense soon

It's easy to create an account there, as long as there are newbies who are capable of getting scammed scammer will its ways.
I once do it, reporting every spam message i received from hacked attempt (social engineering) and scammers until one day i'm get tired like they don't stop so i just ignore my DMs but i still check whos are not there to spam their links.

[JollyGood]

Thank you for bringing this to the forum, I had no idea about this scam. I am sure Stake would have been made aware at some point therefore a special onus has to lay with Stake to ensure they notify X to remove the offending fake account. Without doubt, X also has to accept responsibility if they do not take swift action after they have been informed.

FAKE STAKE ACCOUNT

https://twitter.com/StakeRefund?s=20


ORIGINAL STAKE ACCOUNT

https://twitter.com/Stake?s=20


Stay vigilant and safe out there..

[stompix]

It's amazing how they've managed to get so many followers on their fake Twitter account in such a short time. No doubt, they are fake followers, but it could still trick someone who's not used to these kinds of scams.

You can buy 1k followers for $10 or even cheaper if you don't care about the so-called "quality".
One single scam and it pays for both the badge and the followers cost by x10 at least, worth trying.

But there is an interesting outcome from this, just go to the original scam post:
https://twitter.com/StakeRefund/status/1698820366796247103?s=20
see the bunch of retarded bots faking activity and then look at their profile, you now can easily identify which other "businesses" employ bots to promote their marvelous plans.

There are only 2 types of people who will fall to this type of scam.
1. Those ignorant people who aren't updated yet on what happened to Stake.
2. Lazy people who don't even have the time to make some quick research on what happened with Stake.

3. Greedy ones that despite not losing a dime or not even having funds there rush to try to get a slcie of the pie.

Curious in how they are going to scam when it has to be refunded on their stake account. It would be dumbed if they believe it will be sent to a particular wallet they want.

Stake already guaranteed funds are safe. If that fake account asks something from a claimant then its obviously a scam already anyone with common sense will know.

Classic scam, they will ask the user's email and password, similar like how a phishing site asking seed phrase or private key.

Or they will ask them to make a small deposit from the last address they've deposited funds on stake, from what I've seen lately they've started to realize it's better to ask for $10-$50 thousand than trying to get one big haul that will never materialize. Makes a bit of sense if we talk about gambling, this type of users will look at it just as a bet, and with a small sum at stake (pun intended) they might just pay

[coin-investor]

I have been reporting every single twitter account i see spamming i really hope twitter puts and end to this nonsense soon

It's easy to create an account there, as long as there are newbies who are capable of getting scammed scammer will its ways.
I once do it, reporting every spam message i received from hacked attempt (social engineering) and scammers until one day i'm get tired like they don't stop so i just ignore my DMs but i still check whos are not there to spam their links.

Scammers and hackers are very persistent that's the business they are doing it for money while you are doing it for free and concern, and you cannot keep up if you can report the whole day, they will just double their effort because they see loopholes on social media like Twitter.

Like you, I used to do that on Facebook but every time I report one there are two more comings, it's like Facebook also thinks that it's my interest so they keep showing me those scam ads and posts, instead of reporting just educate people so they know how to avoid these scams.