Beware of scammers impersonating CoinMarketCap

[TokenTikas]

Scammers always set traps to collect money from ordinary users. As time goes on, their methods have also been upgraded, and they now try to deceive people in ways that are not easy to notice at first glance. I saw this matter on Twitter through a post made by CMC and you also highlighted it here to make everyone more aware, so thank you for that. Even though I am a CMC user, I have not received any such call yet.

Overall, I'm staying careful, I feel like something like this could happen to me since I use it regularly.

[aoluain]

This is just a warning though to stay safe everyone.

and definitely by avoiding centralised platforms like CMC and giving any of your details even simply an email.

This is very common and no more new, but I wonder the reason people are using Coinmarketcap for their portfolio and register on the site. I use Coinmarketcap and Coingecko, but not for portfolio, and also not to set alarm for a price a coin should get to, before alarm. I prefer to use both without email.

I am trying to figure out the same, who is using CMC? are they heavily involved in various Altcoins that they
need to "Track" what they have? I dont need CMC to track my Bitcoin portfolio!

If you have to contact customer service in this sort of service where your details are compromised its definitely
a bad sign.

The number one red flag here is cold calling. No Crypto platform will call you just like that, neither will they ask you to provide them with sensitive information about your wallet. These are security consciousness everyone is supposed to have at the back their minds. Scammers will disguise as anything just to get information from their target victims. Be mindful where and who you share your information with and never act under pressure.

Its already a red flag if a potential scammer can "Call you"

Are we ever going to be able to solve the security problems in the cryptocurrency space? Whenever I read these type of news about crypto scammers and hackers is only points to major issue that is still in the crypto space which is the issue of security. And it is obvious because for scammers to identify and cold call crypto users is an example. The most vulnerable crypto users are those who lack technical knowledge about cryptocurrencies.

The first step is to keep things simple
! focus more on Bitcoin and less on Altcoins
! take full control of your funds
! treat your personal details as more valuable than Bitcoin itself

So they just released a public announcement in their social media that scammers and cyber criminals are impersonating their brand or company. Scammers are cold calling anyone. I haven't received any though, and most likely leak personal data of crypto enthusiast might have been used here.

This is just a warning though to stay safe everyone.

Coinmarketcap is a very big brand that has made it's name when it comes into the cryptocurrency space

I think that changed when Binance bought it in 2020!

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https://x.com/CoinMarketCap/status/2051542491795485005

So they just released a public announcement in their social media that scammers and cyber criminals are impersonating their brand or company. Scammers are cold calling anyone. I haven't received any though, and most likely leak personal data of crypto enthusiast might have been used here.

This is just a warning though to stay safe everyone.

Thank you for sharing this important information, this will keep us guided and our newbies as well because I believe many of us knows that most of these big crypto platforms, exchanges, and wallets can’t just call you, and we know that there are always impersonators who are always willing to scam innocent members of their money.

Let’s be careful and avoid answering calls from unknown numbers that will claim to be support from any platform, and also let’s avoid entertaining unknown people in our dms trying to help or claiming to be from some crypto platforms or so, they are scammers who are after your money, they are not here to help, rather they are there to get some sensitive information from you and use it against you.