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2 days ago I got an important security notification !!

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Oh no, not myethwallet !... wait a minute I don't even have one nice try scammer.
Phishing schemes have been rampant in Cryptocurrency lately, What these scammers want to do is to trick you into thinking you are logging into the official site but in reality its not and you just gave them all your info.

You may have noticed they included an extra i into the address

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When I tried to click on the phishing website today to get a screen shot it was already flagged but originally it was not,

And here is the official website, they also giving their customers a heads up about the scammers

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I was also watching a nice Youtube video where John McAfee talks about Cryptocurrency security,
I will share a link and I really suggest you watch it but if you are pressed for time here are some private key takeaways (pun intended) .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=752&v=syI9X_uKvUA

  1. Do not use a cellphone as a wallet
  2. Do not go on porn site with the same device you have your wallets on, I would go further and just not use the computer on the internet beside running the wallet .
  3. Cold storage is the safe option, McAfee mentioned hardware wallets but a paper wallet can also be an alternative

Thoughts or suggestion are welcome if you have some more info about security please do share in the comments bellow

Stay safe in the crypto space.

Hope you learn something useful, please resteem so that we can keep more people from falling for this BS and maybe others can chime in with their own resources, experiences and suggestions.

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Nice way to scam people. Many wouldn't notice the extra i in the url.

Everyone need to be careful and check the urls properly when dealing with ICOs.

Thanks for sharing :)

Its crazy with ICO's as the ICO website can get hacked and they can change the address, Blockchain is secure but everything outside of it is not, Folks need to start running ICO's on waves within their client a lot more safe

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Got another one today , now they added an extra M to the address

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