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CZ Warns of a Massive Phishing Scam Targeting Binance Users

George Georgiev Feb 4, 2022 11:33
An SMS phishing campaign is targeting Binance users, warned the CEO of the exchange - Changpeng Zhao.

The CEO of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange has warned of a ‘massive’ SMS phishing scam that targets Binance users.

  • Tweeting on Friday, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – warned of a phishing scam campaign that’s targeting users of the exchange.

There is a massive phishing scam via SMS with a link to cancel withdrawals. It leads to a phishing website to harvest your credential as in the screenshot below. Never click on links from SMS… –  warns the executive.

  • This is the screenshot cited in the above:
Source: Twitter

 

  • The CEO also reaffirmed that users should always visit the website through a bookmark or to type it in and never to use any shady links.
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