The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) last week issued a warning to crypto traders about scammers who steal money by pretending to be stock exchange employees.
The FBI notes that these fraudsters will contact victims and pretend there are problems with their exchange accounts.
The scammers, acting as exchange agents, will emphasize the urgency and often claim that a hacker is trying to compromise the victim’s account, in an attempt to convince the victim to provide personal information to ‘protect’ their funds.
The FBI encourages traders never to provide their account login information to anyone who asks for it.
“If you receive a call or message indicating an account issue or compromise, do not respond, even if it appears official and indicates that you need to act immediately.
To hang. Call the cryptocurrency exchange’s official phone number to verify if there is a problem. Do not use a telephone number that the caller has provided.
Do not go to websites or click on links the caller sends you. Navigate separately to the official cryptocurrency exchange website.”
The FBI asks victims to report activity related to these types of scams to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a cybercrime reporting center.
The law enforcement agency also encourages crypto traders to be on the lookout for digital asset recovery scams. Just last week, the Manhattan district attorney filed criminal charges against a man who operated an alleged crypto asset recovery business that allegedly defrauded dozens of people.
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