CZ Warns of a Massive Phishing Scam Targeting Binance Users

February 4, 2022
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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:

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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