A lot of cryptocurrency projects are using Slack as a medium of communication. Ethereum introduced the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) concept with its crowd sale. Raising funds before the project was finished in exchange for tokens.
As People got unexpected high returns on ICO, Most of the new investors are now try to invest on a coin As early as possible, because Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) is going to the moon
Now if you’re not deep into crypto, To give you context for why there is epic FOMO happening right now take a look at these returns.
What are the methods are they trying
1.Direct Message in Slack
- Remind task by using Slack Bot
- Scam ICO site with using False Advertising
- Duplicate Clone Site
Attack 1 — Direct Messages
Slack has a feature, that sends users an email to let them know they have unread direct messages and It's is enabled by default.Naturally, scammers have started sending direct messages to users. This bypasses email scam filters since the email is coming from no-reply@slack.com as Slack is a reputed site.
When an ICO happens the Coin Developer team is communicated through a variety of public channels. These announcements create a very convincing template for scammers to use.Like 5 to 100% bonus for attracting more users to get trapped.
But Here comes the advantage of Blockchain, We can know the exact amount got scammed.
Etherscan.io makes it easy to look up transactions on the blockchain to a particular address. Using the address in the scam we can see 90 transactions and a token balance of $439,492.70 USD
Attack 2 —Remind task by using Slack Bot
A scammer can set tasks for every user via slackbot. Once the scammer is detected and kicked out of the slack group there is no way to delete the tasks. As a result, slackbot sends the message even after the scammer is removed.
We can understand, In large and legit organizations, Work must be completed even after the member left. But an Open community like above is damn hard to clean the mess done by a scammer.
Attack 3 – Scam ICO site with using False Advertising
There are some users who will first doubt it because There is a lot of Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) in the trading channels. So, It is obvious that they will search it on google. I heard about Red Pulse along with Kyber (an ICO that is so hot right now). So naturally, I was curious to know more. See What I found on Google
![Scam ICO site with using False Advertising.png]
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Now the Top Ad takes me to below site.
![RPX Scam Site but Seems Legit.png]
In The End
If you’re investing into crypto and using the communities, if it sounds too good to be true But probably it is a scam. So Always Look for official channels to verify everything.
Always be skeptical.
The official channels can get hacked. The Enigma ICO accounts got hacked resulting in nearly $500,000 being stolen.
Trust no one
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