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BIG SCAM - WARNING

Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:48 pm

Hello,

I was just scammed 0.52 BTC today on the shapeshift.io copy cat SHAPESHIF.IO (without the T).
I reported to .io registrar and authorities because I think I am not the only one that got scammed, and this typo site must be very lucrative for the scammers.
It's very easy to get caught, I was caught despite using shapeshift a lot (the reason I mistyped). hopefully I did not exchange a lot....I could have lost more than 0.52BTC
https://shapeshift.io/site/blog/2015/08 ... -cat-sites

Be aware!
:mrgreen:

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Re: BIG SCAM - WARNING

Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:49 pm

Thank you NIC.IO for having suspended the scam domain shapeshif.io.
Next step now, tracking and finding the scammers.
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Re: BIG SCAM - WARNING

Thu Apr 07, 2016 4:50 pm

Damn that sucks. Did they have HTTPS on? If not, that would be a clear indicator since the real site has HTTPS. Might want to bookmark the real site so you don't have to type it in the future.

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Re: BIG SCAM - WARNING

Thu Apr 07, 2016 5:24 pm

Damn that sucks. Did they have HTTPS on? If not, that would be a clear indicator since the real site has HTTPS. Might want to bookmark the real site so you don't have to type it in the future.
No they didn't have https, it's my fault, I didn't pay attention. Anyway the site is down now.
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