Australian federal police have alerted over 130 people of a new text message scam aimed at crypto users that copies the same “sender ID” as legitimate crypto exchanges such as Binance.
The data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/explained/impersonation-scams-in-crypto-explained” rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>impersonation scam involves the fraudsters sending out messages through text and encrypted messaging platforms by impersonating a Binance representative, telling users of a crypto account breach and instructing them to set up a new wallet, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/australian-victims-warned-over-rising-cryptocurrency-exchange” rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>said in a March 21 statement.
The text messages look real at first glance because they…
