Serial Scammer Uses Advanced Laundering Techniques to Clean Stolen Crypto Worth $15 Million – Here's What You Need to Know
A scammer or group of scammers have used a fake phishing version of the crypto exchange HitBTC’s website to steal some $15 million worth of crypto. According to a Twitter thread from crypto compliance firm MistTrack, the...
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According to a Twitter thread from crypto compliance firm MistTrack, the phishing website that was used looked almost identical to HitBTC’s real website, except for a minor difference in the URL, which was hitbt2c[.]lol instead of hitbtc[.]com....
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