Six people were arrested in the Netherlands and the UK over a $27 million "typosquatting" scam, which involved making a fake website to gain access to user Bitcoin wallets.
5 man and 1 woman got arrested with warrant by the policeman at their homes Charlcombe, Lower Weston, and Staverton (UK), and Amsterdam and Rotterdam (Netherlands). They are really proffesional on accessing others account, there are many affected at least 4,000 victims in 12 countries and it still growing.
“The investigation relates to typosquatting, where a well-known online cryptocurrency exchange was ‘spoofed’ – or recreated to imitate the genuine site – to gain access to victims’ Bitcoin wallets, stealing their funds and login details.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/portswigger.net/daily-swig/amp/six-arrested-in-connection-with-27m-typosquatting-scam
Good thing is that, they had already caught those six people because if that thing does not happen, the number of being affected by the scam will grow continuously. That is how expert hackers and scammers are.
So always be careful when visiting and trying some unfamiliar websites, always do research about it and read some reviews to assure yourself that it is legit.
5 man and 1 woman got arrested with warrant by the policeman at their homes Charlcombe, Lower Weston, and Staverton (UK), and Amsterdam and Rotterdam (Netherlands). They are really proffesional on accessing others account, there are many affected at least 4,000 victims in 12 countries and it still growing.
“The investigation relates to typosquatting, where a well-known online cryptocurrency exchange was ‘spoofed’ – or recreated to imitate the genuine site – to gain access to victims’ Bitcoin wallets, stealing their funds and login details.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/portswigger.net/daily-swig/amp/six-arrested-in-connection-with-27m-typosquatting-scam
Good thing is that, they had already caught those six people because if that thing does not happen, the number of being affected by the scam will grow continuously. That is how expert hackers and scammers are.
So always be careful when visiting and trying some unfamiliar websites, always do research about it and read some reviews to assure yourself that it is legit.
It makes me admire the justice system in the Netherlands. I wish that most countries with lots of scammers could also do the same thing. Scammers and hackers are every country's trash and they really deserved to be punished but most countries are having a hard time catching them. Good job to the Netherlands' authorities for serving the justice fair and fast for the victims in their country.
And I learned another word today - typosquatting. First time to encounter this word. Though I know about such activity of recreating the original site by changing some letters or adding a letter to the authentic one. Just learned now the right word for it.
But yes, Netherlands is doing good in pushing themselves to catch those scammers. It means, they really do spend their resources to resolve such scam. Good thing, their staffs superseded the ability of those scammers.