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Re: Create Fake Bitcoin wallet.bat File from inactive bitcoin address
by
jseverson
on 17/07/2020, 08:48:01 UTC
recently someone is selling fake bitcoin wallet.dat file containing 3050 BTC (https://www.blockchain.com/en/btc/address/1Lg5pJRaWKw6n2J4CBjoEJY5ZdLwBu21U2)
that wallet is my friend wallet and he immediately moved all bitcoin to different address.

scammer send small amount of btc in all such cold wallet and check if wallet is active or not,
 if wallet is inactive then they create fake wallet.dat file and fool other

They can't actually touch the BTC so moving it was unnecessary. There's a little more explanation in this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5130929.0