Today we would like to remind you about an old but popular deception scheme with
cancellation of transactions when fraudsters use Atomic Wallet and Exodus
Wallet:
1. Fraudsters act under the guise of a newly opened
exchanger, they sell only BTC and only for USDT or for others
stablecoins, the price is set an order of magnitude lower (minus 3-5% of the market
cost).
2. Attackers claim they are ready to send BTC
first, but they ask to install Atomic Wallet or Exodus Wallet (supposedly
they are official partners).
3. Scammers send
BTC, setting a minimum commission of 1-2 satoshi, so that the coins go very
long - after that they ask you to restart the wallet to update the data,
so that you can see the purchased BTC on your balance. After you
you will see BTC in your wallet, you are asked to send USDT within 10
minutes.
4. You send USDT...and after that BTC disappears from
your wallet. How does this happen? Fraudsters cancel their transaction
(increasing the commission, which outweighs the old one) - on Atomic Wallet and
Exodus Wallet balance is displayed immediately after it is sent to you
BTC. That is why you are asked to install these wallets.
How not
fall for this scam: always ask for the transaction hash, wait until
the transaction will be fully confirmed and only then transfer your
funds, use trusted exchangers.
