{"id":33529,"date":"2025-01-06T11:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=33529"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:53:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:53:44","slug":"scam-alert-the-shiba-inu-shib-team-sounds-the-alarm-for-this-fraudulent-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=33529","title":{"rendered":"Scam Alert: The Shiba Inu (SHIB) Team Sounds the Alarm for This Fraudulent Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scammers are exploiting excitement around Shiba Inu\u2019s TREAT token launch, scheduled for January 14, 2025.
\nFraudsters also target the SHIB community with fake giveaways, phishing emails, and forged social media accounts. Users should protect their information and report suspicious activities.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Stay Safe, SHIBARMY!\u2019<\/h2>\n

Wrongdoers often target the vast Shiba Inu (SHIB) community, which consists of millions of investors, proponents, and developers. They use different methods to embezzle unsuspecting victims, often conning them with fake offers about assets part of the meme coin\u2019s ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most recent scheme includes TREAT, a reward token that provides incentives for users engaging with Shiba Inu\u2019s protocols, including the layer-2 scaling solution Shibarium. The team recently <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a> that its official launch will be on <\/span>January 14<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the development sparked <\/span>huge<\/span> enthusiasm across the community, Shibarium Trustwatch (an X account that aims to provide security) <\/span>warned<\/span><\/a> users to remain extra careful until that date.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The team claimed that scammers have used the ongoing excitement as an opportunity to offer fake TREAT services to people, alerting users to stay away from such dubious individuals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey are now using SHIB socials linked to their FAKE TREAT. Please don\u2019t be misled by these predatory scammers. They can <\/span>be called<\/span> vultures, circling and looking for their next feed. <\/span>We ask<\/span> with heaven on our side, please do not fall for these scams.<\/span><\/p>\n

Be clear: the TREAT launch is scheduled for the 14th of January<\/span> 2025, not before. If you are unsure about anything <\/span>at any time<\/span>, check with us first. Stay safe, SHIBARMY,\u201d the warning reads.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous Alerts<\/span><\/h2>\n

Around Christmas, Shibarium Trustwatch <\/span>warned<\/span><\/a> people to <\/span>stay vigilant for<\/span> several common crypto scams that may result in crucial losses. Some examples are fake giveaways, which offer \u201cfree\u201d tokens, merchandise, or NFTs, and phishing emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

The team claimed fraudsters send emails to victims, pretending to be from official SHIB-related projects, thus trying to steal their login credentials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other things the community should watch out for include fake social media accounts, Ponzi schemes, forgery charity appeals, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cProviding personal information or falling for these scams doesn\u2019t just put you at risk \u2013 it may lead to your data\u00a0<\/span>being sold<\/span> on the dark web, where hackers can use it for identity theft or other malicious activities. Scammers exploit trust, kindness, and generosity, especially during the holiday season, so we must stay vigilant,\u201d the team said <\/span>at the time<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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TL;DR Scammers are exploiting excitement around Shiba Inu\u2019s TREAT token launch, scheduled for January 14, 2025. Fraudsters also target the SHIB community with fake giveaways, phishing emails, and forged social media accounts. Users should protect their information and report suspicious activities. \u2018Stay Safe, SHIBARMY!\u2019 Wrongdoers often target the vast Shiba Inu (SHIB) community, which consists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":33530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}