{"id":73395,"date":"2025-06-11T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=73395"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:18:10","slug":"watch-out-shiba-inu-shib-users-should-stay-alert-for-this-dangerous-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=73395","title":{"rendered":"Watch Out: Shiba Inu (SHIB) Users Should Stay Alert for This Dangerous Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Bad actors have exploited \u0430 recently introduced platform part of the Shiba Inu ecosystem to deceive unsuspecting users.
\nNot long ago, the ShibArmy was also warned to stay away from a scam associated with the US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Stay Sharp\u2019<\/h2>\n

One X account dedicated to warning members about potential threats within the ecosystem alerted<\/a> that wrongdoers have created fake profiles on X and pose as supporters of the meme coin while secretly promoting unrelated tokens.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the warning, bad actors have been abusing HypeIt \u2013 a recently launched platform on Shibarium\u00a0where the community can share content, engage, and monetize cultural trends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The X account further clarified that scammers had used the logo of the SHIB-related meme coin TREAT as well as the branding of Shiba Inu. \u201cIf they were legit, they\u2019d proudly use their own. Instead, they hijack trusted visuals to mislead,\u201d the <\/span>caution<\/span> reads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Subsequently, the team advised users always to conduct their own research<\/span> and rely only on information from official Shiba Inu sources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The team behind HypeIt <\/span>appreciated<\/span><\/a> the warning, saying, \u201c<\/span>Scammers<\/span> move fast, but the ShibArmy moves faster.\u201d The developers also pledged to downvote fraudulent content and boost real builders and creators.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beware of This Scam, <\/span>too<\/span><\/h2>\n

Earlier this month, the same X account flashed the red light regarding a fraud related to the leading cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The team <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> SHIB users may receive a suspicious email\u00a0impersonating the Coinbase Compliance team, urging them to verify their personal account information or face restrictions on crypto services <\/span>like<\/span> buying and selling tokens.<\/span><\/p>\n

The X account asserted that this was a scam designed to steal personal information and warned people not to click on links attached to the email.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The warning comes shortly after Coinbase revealed that it had become the victim of a hacking attack. The breach occurred several months ago and affected nearly 70,000 people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some sources <\/span>unveiled<\/span><\/a> that it resulted in a $400 million loss and originated from an India-based employee at TaskUs, an outsourcing firm contracted by Coinbase, who allegedly took photos of her workstation and shared sensitive client data with bad actors in exchange for bribes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The post Watch Out: Shiba Inu (SHIB) Users Should Stay Alert for This Dangerous Scam<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TL;DR Bad actors have exploited \u0430 recently introduced platform part of the Shiba Inu ecosystem to deceive unsuspecting users. Not long ago, the ShibArmy was also warned to stay away from a scam associated with the US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. \u2018Stay Sharp\u2019 One X account dedicated to warning members about potential threats within the ecosystem […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":73396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73395","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\/73395"}],"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=73395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}