Wallets & SecurityBeginner

Phishing

Deception that impersonates a trusted service or person to obtain secrets or harmful authorizations.

PLAIN-ENGLISH DEFINITION

In more detail

Crypto phishing can target recovery words, passwords, transactions or signatures. A convincing interface does not prove the requested action is safe.

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A practical example

A fake wallet-support page asks a visitor to enter their seed phrase.

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