Security News > 2020 > April > QR code generator scam steals thousands in Bitcoin
2020-04-01 13:04
According to cryptocurrency enthusiast and Director of Security at MyCrypto, Harry Denley, a wily scammer has been operating a network of fake bitcoin QR code generators to dupe people out of their bitcoins.
Bitcoin uses addresses as conduits to send and receive bitcoin payments.
Someone making a payment can scan them and send bitcoin to that address.
Be careful of fake #Bitcoin QR code generators - these ones have had ₿4.9 gone through the current activate address.
So when anyone used that QR code as a payment address, the person sending them bitcoin would have sent it to the attacker's account rather than their own.
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