The insolvent cryptocurrency exchange FTX has notified customers of recent schemes by scammers one of which is offering them the prospective return of their assets and taking advantage of their vulnerability.
Customers of FTX were warned on February 3 about recent scam efforts by con artists, including requests for money, fees, payments, or account passwords.
The business issued a warning, saying, “We are aware of active third-party scams and frauds aiming to take advantage of FTX clients.”
In addition, FTX stated that its debtors and agents would never request account passwords or payment in connection with the “return or potential return of customer assets,” and advised potential victims to get in touch with the FTX debtors’ official email address to verify the veracity of the messages.
The last several months have seen scammers step up their game as a result of FTX’s failure.
Scammers were looking for chances to “re-victimize people who have previously been injured and are attempting to discover methods to recoup their losses,” the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation said in late December.
It highlighted a phony website that requested account information from FTX customers while claiming to be operated by the U.S. Department of State and attempting to recover those customers’ funds.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the creator of FTX, appeared in a convincingly fraudulent video in November that promised to treble client cryptocurrency compensation. The rogue website offered the crypto giveaway in return for tokens that were delivered to the scammers, luring users into accessing it.
The governments of California, Texas, and New Jersey have joined requests for an independent audit of the company’s financial records as a new move in the bankruptcy proceedings for FTX.
A different story about Bankman-Fried was released by Reuters on February 2 and said that the crypto entrepreneur is in discussions with federal prosecutors to settle a disagreement on his bail requirements.
The court presiding over the case earlier this week temporarily prohibited Bankman-Fried from getting in touch with FTX or Alameda personnel.
