Would you like a virus with your wallet? Try Zecswell

Would you like a virus with your wallet? Try Zecswell

By ScreenTag | The Other Side | 11 Apr 2020


So, you would love getting 0.10 ETH just for opening an account and getting a crypto-wallet, right? Who wouldn't? Whatever sounds too good and you don't see how those guys offering those rewards are making money, then it's most probably too good to be true.

Zecswell Movement Inc (or that's how they call themselves - although everything in their Whois record is pointing to Russia) has no Terms of Use, no Privacy Policy, and of course, no contact information anywhere in their page. After you sign-up, there is no confirmation e-mail to validate your address (which is the bare minimum for similar websites), which is utterly weird. Once you log-in, you will see your 0.05 ETH waiting for you. All you need to do, is to download their desktop (Windows) wallet, to get another 0.05 ETH.

God knows what browser the creators of this wallet themselves are using, but all four browsers we are using (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Brave) reported that the file contains a virus and should not be downloaded. We didn't move on to download the file and see what kind of a virus there is in that wallet setup file, but most probably it will contain either a keylogger, or spyware, or - even worse - a trojan giving those guys access to your computer and your files, including all your passwords. If you don't download their infected wallet on your computer, though, there is no way to supposedly get the promised 0.1 ETH - not that there is a guarantee that you would be getting that anyways.

@hgminh and @ngoctai93 have only yesterday promoted Zecswell in two separate posts as referrers. Hopefully, they are not part of the scam. But please, for the love of God, make sure you only promote legitimate offers, by legitimate companies or teams.

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