Don’t Update Cardano’s Daedalus wallet : Fraud Alert

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A fake website which has the identical mirrored name of Daedalus wallet, claimed that it is a mandatory update that ADA holders should do without fail. 

Scams based on crypto related projects are common things nowadays. Recently an attack on the DAO naker platform can be seen. Now scammers are doing their scam with different strategies. A scammer used the name of official Cardano’s wallet and tried to trick the ADA holders.

Related: DAO team confirmed they may face loss of $7M because of attack

Fake promoters of fake Daedalus wallet posted on the digital platform Discord that a new update of Cardano’s Daedalus wallet is needed for all the users. 

They claimed that the new update will be faster, better & more stable. 

And also they claimed that old versions of Daedalus have some vulnerability issues. 

Don't Update Cardano’s Daedalus wallet : Fraud Alert 1

They also posted the official fake link to download the wallet. 

The official one is ‘www.daedaluswallet.io

while the address for the fake website by the scamers is 

“www.daedaluswallet.one”

In the very beginning many users supposed that it may be an official notification but soon many users encountered this mirrored website and rated this as a scam scheme.

In response of this scam, the parent developer company IOHK stated that it is fake website & be aware from such kind of acam

“WARNING: We have been alerted to a SCAM site posing as the official Daedalus wallet site. Our domain ends in .io and ://NOT.net! Please ensure you download ONLY from our official site – linked here for your safety and security”

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