IOTA Issues Urgent Warning to Community; What to Know.
IOTA has issued an urgent warning to its community. The warning comes as bad actors attempt to leverage current opportunities presented by IOTA and its staging network, Shimmer, with the intent of duping unsuspecting individuals.
Shimmer recently launched a $1 million liquidity airdrop, much to the delight of the IOTA community. However, it seems that malicious actors are attempting to leverage the airdrop opportunity to trick naive into sending funds or revealing personal information.
In a new tweet, IOTA says it has comet its attention that some users are receiving airdrops displaying URLs to scamwhen following such links and never to share their private keys or mnemonics to their wallets with anyone.
Users should also be aware that the IOTA Foundation does not have an official web wallet or online wallet. Thus, anyone claiming otherwise might be a scammer who intends to steal funds.
The recent warning from IOTA follows a similar one made by Shimmer on Feb. 5, which users to be wary of scammers.
reiterated that there is only one EVM airdrop campaign happening and that users should only follow the official links and sources for the campaign.And instructions for the airdrop campaign.In light of these warnings, the IOTA community should avoid clicking on suspicious links and refrain from communications or requests from scammers. Before approving any transaction, users should verify the addresses and sources and utilize a wallet that is safe and compatible with the ShimmerEVM network.
