The Bee Token ICO started about 3 hours ago. Their registration was so oversubscribed that they had to cap individual contributions for the first 24 hours in order to allow everyone who went through the KYC process and was approved, a chance at getting the token.
The ICO opened and scammers were ready!
They have hit hard! I don't know how but they even got my email address. I suspect that the Bee Token guys may have been hacked and their database stolen. Whatever happened the scammers seem to have email addresses of people who had completed the KYC process and were approved.
The telegram group right now is a hot mess. Admins are deleting everyone's posts. If you're fast enough and you read the messages you'll see the complaints about the phishing email, guys have lost so much ETH. I've seen a post that said "Just lost 4eth!" another that said "30 eth gone!"
This is the phishing email as I received it (they had my full name too!!):
The pinned message in the telegram group claims that they have not been hacked, that the database is safe. So how did the hackers get all these email addresses?
To be fair they did repeatedly warn everyone to get the contribution address directly from their website, where there would be a video of the CEO reading out the address. That was very well set up. Currently all new messages in the Telegram group are being deleted. I wish they would respond to the community instead.
The phishing scam was well set up. The e-mail was in my inbox at the exact time that the token sale opened.
I would like to see a response from Bee Token team. How do they explain how so many emails from their database ended up with the scammers?
It's a sad day for ICOs. So much loss. The WePower ICO opens up in about an hours. Let's see how it will go.
I leave you with a few screen shots I managed to capture from the telegram group before the admins deleted the messages. As you will see, there were also scammers in the telegram group, sending warning emails with the wrong contract address. I've marked over names and faces of non-admin members. Admins and scammers are not covered.
Be careful out there people.
See you on the next post!
-pinkdust
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