Phishing is social manipulation dressed up as legitimacy. Attackers send emails, messages, ads, or build websites that imitate a wallet, exchange, or project, aiming to make you enter a seed phrase, log in on a fake site, or sign a malicious transaction. It is the entry point for a huge share of crypto theft.<\/p>\n
This matters because phishing targets people, not code. No amount of blockchain security helps if you willingly type your secret into a convincing fake or approve a drainer because a message felt urgent and official.<\/p>\n
Example: you get an email that looks like it is from your exchange warning of “suspicious activity” and linking to a login page; the page is a pixel-perfect fake that captures your password and two-factor code.<\/p>\n
Safety note: slow down when a message creates urgency or fear. Type official URLs yourself rather than clicking links, verify sender details, never enter your seed phrase anywhere, and confirm requests through a second channel. Bookmark the real sites you use. Related terms include look-alike domain, wallet-drainer, impersonation scam, and social engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tricking you into revealing secrets or approving malicious actions by impersonating a trusted brand, person, or website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-92","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}