The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has issued a fraud alert saying scammers are mailing counterfeit IRS notices to cryptocurrency holders and pressuring them to register before an urgent deadline through a non-existent “Digital Asset Compliance Portal.” Each fraudulent letter includes a QR code that sends recipients to a website designed to imitate IRS.gov. According to the alert, the fake portal may ask for personal information, wallet details, exchange login credentials, seed phrases, private keys, and other data that could be used to steal funds or identities. Coinbase and cybersecurity firm Darktower traced the related infrastructure to a domain registered through a Hong Kong registrar shortly before the letters began circulating. Investigators also found that the site was hosted in Romania, on a network that had previously been linked to phishing pages impersonating financial institutions.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, has issued a fraud alert warning that scammers are mailing counterfeit IRS notices to cryptocurrency holders and telling them to register before an urgent deadline through a non-existent “Digital Asset Compliance Portal.”
The agency said each fraudulent letter contains a QR code that directs recipients to a website made to resemble IRS.gov. The fake portal may request personal information, cryptocurrency wallet details, exchange login credentials, seed phrases, private keys, and other data that could be used for theft.
Crypto exchange Coinbase and cybersecurity company Darktower traced the related infrastructure to a domain that was registered through a Hong Kong registrar shortly before the letters started circulating.
Investigators also found that the website was hosted in Romania. The network used by the site had previously been associated with phishing pages impersonating financial institutions.
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