03-04-2021, 05:54 AM
PSA - Fake Trezor app on IOS App Store - Asks you to input your 24 word seed to 'syn
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I stumbled upon the app after discussing the Trezor suite for windows/mac (which is legit by the way)</p> <p>The app says its 4+ years old yet has no reviews, first red flag.</p> <p>The app looks alright, has the same feel as I would expect from Trezor</p> <p>Straight away asks for your 24 word seed to sync your Trezor, second red flag and alarm bells start ringing.</p> <p>So I do as I do usually and check reddit. Cant find anything on <a href="/r/CryptoCurrency">/r/CryptoCurrency</a> (my apologies if I missed a post about this already on here, but..you know.... reddit search)</p> <p>Found this post on <a href="/r/TREZOR">/r/TREZOR</a> saying its a definite scam: <a href="https://np.reddit.com/r/TREZOR/comments/lun0l8/fake_trezor_ios_app/">https://np.reddit.com/r/TREZOR/comments/lun0l8/fake_trezor_ios_app/</a></p> <p>Then checked Trezor.io and found</p> <blockquote> <p>iOS Trezor Wiki/Glossary/Trezor/Common device terms/ IOS iOS is the mobile operating system by Apple. Use of your Trezor device on iOS is currently not (yet) supported.</p> </blockquote> <p>If you're on iOS please go to the app store and report it.</p> <p>I can only imagine being a semi-noob and not being as vigilant or aware of the warning signs and getting all my shit stolen.</p> <p>Edit: The app is just called "Trezor", I didnt want to link incase a bot flips its shit.</p> <p>Edit 2: I just worked out that the age being 4+ is the age rating, not the age of the app</p> <p>Edit 3: Its 6 hours since I wrote this post and it looks like the app is off the store. I can’t see it anymore but if you’ve downloaded it I think you can still report. I couldn’t figure out how to report so emailed apple support and don’t really expect a response. </p> <p>Check the link of the other post above from <a href="/r/Trezor">r/Trezor</a> and you can see what the app looked like incase it reappears.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/IHaventEvenGotADog"> /u/IHaventEvenGotADog </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lx3uo6/psa_fake_trezor_app_on_ios_app_store_asks_you_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lx3uo6/psa_fake_trezor_app_on_ios_app_store_asks_you_to/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I stumbled upon the app after discussing the Trezor suite for windows/mac (which is legit by the way)</p> <p>The app says its 4+ years old yet has no reviews, first red flag.</p> <p>The app looks alright, has the same feel as I would expect from Trezor</p> <p>Straight away asks for your 24 word seed to sync your Trezor, second red flag and alarm bells start ringing.</p> <p>So I do as I do usually and check reddit. Cant find anything on <a href="/r/CryptoCurrency">/r/CryptoCurrency</a> (my apologies if I missed a post about this already on here, but..you know.... reddit search)</p> <p>Found this post on <a href="/r/TREZOR">/r/TREZOR</a> saying its a definite scam: <a href="https://np.reddit.com/r/TREZOR/comments/lun0l8/fake_trezor_ios_app/">https://np.reddit.com/r/TREZOR/comments/lun0l8/fake_trezor_ios_app/</a></p> <p>Then checked Trezor.io and found</p> <blockquote> <p>iOS Trezor Wiki/Glossary/Trezor/Common device terms/ IOS iOS is the mobile operating system by Apple. Use of your Trezor device on iOS is currently not (yet) supported.</p> </blockquote> <p>If you're on iOS please go to the app store and report it.</p> <p>I can only imagine being a semi-noob and not being as vigilant or aware of the warning signs and getting all my shit stolen.</p> <p>Edit: The app is just called "Trezor", I didnt want to link incase a bot flips its shit.</p> <p>Edit 2: I just worked out that the age being 4+ is the age rating, not the age of the app</p> <p>Edit 3: Its 6 hours since I wrote this post and it looks like the app is off the store. I can’t see it anymore but if you’ve downloaded it I think you can still report. I couldn’t figure out how to report so emailed apple support and don’t really expect a response. </p> <p>Check the link of the other post above from <a href="/r/Trezor">r/Trezor</a> and you can see what the app looked like incase it reappears.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/IHaventEvenGotADog"> /u/IHaventEvenGotADog </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lx3uo6/psa_fake_trezor_app_on_ios_app_store_asks_you_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lx3uo6/psa_fake_trezor_app_on_ios_app_store_asks_you_to/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R