ZachXBT: Coinbase customer service fake account scam may have caused up to $100-150 million in asset losses in the past year

on the MistTrack platform for tracking security on the SlowMist blockchain, blockchain detective ZachXBT commented that "I have never seen publicly reported numbers anywhere before, but I estimate that social engineering/phishing scams impersonating Coinbase customer support have resulted in user losses of up to $100-150 million in the past year."

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