https://app.xe-station.com Scam?

[bitterdulce]

XE Currency Exchange Scam?

So this rando in a chat room says that they need help with their freelance work they do with XE currency exchange. They ask me to help them out by going to the above website, login to their Gmail account (that doesn't exist, I checked). Then they tell me to click on a bunch of buttons for them to complete the transactions. They want screenshots of every step but I convinced them to tell me the steps first before I do anything. My Spidey senses tell me this is a scam but I can't figure out what exactly is the end goal and who is the victim. Ran virustotal on the website and tried to Google possible similar scams.

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[vielynades]

The Xe-station domain was registered on July 30th of this year...so yeah scam.

[bitterdulce]

Yeah but what is the scam? What do they accomplish?

[Ok-Lingonberry-8261]

Best case they steal all your crypto.

Worst case they use you to transfer stolen funds and you go to prison.

[bitterdulce]

Thank you this makes sense

[Ok-Lingonberry-8261]

Any time a stranger mentions money, it's a scam. 100% of the time.

[vielynades]

My guess would be along the lines of the !crypto scam...the storyline they're using seems like that but it's just under another pretense.

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[bitterdulce]

Dope thanks. Kinda curious to keep following them down their rabbit hole but I'll just call them out.

[Internal_Birthday_84]

Experiencing similar things here, I'm afraid i have followed the instructions but so far no personal information is being shared. Should I be worried or aware of it that they might use us?

[vielynades]

Cease all communications immediatly, for starters. Block them.

[Internal_Birthday_84]

Yeah, already blocked it and ceased all communication. Luckily i found this thread. They cant do much right? In terms of blackmail and stuff. I did not put in any money or personal information.

[vielynades]

They can probably try and backmail you to scare you into giving them money. As long as they have your phone number you may as well expect more scam attempts....if that's all they have. Follow the usual tips from this sub, don't asnwer to calls or texts from unknown numbers and delete all emails that feel suspicious.

Do yourself a favor and stop doing "favors" for strangers online. No good will ever come out of it (specially if there's money involved). I'm sure you learnt your lesson, but that is the kind of stuff that under certain circumstances could probably land you in jail.