It is very nice to learn new things, and to feel that we are moving forward, but when it comes to cryptocurrencies, decentralized platforms, we must be clear that this requires a VERY GREAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WHERE WE ARE BEING.
MetaMask, excellent tool ...
MetaMask is an excellent tool, especially because it allows us to associate different wallets and link with each one of them, in fact we must be so careful when creating an account of these, that the warnings are similar to when we started in Hive and we they say over and over again DON'T REVEAL YOUR PASSWORDS, DON'T PUBLISH YOUR PASSWORDS, DON'T SHARE YOUR PASSWORDS WITH ANYONE, DON'T LOSE YOUR PASSWORDS.
In the case of MetaMask, the message is similar but with the seed phrase, which in passing I inform you that this phrase is a set of words with a specific order that with your password will be the direct access to all the wallets that you have associated in MetaMask .
So to be clear to you:
- Don't lose your seed phrase
- Do not share your seed phrase
- Do not reveal your seed phrase.
- Do not share your seed phrase with anyone
- Protect your seed phrase very well.
Where do i want to go with this?
The title of this publication, ** ALERT: Official pages versus misleading pages ** is intended to inform each of you so that you are alert not to access pages that despite having a great similarity in appearance to the official pages only They want you to enter key data and then steal them and thus leave their wallets empty.
Such is the case on the following page
I want you to take a close look at this page, as you can see it has the logo, the name and even the toolbar very similar to the official PancakeSawp page, but ... guess what? It is a page in charge of stealing your data and behind this the cryptocurrencies you have.
The address is as follows:
https://exch.online.ancakeswapshome.online/metamask.html.
NOTE: I do not want them to enter it, much less enter their data, what I want is for them to observe the entire address, especially the part that says ** ancakeswapshome.online **, did you notice? Let's learn to discern this kind of irregularity.
How does this kind of page operate?
As I wrote in the box identified with arrow No. 1, the page will ask you to enter the seed phrase of your MetaMask account so that later you can connect (which would be step number 2 indicated with the upper arrow.
After you do so, you will have given them full access to your MetaMask account and they will be able to make use of all the cryptocurrency funds that you have in the different wallets that you associated with your MetaMask account, they will even be able to withdraw the profits or rewards obtained in the games in those who have invested a certain amount of cryptocurrencies for the acquisition of NFT assets, such as: the PVUs that you have accumulated in the Plants versus Undead game.
The importance of official pages.
That said, it is vital that we can identify the official pages, we must be attentive to the extensions that are shown by very similar, we must be suspicious if they ask us for specific and relevant data such as the seed phrase of MetaMask.
Remember that the risk of decentralized platforms is that for any error you will have lost what it has cost you to accumulate and there are no sites for claims or technicians that you can consult. And speaking of technicians, customer service and other types of services, I inform you ... in this class of platforms THERE DOES NOT EXIST THIS KIND OF SERVICES, so you must be very attentive.
Next, I show you the official page of PancakeSwap, its address is: https://pancakeswap.finance/
And although the fraudulent page is very similar in colors and design, if you enter the official page it will not ask you for the seed phrase nor does it have the options menu on the left side of the page, but at the top.
Well friends, I hope this information has helped you, please bear in mind that everything that asks for relevant keys is suspicious, do not do it.