Phishing vs Scam

Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.

Phishing
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A cyber attack method where scammers impersonate legitimate cryptocurrency services, exchanges, or contacts through fake websites, emails, or messages to trick users into revealing private keys, passwords, or seed phrases, or to approve malicious transactions.

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Scam
beginner
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Fraudulent schemes designed to steal cryptocurrency or money through deception, false promises, impersonation, or manipulation, exploiting users' trust, greed, fear, or lack of knowledge to transfer assets permanently and irreversibly to scammers.

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