A scammer reached out to me on this platform yesterday. I can't explain much, read that yourselve...A scammer reached out to me on this platform yesterday. I can't explain much, read that yourselve...
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Emmanuel Imanishimwe
• Aug 27
A scammer reached out to me on this platform yesterday.
I can't explain much, read that yourselves. I'd seen these kinds of scams on LinkedIn posts for months but never in my own inbox, and this time curiosity got the best of me, so instead of running it I examined it.
It looks like a real project. But "npm run server" decrypts a payload hidden in two typosquatted npm packages and evals code pulled from the scammer's server. On a dev machine that's your wallets, logins and keys, gone.
Never run a stranger's code as an "interview." Stay safe people (and be careful of this Anna Maco individual)
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