News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDreported on Feb. 26 that the actors behind the scam have now abandoned the scheme, with websites and LinkedIn accounts tied to the scam taken down as the hundreds of people targeted have spoken out — some who said they had their crypto wallets raided after downloading GrassCall.

The Russia-based cybercrime group “Crazy Evil” is reportedly behind the scam, which consists of social engineering specialists, commonly known as a “traffer team,” who have a focus on stealing crypto.

The cybersecurity firm Recorded Future reported in January that it linked “over ten active scams on social media” to Crazy Evil, which it said “explicitly victimizes the cryptocurrency space with bespoke spearphishing lures.”

One of Crazy Evil’s scams, called Gatherum, appears to be an earlier iteration of GrassCall as

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