Dubai Government announces the site promoting DubaiCoin an elaborate phishing campaign
By MYBRANDBOOK
The Dubai government clarified on May 28, the DubaiCoin cryptocurrency was "never approved" as the official digital currency. The website promoting Dubaicoin is an "elaborative phishing scam", an official statement said.
The clarification from the Dubai government comes in the backdrop of DubaiCoin soaring by 1,000 percent in its value, owing to a fake press release - published on the PR Newswire on May 24 - which described it as "the de-facto digital currency" of the city.
The Dubai Media Office - the official media arm of the government – tweeted, "Dubai Coin cryptocurrency was never approved by any official authority. The website promoting the coin is an elaborate phishing campaign that is designed to steal personal information from its visitors".
The fake press release, which has now been unpublished by the PR Newswire, was issued in the name of Arabian Chain Technology - which is considered to be a legit blockchain firm based in Dubai. The company promotes its own virtual currency named DubaiCoin (DBIX).
The fake press release went on to maliciously claim that the Dubai government is making Dubaicoin "its own digital currency", and added that the virtual currency could be bought online via "dub-pay.com" for $0.17 per coin.
Between May 24 and May 25, the value of real DubaiCoin - promoted by Arabian Chain Technology - surged to $1.50, marking a 1,000 percent rise. However, after the company and Dubai government clarified, the value has dropped to $0.32.
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