{"id":15919,"date":"2025-03-03T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15919"},"modified":"2025-03-03T16:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:46:42","slug":"watch-out-shiba-inu-shib-team-issues-a-major-warning-to-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15919","title":{"rendered":"Watch Out: Shiba Inu (SHIB) Team Issues a Major Warning to the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"173\">\n<p data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"173\">Shibarium Trustwatch warns of a fake X account impersonating Shiba Inu\u2019s official page.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"333\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"333\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Previous alerts exposed scammers using Shytoshi Kusama\u2019s name and fake SHIFU token emails to deceive the community.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB_CB-2.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-385665\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB_CB-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1201\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB_CB-2.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB_CB-2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB_CB-2-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB_CB-2-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHIB_CB-2-50x30.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\"><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>\u2018Stay Safe\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The ever-evolving cryptocurrency industry offers investors the chance to make substantial profits, which is highly intriguing for investors. However, it is also rife with scammers who take every opportunity to con unsuspecting victims and drain their wallets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Shiba Inu (SHIB) community is among the strongest in the sector and comprises millions of members. As such, wrongdoers often target it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shibarium Trustwatch recently <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/susbarium\/status\/1895431841420902591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1895431841420902591%7Ctwgr%5Ea0f44355954a47552b46176659cb68fc2241faf1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fu.today%2Fshiba-inu-critical-x-warning-issued-to-shib-community-whats-behind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">issued<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a critical alert to its users, warning them to stay away from a fake X (formerly Twitter) account pretending to be the official one of the meme coin project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis account is NOT official. Always verify the handle and followers. Stay safe! Stay vigilant,\u201d the announcement reads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Community members should only rely on official sources and double-check the legitimacy of every <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">single<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> account of dubious people on the social media platform. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For starters,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the fake account has less than 2,000 subscribers, whereas the official <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">one<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> has almost four million followers.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Previous Red Flags<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> is not the first time Shibarium Trustwatch has issued a similar warning. In November last year, the team <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/major-warning-by-the-shiba-inu-shib-team-about-another-dangerous-scam-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">claimed <\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">that scammers use Shytoshi Kusama\u2019s na<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">me (the former lead developer of Shiba Inu) to promote fraudulent tokens in fake groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAlways verify the authenticity of any group or token before participating. Stay vigilant and protect yourself and others from these scams<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u201d the warning reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is important to note that in January 2025<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Kusama <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/major-shiba-inu-announcement-is-this-why-shib-price-plunged\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">announced<\/a> they would no longer serve as the team\u2019s \u201clead visionary,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> mostly because \u201cthere is no more vision needed, only execution and communications.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The person, who hasn\u2019t revealed their identity yet, said they would focus on becoming the global ambassador for Shiba Inu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In December last year, the community received another crucial warning.<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shibarium Trustwatch <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/watch-out-shiba-inu-shib-team-issues-a-crucial-warning-to-the-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">advised<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> users to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">stay away from<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> individuals who send emails containing information about the meme coin SHIFU.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFraudsters are asking people to send them an email asking how to buy and claim SHIFU or if SHIFU has not appeared in their wallet,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the warning reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/watch-out-shiba-inu-shib-team-issues-a-major-warning-to-the-community\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Watch Out: Shiba Inu (SHIB) Team Issues a Major Warning to the Community<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR Shibarium Trustwatch warns of a fake X account impersonating Shiba Inu\u2019s official page. Previous alerts exposed scammers using Shytoshi Kusama\u2019s name and fake SHIFU token emails to deceive the community. \u2018Stay Safe\u2019 The ever-evolving cryptocurrency industry offers investors the chance to make substantial profits, which is highly intriguing for investors. However, it is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-15919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}