--- title: Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites –... description: A cybercrook exposed a network of phishing sites that imitate privnote.com and swap out cryptocurrency payment addresses. The phishers threatened to sue a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fake-lawsuit-threat-exposes-privnote-phishing-sites-krebs-on-security-xbsr3cjhw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites – Krebs on Security | daily.dev og:description: A cybercrook exposed a network of phishing sites that imitate privnote.com and swap out cryptocurrency payment addresses. The phishers threatened to sue a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fake-lawsuit-threat-exposes-privnote-phishing-sites-krebs-on-security-xbsr3cjhw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xBSR3cjhw.png og:image:alt: Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites – Krebs on Security og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites – Krebs on Security **[Krebs on Security](https://daily.dev/sources/krebsonsecurity)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A cybercrook exposed a network of phishing sites that imitate privnote.com and swap out cryptocurrency payment addresses. The phishers threatened to sue a software company, but were caught in their deception. Several domains targeting Privnote were revealed, along with evidence of their fraudulent activities. These phishing sites attract visitors by manipulating search engine results. MetaMask played a crucial role in exposing the phishers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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