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How my Coinbase account was almost stolen​

Published Tue, Jan 20 20261:29 PM EST

Jason Gewirtz@jasongewirtz

• A sophisticated call from someone claiming to be from Coinbase nearly convinced me to give up the keys to my account.
• Coinbase says it has ways to protect people, even if they take the bait.
• AI is helping scammers do more, get better and score more money.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/how-my-coinbase-account-was-almost-stolen.html

 

[nasa1974]

It's getting and harder to recognize a scam.

 

[JPH543]

Its wild they are already successfully using AI to clone voices to sound like someone you know for targeted attacks.