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Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to “triple your crypto,” according to a thread on Reddit. The Betterment account says in an X thread that this was an “unauthorized message” that was sent via a “third-party system.”
Here’s the notification that some people got, per a screenshot in the Reddit thread (some reported getting a similar notification over email, too):
We’ll triple your crypto! (Limited Time)
Bryan: Betterment is giving back!
We’re celebrating our best-performing year yet by tripling Bitcoin and Ethereum deposits for the next three hours.
For example, if you send $10,000 in Bitcoin or Ethereum, we’ll send you right back $30,000 to your sending Bitcoin or Ethereum address.
Send deposits to these addresses:
Earlier this evening you may have received a message referencing a crypto-related Betterment promotion. This was an unauthorized message sent via a third-party system we use for marketing and other customer communications.
Please note that this is not a real offer and should be disregarded. We apologize for any confusion.
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