Warning: Beware of counterfeit DeepSeek, more than 2,000 phishing traps lure users to purchase virtual assets

PANews reported on February 7 that according to the Hong Kong media Wenhui News, the network security report shows that there are currently 2,650 counterfeit DeepSeek websites and phishing websites, and it is still increasing rapidly. Users need to be highly vigilant. The use of these counterfeit domain names is mainly Phishing fraud, domain name registration, and traffic guidance. Among them, phishing fraud mainly commits fraud by stealing user login credentials, misleading users with similar domain names and interfaces, and luring users to purchase virtual assets. Statistics found that large-scale counterfeit DeepSeek domain name registration activity began on January 26, 2025 and peaked on January 28. Although the increase subsequently decreased, the number continued to increase.

In addition, 60% of these counterfeit domain names have analytical IPs located in the United States. Scammers have also launched various high-quality air coins (virtual currencies with no substantial value) with so-called "DeepSeek support". They even claimed that they could buy original internal shares of DeepSeek. Websites may cause large property losses to users.