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Fake Wasabi Wallet on Apple App Store Steals 6 Bitcoin From User
A counterfeit Wasabi Wallet application appeared on the Apple App Store, costing at least one user 6 BTC in what marks the 27th wallet clone to reach the platform this year.
A fraudulent version of Wasabi Wallet successfully listed on the Apple App Store this week, resulting in the theft of 6 BTC from at least one victim. The scam is particularly deceptive because Wasabi Wallet, developed by zkSNACKs, has never offered a mobile application—it exists solely as an open-source, non-custodial desktop wallet for Windows, macOS, and Linux, designed around privacy features including Tor routing and CoinJoin transactions.
Despite this public fact, an app claiming to be "Wasabi Bitcoin & Crypto Wallet" falsely attributed to zkSNACKs appeared on the App Store with a description promising secure wallet management. App Store reviewers flagged the listing directly, with some explicitly warning that zkSNACKs is not behind the counterfeit app, yet the fraudulent listing remained accessible.
Wallet drainer scams typically operate through two methods: either requesting users to enter recovery phrases directly into the fake app, or prompting them to import existing wallets using their seed phrases. In either case, once a recovery phrase touches an internet-connected application controlled by attackers, all assets tied to that phrase become instantly and irreversibly accessible to the thief. Unlike traditional fraud, victims face no possibility of chargebacks, dispute resolution, or bank intervention.
This incident is not isolated. The fake Wasabi app represents the 27th wallet clone to reach the App Store in 2025 alone, according to reporting, underscoring a persistent vulnerability in app store moderation against cryptocurrency-targeting scams.
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