# New Scam: Account on the EOS network pretending to be account of the Kraken.com Exchange > Scam Prevention Canonical: https://help.blockzhub.io/articles/new-scam-account-on-the-eos-network-pretending-to-be-account-of-the-krakencom-ex ## Please be aware that the EOS Account: is committing fraud on the EOS Mainnet: ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/blockzhub-help-center-public-images/articles/2273959a-d9f5-4281-816a-8d9fa221f01f/79424406e960.png) ## Please be aware that the EOS Account: is committing fraud on the EOS Mainnet: ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/blockzhub-help-center-public-images/articles/2273959a-d9f5-4281-816a-8d9fa221f01f/b147bddd8289.png) **Imposer Account** The account displayed above (named: "krakunkraken") is pretending to be the account (named: "krakenkraken") wich can be seen below: ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/blockzhub-help-center-public-images/articles/2273959a-d9f5-4281-816a-8d9fa221f01f/f3ce2959c022.png) **Official Kraken.com EOS Account** Their strategy is to send a small amount of $EOS to the EOS accounts they are targeting, pretending to be the account of the Kraken.com exchange wich uses the account to receive $EOS that are being send to them. ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/blockzhub-help-center-public-images/articles/2273959a-d9f5-4281-816a-8d9fa221f01f/97264fb83d76.jpg) Kraken.com also requires you to include a memo that includes a personal identification number. As you can see in the screenshots above, the scammers know this and also use a number in the memo of the transaction that shows up in your account history, in order to trick users to include a memo in the transaction. They do this because wallets like Anchor Wallet give a warning if somebody tries to send funds to an exchange without including a memo. ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/blockzhub-help-center-public-images/articles/2273959a-d9f5-4281-816a-8d9fa221f01f/5fa86c110d20.jpg) When transferring funds to an account, please be extremely careful. Provide the right account name and personal identification number, and **double-check** that the account name was written correctly. ## Check our list of known EOS Scams Make sure you are [up-to-date with all the ongoing EOS scams](https://help.eossupport.io/en/collections/3054104-new-to-eos-start-here#scam-prevention)! Stay safe. --- Author: Sebastian Beyer Editors: Markus Hinrichs; Randall Roland Sources & References: * [Collection of scams on EOS](https://help.eossupport.io/en/collections/3054104-new-to-eos-start-here#scam-prevention) ​ * Image credits: + Screenshots from Anchor Wallet + Screenshots from [bloks.io](https://bloks.io/)