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CZ Warns Users Not to Add Old Phone Number After It Was Reassigned

CZ Warns Users Not to Add Old Phone Number After It Was Reassigned

Changpeng Zhao says the number was deactivated years ago, and its current owner may be a hacker or police impersonator, according to his statement.

Fact Check
The claim is supported by two independently fetched secondary reports: PANews and BlockBeats. Both state that CZ said the number had been deactivated years ago and that the current owner may be a hacker or police impersonator, and both frame this as a warning not to add that contact. PANews explicitly links to https://x.com/cz_binance/status/2041794551757553855 as the original statement, and the Odaily media trace independently identified that same X URL as the upstream source. However, because direct fetching of the X post failed in this run, the primary-source text itself could not be validated directly, which lowers confidence from high to medium.
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Terms & Concepts
  • Impersonation scam: A fraud tactic in which someone poses as a trusted person to gain access, information, or money.
  • Social engineering: A manipulation method used to trick people into sharing sensitive data or taking unsafe actions.