# Heads up, snap had scam stuff... again **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Tags:** snap\ **Created:** [March 19, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/heads-up-snap-had-scam-stuff-again/12669 "2024-03-19T21:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bedna](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bedna](https://discuss.kde.org/u/bedna)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/heads-up-snap-had-scam-stuff-again/12669/1 "2024-03-19T21:00:56Z")
Just be careful when you use snaps ok? It has been WAY to many instances for me to even touch it. Flatpaks I still have trust in though so don’t throw them all over board! Just be careful. > **[Guess Who's Back? Exodus Scam BitCoin Wallet Snap!](https://popey.com/blog/2024/03/exodus-wallet-part-three/)** > > Previously… Back in February, I blogged about a series of scam Bitcoin wallet apps that were published in the Canonical Snap store, including one which netted a scammer $490K of some poor rube’s coin. > The snap was eventually removed, and some threads... ---
**Author:** ![skyfishgoo](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/skyfishgoo/32/2001_2.png) [@skyfishgoo](https://discuss.kde.org/u/skyfishgoo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/heads-up-snap-had-scam-stuff-again/12669/2 "2024-03-19T23:09:09Z")
figures the scammy stuff would be centered around bitcoin. good catch, tho… even if a bit obvious. ---
**Author:** ![medin](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/medin/32/2437_2.png) [@medin](https://discuss.kde.org/u/medin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/heads-up-snap-had-scam-stuff-again/12669/3 "2024-03-20T00:17:19Z")
The biggest scam in snap ecosystem is the closed source Snap Store backend provided by Canonical.