FTX, a defunct cryptocurrency exchange, has admitted that its clients have recently been targeted by a series of scams and frauds carried out by third parties. These schemes were designed to take advantage of the dire financial circumstances of consumers.

On February 3, FTX issued a warning to its customers about recent efforts by scammers about scam attempts, including requesting money, fees, payments, or account passwords. These scam attempts were made by asking about recent scammers about scam attempts.

The firm issued a warning to its clients, saying: “We are aware of active scams and fraud by third parties aiming to take advantage of FTX clients.”

FTX added that its debtors and agents will never ask customers to pay fees or provide account passwords in connection with the “return or potential return of customer assets.” FTX also encouraged potential victims to contact the official email address of FTX debtors to confirm the legitimacy of the messages.

Ever since the FTX crash a few months back, scammers have been stepping up their game in an attempt to capitalize on the situation.

In late December, the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation issued a warning to the public that scammers were looking for opportunities to “re-victimize people who have been previously injured and are trying to figure out methods to recover their losses.”

It referenced a fake website that claimed to be run by the United States Department of State and was attempting to restore FTX customer assets while requesting account information from those customers.

In November, a video purporting to include FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried circulating on the internet falsely claimed that the company would increase the amount of cryptocurrency compensation given to clients. He lured users into visiting a malicious website by promising them a gift of cryptocurrency in exchange for tokens that were passed on to the criminals.

Meanwhile, as part of the latest development in FTX’s bankruptcy proceedings, the states of California, Texas and New Jersey have joined requests for an independent audit of the company’s financial accounts.

According to yet another article on Bankman-Fried, published by Reuters on Feb. 2, it has been revealed that the crypto entrepreneur is in talks with federal prosecutors to settle a disagreement over his bail terms.

Last week, the judge presiding over the lawsuit placed a temporary gag order on Bankman-Fried, preventing her from communicating with workers at FTX or Alameda.