Singer loses life savings to fake wallet downloaded from the Apple App Store

Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:36 AM UTC·Source: Graham Cluley

Updated: Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:37 AM UTC

Executive Summary

If you hold cryptocurrency, there's a very simple golden rule that you should always follow. Never hand over your seed phrase. Garrett Dutton, better known as G. Love - the front man of blues-hip-hop outfit G. Love & Special Sauce - has learnt that lesson the hard way. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Originally published by Graham Cluley on Apr 17, 2026.

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