Fake Offerings, Giveaways and Frauds Continue
By Dominic Alvieri
1/11/2022
Crypto scammers are out again pulling some of the same scams we have seen in the past few years. Ransomware groups continue holding corporate and personal data hostage. Bitcoin has retreated in price and the mainstream crypto space has also cooled but the crypto scam market is white hot.
In the first week ending January 7th, 2022 there were 3,716 new domains registered with the keyword "token" and the vast majority being developed are scam related projects.
Giveaways and fake AirDrops continue.
Here are some of the highest risk fake projects to look out for in 2022
Meta Token (Closed)
Facebook rebranding to Meta changed the crypto scam landscape late last year. Several fake Meta coins and tokens have appeared and are registered. Meta token, coin below is now closed (1-8-22) registered as Meta token presale below.
This fake Meta token even had the Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth listed as Corning CEO on their site. They are not very good at this.
MetaMask Token (Live)
New MetaMask token site has popped up with this fake offering.
metamask-token[.]net
Fake AirDrop for a fake token
No security vendors have tagged this as of 1-10-2022.
Baby MetaMask (Reg)
Several Baby MetaMask versions including babymetamask[.]com are in the works. There is no official MetaMask token or coin.
Twitter Token (Live)
New Twitter token attempt is still ongoing at twittertoken[.]live after reporting it to Twitter and authorities in late 2021. The site and telegram channel are still up.
Be on the look out for other fake offerings from any major corporation. Complicating matters in the announcement that PayPal may be offering a token of their own. Stay tuned for details in the next few weeks.
Other new notables:
Instagram-giveaway[.]com
Amazon, Etsy, GM...
BabyMetaCoin[.]net/xyz...
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other famous names are being used.
We have all seen the Elon Musk related cryptocurrency scams but several other top names are also being utilized...misrepresented as endorsing a fake token or coin.
Seed phrase phishing is on the rise
Watch out for continued seed phrase and password phishing on crypto related accounts and assets.
Use MFA. Cold store your crypto. Be aware of any offerings or yields that are well above market and please do your due diligence.
Stay safe.
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By Dominic Alvieri
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