Fraudsters create blockchain sites to mine crypto wallets

Phishing scammers have blocked the websites of crypto media outlet Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan to trick unsuspecting readers into linking to phishing sites.

A Cloned Blockworks website displays a fake “BREAKING” news report claiming to “take advantage” of multi-million dollars on decentralized exchange Uniswap and encourages users to delete credentials from the fake Etherscan website.

The fake EtherScan website, a purported token and smart contract validation checker, instead contains a smart contract that flushes the crypto wallet when connected.

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An age check of the domains shows that the fake Etherscan site – approvalscan.io – was registered on October 25, followed by the Blockworks site – blockworks.media a day later.

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