According to ScamSniffer, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have lost the equivalent of $4 million due to fake ads for blockchain platforms on Google.
The scheme is simple: a user searches a search engine for the site of a desired exchange, wallet or service (it is better to add sites to bookmarks) and ends up on a fake platform because of ads. The latter steal either user authorization data or more sensitive combinations like sido phrases that allow to get to the contents of the blockchain address.
To illustrate, here is an example of fake platforms in the search results for Zapper and Lido - they are highlighted with rectangles.
We need to be even more careful, in general.
