Google is displaying crypto phishing websites on top of the original CoinMarketCap website.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) warned on Twitter that Google displays phishing sites when users search for CoinMarketCap. Binance Holding Limited, founded by CZ, is the parent company of CoinMarketCap.
CZ says these phishing sites affect users adding smart contract addresses to MetaMask. They are trying to contact Google to resolve this issue. But the problem remains at the time of writing.
The phishing site is in the form of a Google advertisement. For security purposes, the user should first verify the spelling in the link before blindly clicking on the search result. It is even better to avoid clicking on the link which is mentioned inadvertisement.” Normally, the parent link would be just below the ad link, as shown in the screenshot.
Users lash out at Google
users are disappoint And accuse Google of being the biggest scam promoter on Earth, using phrases like “Google is the darknet of the surface net”. Earlier, a user asked Google when they would address phishing with paid ads.
This problem is only affecting CoinMarketCap. google too is shown A phishing site on top of SpookySwap, a DeFi platform. Users believe that Google encourages and takes advantage of crypto phishing scam sites.
crypto phishing
Crypto users are often victims of phishing attacks. Last week, crypto exchange Gate.io was compromised. Scammers were promoting phishing scams. The attackers changed the official website URL on the Twitter handle from Gate.io to Gate.com. The landing page promised a giveaway of $500,000 USDT.
In July, users of Uniswap V3 lost over $8 million in a phishing attack. The attackers sent the malicious token UniswapLP to the victims. They were sent to a website saying they could swap malicious tokens for Uniswap (UNI). The website then read sensitive information and stole money from the purse. The attackers used Tornado Cash to launder funds.
Earlier this year, movie star Seth Greene lost four boring app NFTs worth more than $300,000 in a phishing attack. The theft happened when the actor tried to buy another NFT but linked his wallet to a scam website.
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