A scam targeting cryptocurrency users uses fake YouTube videos, fraudulent Remix interfaces, and spoofed Uniswap ENS names to trick victims into deploying malicious smart contracts. The scheme has drained over $500,000 by convincing users to deposit crypto into attacker-controlled contracts that immediately transfer funds to the scammer's wallet.
Scammers created fake YouTube tutorials teaching people to build an AI crypto trading bot with Claude, tricking 224 victims into deploying wallet-draining smart contracts themselves and approving transactions. The victims lost 274.6 ETH (~$517,000), with some even being asked to deposit additional funds to "fix" the bot after being drained.
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Scammers created YouTube tutorials falsely claiming to teach AI crypto trading bot development with Claude, tricking 224 users into building and deploying malicious smart contracts that drained their wallets. Victims lost 274.6 ETH (~$517,000) by approving transactions themselves, with some receiving follow-up scam messages requesting additional deposits.
Scammers used fake YouTube tutorials claiming to teach AI crypto trading bot development to trick 224 users into building and deploying wallet-draining smart contracts themselves. Victims lost 274.6 ETH (approximately $517,000) by following the fraudulent code, with some receiving fake error messages requesting additional deposits.
Hackers created fake YouTube tutorials claiming to teach users how to build a crypto arbitrage bot using Claude. The fraudulent videos guided victims through deploying a smart contract, but a fake compiler secretly replaced the displayed code with malicious contracts designed to steal cryptocurrency.
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