{"id":376953,"date":"2023-02-21T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T19:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=376953"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:04:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T19:04:01","slug":"experts-warn-of-a-fake-ethereum-denver-site-tied-to-a-red-flagged-phishing-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/experts-warn-of-a-fake-ethereum-denver-site-tied-to-a-red-flagged-phishing-wallet","title":{"rendered":"Experts warn of a fake Ethereum Denver site tied to a red-flagged phishing wallet"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the start of the new year, crypto prices have slowly started to recover from a year-long bear market, which started bringing investors back into the industry. People are becoming more willing to invest in projects, and various events that the industry participants are organizing are attracting attention once more.<\/p>\n

This also makes it a perfect time for hackers to launch phishing campaigns and once again rob unsuspecting newcomers to the industry. Security researchers have already reported one such campaign, where the hackers have created a fake website of the popular Ethereum Denver conference. The campaign is also tied to a smart contract that contains over $300,000 in stolen ETH coins.<\/p>\n

The wallet tied to the scam stole $300k in crypto<\/h2>\n

Ethereum Denver is, of course, a real conference and a very popular one, at that. However, its website has been duplicated by online criminals who seek to trick users into connecting their MetaMask wallets to the fake site. On the other end, the hackers would be able to see their login credentials, and empty their wallets by sending the funds to their own smart contract.<\/p>\n

The fake site was identified by researchers from Blockfence, which reported it on Twitter. They said that the red-flagged smart contract has accessed over 2,800 crypto wallets over the past three months, stealing over $300k in digital currencies.<\/p>\n

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Another day, another scam.
This time the scammer targeted the @EthereumDenver<\/a> website. Blockfence is here to protect you and fight scammers together: The scam contract was marked as \"High Risk\" by our ML algorithm and our partners at @GoplusSecurity<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Jdtoz2Bgu4<\/a><\/p>\n

— Blockfence (@blockfence_io) February 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n