How an ad cost an user 1.7 Million dollars

Another day another phishing scam.

A user reportedly lost close to 1.7M when he connected to a wallet while searching for imToken digital wallet.

The ad reportedly in question when searching in Bing

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Fake ad

The fake website

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Fake website

Another fake ad when searching on google

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Google ad above the original website

Here is the transaction in question.

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62.98BTC transferred to new wallet.

The scammers wallet (the only successful scam)

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Credits Arkham Intelligence

How to protect yourself from getting drained from phishing links.

1. Don’t connect your wallet to the first link that appears on Google without confirming.
2. DONT TRUST, VERIFY. verify from multiple sources that the dapp/wallet you are connecting to is legit.
3. Always be on the lookout from grammatical errors.
4. Check the website legitmacy on website analysers.
5. Check if the website has - or . In their address. Trustmebro is different from trustme-bro website.

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