Phishing scammers have cloned the web sites of crypto media outlet Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan to trick unsuspecting readers into interacting with a phishing website.
A cloned Blockworks website shows a faux “BREAKING” information report of a supposed multimillion-dollar “approvals exploit” on the decentralized trade Uniswap and encourages customers to a faked Etherscan web site to rescind approvals.
The faux Etherscan web site, displaying a purported token and good contract approval checker, as a substitute incorporates a sensible contract that might seemingly drain a crypto pockets when linked.
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An age examine of the domains exhibits the faux Etherscan website — approvalscan.io — was registered on Oct. 25, with the faked Blockworks website — blockworks.media registered a day later.
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