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Topic: ZKHAMSTER SCAM (Read 128 times)

legendary
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June 24, 2024, 05:44:01 PM
#8
Seems like the classic drainer scam. You connect your wallet to the service, give it the needed permissions without checking what you are actually doing, and they drain your wallet of any valuable tokens. I have seen similar ads on Twitter about projects promising to return all the fees you spent on the Ethereum network. It's all a scam, of course, but obviously one that manages to trick enough people.
These types of scams are becoming more prevalent and it is concerning reading about how regular they are becoming. There is no way effective way to clamp down on them therefore people have to remain vigilant. Any sort of plugin people do not know too much about should not be downloaded especially one that will try to connect to a wallet. People should just a make a policy of not trusting them unless they are from a verified source with excellent ratings, reviews or feedback.

This scam project was widely promoted by numerous unscrupulous influencers. The ZKHAMSTER project exploited the wave of angry trends on Platform X against the ZkSync project due to their unfair airdrop. They aimed to deceive and drain users' funds through their rug project, which claimed to offer a refund for ZkSync users' fees using the scam $ZKHAMSTER token and their phishing website.

It is worth noting that any projects or sites claiming to offer a refund for cryptocurrency gas fees are a clear scam, as we have seen before with phishing sites claiming to refund Ethereum gas fees. Therefore, caution is advised, and it is essential not to follow the recommendations and tweets of influencers, as they are likely to be partners in this scam with the perpetrators of these fraudulent projects.
Maybe those are the star attractions that make gullible people fall for the scam in the first place. It is sad reading about any victim of wallet draining scams.
legendary
Activity: 1862
Merit: 1518
June 24, 2024, 01:54:59 PM
#7
The project that promised to give the fees and tokens on the zksync network stole the tokens from my wallet. Many Twitter influencers marketed the project and hundreds of people were defrauded because of it.
This scam project was widely promoted by numerous unscrupulous influencers. The ZKHAMSTER project exploited the wave of angry trends on Platform X against the ZkSync project due to their unfair airdrop. They aimed to deceive and drain users' funds through their rug project, which claimed to offer a refund for ZkSync users' fees using the scam $ZKHAMSTER token and their phishing website.

It is worth noting that any projects or sites claiming to offer a refund for cryptocurrency gas fees are a clear scam, as we have seen before with phishing sites claiming to refund Ethereum gas fees. Therefore, caution is advised, and it is essential not to follow the recommendations and tweets of influencers, as they are likely to be partners in this scam with the perpetrators of these fraudulent projects.
hero member
Activity: 616
Merit: 713
June 24, 2024, 01:38:25 PM
#6
Where you there because of airdrops or what because I know without you connecting to their site there's no way you would get scammed except you were asked to send some gas fee to receive rewards which I know that is another old ways of scamming people and lots of people should be aware of that by now. However why don't you have a kind of alternative wallet for airdrops instead of using your generalized wallet to enroll in airdrop campaigns. I don't connect my wallet to any site except I want to trade on decentralized exchange that I know is not scam @Maus0928 between why would you just go permit a random site to access your wallet without any tangible reason for giving them permission to wallet, it shows it's scam site and your coin could likely get wiped off within shortest moment.
legendary
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Merit: 1563
June 23, 2024, 03:30:26 AM
#5
I would advise people to be very wary of anything that asks you to connect your wallet. We are seeing it too often these days and it's not worth losing your valuables for a few coins that end up being worthless in the longrun.

Is everything that asks you to connect a wallet a scam? No, but I'll never risk it.
I'd like to add that people should start getting more careful about how they do their thing online, don't just fucking click anything that looks clickable. It should be a netiquette worth remembering that clicking links should be something that you're careful about, remember that scammers can easily give out a link that would scam you easily. Also, you don't need to ask yourself if something is a scam when it comes to stuff that requires to connect to your wallet in the unusual way, if it's not the typical thing where they just need to connect to your wallet to connect your account then it's most likely a scam.
legendary
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June 23, 2024, 12:59:39 AM
#4
I would advise people to be very wary of anything that asks you to connect your wallet. We are seeing it too often these days and it's not worth losing your valuables for a few coins that end up being worthless in the longrun.

Is everything that asks you to connect a wallet a scam? No, but I'll never risk it.
legendary
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Merit: 1258
Heisenberg
June 22, 2024, 04:46:26 AM
#3
Sorry for the loss if you were also part of the victims of the scam. People are always advised to avoid having their addresses that have assets interacting with random Dapps or smart contracts. Most influencers on Twitter promote scam anyway. Don't follow them religiously.

7a96F184F3238e5175Dc0494Ead28EeD666CdB3a
Can we complain about this address to exchanges?
Have you zeroed down to which exchange the address belongs to, or which exchange hot wallet the funds are transferred to? Maybe you can start from there.

Read this for more information.
The link seems broken.
legendary
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June 22, 2024, 02:21:54 AM
#2
Were you affected personally?
Seems like the classic drainer scam. You connect your wallet to the service, give it the needed permissions without checking what you are actually doing, and they drain your wallet of any valuable tokens. I have seen similar ads on Twitter about projects promising to return all the fees you spent on the Ethereum network. It's all a scam, of course, but obviously one that manages to trick enough people.

If you have proof that the project is a scam, you can report it to Etherscan.
I am not sure what the procedure is for individual crypto exchanges, but if you are interested in finding out, I suggest contacting Binance, for example, via live chat and asking them how to report a scam address. Read this for more information.

Edit: Link corrected
member
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June 21, 2024, 11:52:51 PM
#1
Scam project
https://x.com/zk_HAMSTER

The project that promised to give the fees and tokens on the zksync network stole the tokens from my wallet. Many Twitter influencers marketed the project and hundreds of people were defrauded because of it.

https://explorer.zksync.io/address/0x7a96F184F3238e5175Dc0494Ead28EeD666CdB3a#transfers

0x7a96F184F3238e5175Dc0494Ead28EeD666CdB3a


Can we complain about this address to exchanges?
https://ibb.co/yndyTZY
https://x.com/MaranDefi/status/1804136580271214594
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