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 Phishing scammers have been spreading fake news of a $37 million dollar Uniswap exploit using a convincing fake Blockworks website.
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 Phishing scammers have cloned the websites of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> media outlet Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan to trick unsuspecting readers into interacting with a phishing site.
 A cloned Blockworks site displays a fake "BREAKING" news report of a supposed multimillion-dollar “approvals exploit” on the decentralized exchange Uniswap and encourages users to a faked Etherscan website to rescind approvals.
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">The fake Blockworks website (left) shows a fake breaking news story of a Uniswap exploit compared to the legitimate website (right).
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 The fake Etherscan website, displaying a purported token and smart contract approval checker, instead contains a smart contract that would likely <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="drain" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/drain.html">drain</a> a <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="wallet" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/wallet.html">wallet</a> when connected.
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">The phishing website (left) compared to the legitimate Etherscan website (right).
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 An age check of the domains shows the fake Etherscan site — approvalscan.io — was registered on Oct. 25, with the faked Blockworks site — blockworks.media registered a day later.
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Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/scammers-create-spoof-blockworks-site-to-drain-crypto-wallets-tbt68008.html">https://thebittimes.com/scammers-create-spoof-blockworks-site-to-drain-crypto-wallets-tbt68008.html</a>

Scammers create spoof Blockworks site to drain crypto wallets

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