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 <p class="is-style-lead">Fraudsters have created multiple fake accounts on X, impersonating <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> scam investigators CertiK and ZachXBT.</p>
 <p>Scammers are now cloning legitimate <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> investigators by impersonating them on X to defraud victims.</p>
 <p>Crypto sleuth ZachXBT has warned users in an X post on Nov. 15, saying a “large network of bot accounts” has started impersonating <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> detectives on the social network. As per ZachXBT’s calculations, scammers have stolen more than $300,000 worth of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> within a few days.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">A large network of bot accounts impersonating users like myself on X/Twitter has resulted in $305k+ stolen over the past few days. <br><br>They even tricked Dexerto into accidentally making an article/post promoting the scam.<br><br>The scam worked by having impersonators post about a fake… pic.twitter.com/lde4CXHjK5</p>— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) November 15, 2023
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 <p>ZachXBT also warned that unsuspecting victims might click a phishing link, allowing scammers to drain their assets from their non-custodial wallets. As noted by BleepingComputer, the scammers have already created many fake accounts, pretending to be blockchain analytics firm CertiK and Scam Sniffer.</p>
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 <p>In their posts on X, bad actors are trying to lure victims, saying there are security breaches on the decentralized exchange Uniswap and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace OpenSea. To scale the scam, fraudsters distribute posts on X with hashtags like #UniswapExploit.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch out for phishing scammers pretending there is a uniswap exploit tonight <br><br>There isn’t and that’s not the real @zachxbt, certik, etc pic.twitter.com/IK9Hp5UhP9</p>— hayden.eth (@haydenzadams) November 10, 2023
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 <p>Hayden Adams, Founder of Uniswap, took to X to warn the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> community of the scam, saying there are “phishing scammers” pretending there is a Uniswap exploit.</p>
 <p>In late October 2023, <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>.news reported that a BNB Chain-based token scammed investors for nearly $90,000 worth of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> as the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> community is abuzz with spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) excitement.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">#PeckShieldAlert #slippage iShares Bitcoin $IBTC on #BNBChain has dropped -100%<br>0xf495…5B37 has swapped 1,000,000,000,000,000 $IBTC for ~394.8 $BNB (worth ~$88K)<br><br>*Note*: The #rugpull token shares the same name as the legitimate ones pic.twitter.com/rT3XLoqHqF</p>— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 26, 2023
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 <p>According to&nbsp;an X post from&nbsp;a blockchain analytics firm PeckShield, a bad actor swapped one quadrillion iShares Bitcoin (IBTC) tokens for 394.8 Binance Coin (BNB) worth $89,000 at the moment through PancakeSwap, with IBTC’s price immediately dropping by 100%.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/certik-and-zachxbt-impersonators-stole-over-300k-in-crypto-tbt70552.html">https://thebittimes.com/certik-and-zachxbt-impersonators-stole-over-300k-in-crypto-tbt70552.html</a></p>

CertiK and ZachXBT impersonators stole over $300k in crypto

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