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 <li style="font-weight: 400">Crypto scammers have doubled down on massive phishing ads on the Ethereum browser Etherscan.</li> 
 <li style="font-weight: 400">Keen observers warned users to be wary of the ads.</li> 
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Keen observers in the crypto community have flagged a massive phishing advertisement campaign targeting users on the Ethereum browser Etherscan. 
Etherscan is a free block explorer and analytics platform that allows users to track wallet addresses and access information on Ethereum-based tokens.&nbsp; 
In January, the platform acquired Solana’s Solscan.io to foster “credibly neutral and equitable” access to blockchain data. 
<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-400-crypto-phishing-ads-run-rampant-on-etherscan-span">Crypto Phishing Ads Run Rampant on Etherscan</h3> 
On April 8, X (Twitter) user <a href="https://twitter.com/mcbiblets/status/1777090526790967509">McBiblets</a> alerted the crypto community to some “unreal” ads on Etherscan, noting that they are wallet drainers.&nbsp; 
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One of the ads identified by the user was for Multichain Yield Optimizer, which is suspected to be linked to around 23 phishing websites. 
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 unreal, some ads on <a href="https://twitter.com/etherscan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@etherscan</a> are wallet drainers <a href="https://twitter.com/Plumferno?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Plumferno</a> hope you don't mind me stealing your "no clickly" 
 url: hxxps://aps.bifi-yleld[.]xyz/ 
 site links to ipjsonapi[.]com <a href="https://t.co/YM667m0fEM">pic.twitter.com/YM667m0fEM</a> 
 — McBiblets (@mcbiblets) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcbiblets/status/1777090526790967509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a>
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Latching onto the lead, SlowMist’s Chief Information Security Officer fired a warning on X, reminding users to be wary of phishing ads that had seemingly penetrated Etherscan.&nbsp; 
Web3 anti-scam platform Scam Sniffer echoed the same message, noting that the phishing ads ran beyond Etherscan. 
“Alert: Phishing ads running rampant on Google, Twitter, Bing, &amp; DuckDuckGo are now targeting Etherscan users. Etherscan aggregates ads from platforms like Coinzilla &amp; Persona, where insufficient filtering could lead to exposure to phishing attempts,” Scam Sniffer <a href="https://twitter.com/realScamSniffer/status/1777134442383134858">wrote</a>. 
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 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f6a8.png" alt="🚨" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f575-fe0f-200d-2642-fe0f.png" alt="🕵️‍♂️" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> Alert: Phishing ads running rampant on Google, Twitter, Bing, &amp; DuckDuckGo are now targeting Etherscan users. 
 Etherscan aggregates ads from platforms like Coinzilla &amp; Persona, where insufficient filtering could lead to exposure to phishing attempts.<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f6e1.png" alt="🛡" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f50d.png" alt="🔍" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> <a href="https://t.co/EGDLiCrrAa">pic.twitter.com/EGDLiCrrAa</a> 
 — Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) <a href="https://twitter.com/realScamSniffer/status/1777134442383134858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2024</a>
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While Etherscan has yet to respond to the alerts, such phishing ads on the platform pose a substantial threat to unsuspecting users, jeopardizing the security of their personal information and digital assets. 
In 2023, 324,000 crypto investors fell victim to phishing scams and lost a staggering $295 million.&nbsp; 
Among the popular wallet drainers employed by phishing scammers include the infamous Angel Drainer, Pink Drainer, Inferno Drainer, and Venom Drainer.&nbsp; 
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