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Uniswap founder Hayden Adams warns of scammers exploiting ENS domains to manipulate user interfaces of crypto wallets and target victims.
Bad actors have come up with a new method to deceive individuals, convincing them that they are sending crypto to a legitimate address by manipulating user interfaces with Ethereum Name Service (<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/ens/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ENS</a>) domains.
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 first time I've seen this scam, so posting it as a heads up for users and interfaces someone bought the ens "[myEthereumAddress].eth" so when you paste in my address, the top result in some UIs is an ens match instead of the resolved ENS name impt for UIs to filter these out <a href="https://t.co/0cQAL5tQ0T" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/0cQAL5tQ0T</a>— hayden.eth 🦄 (@haydenzadams) <a href="https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1757632516444311937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">February 14, 2024</a>
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In a <a href="https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/1757632516444311937?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">recent X post</a> on Feb. 14, <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/uniswap/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Uniswap</a> founder Hayden Adams alarmed the crypto community about a new scam targeting inattentive users, saying scammers are now purchasing ENS domains resembling legitimate addresses but substituting alphabetic characters with alphanumeric sequences. For instance:
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 <li>Legitimate Ethereum address: 0x11E4857Bb9993a50c685A79AFad4E6F65D518DDa.</li>
 <li>Scammer’s address: 0x11E4857Bb9993a50c685A79AFad4E6F65D518DDa.eth.</li>
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This tactic confuses unsuspecting users, as certain wallet interfaces display the scammer’s address as the top result when pasting a legitimate address. Adams emphasized the critical need for interfaces to implement filters to combat such scams and urged users to exercise caution.
ENS is a domain name system built on the <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/ethereum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ethereum</a> blockchain, which allows users to replace long, complex Ethereum addresses with human-readable names like “vitalik.eth.” Responding to the issue, ENS founder Nick Johnson <a href="https://x.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1757657430521942028?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">stated</a> that the team would advise against auto-completing names in the search bar, considering the feature “far too dangerous.”
Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/ens-emerges-as-top-gainer-following-godaddy-partnership/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> ENS emerges as top gainer following GoDaddy partnership </a>

Scammers exploit ENS domains to target victims, Uniswap founder alerts

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