Scammers Target Three Cryptocurrency Platforms: Don’t Click These Links!

Cryptocurrency Messari, a market information firm for assets, has issued a warning to users of Uniswap and several other decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms about scam offers aimed at stealing funds from unsuspecting participants.

🚨GOVERNANCE PARTICIPANTS BEWARE🚨

Additional scam proposals have been created effecting @Uniswap, @indexcoopand @paraswap.

Links to the scam proposals will be included below to spread awareness. https://t.co/LsYACX8Uoz

— Messari (@MessariCrypto) April 7, 2023

Messari made a statement on Twitter. Uniswap, IndexCoop And ParaSwap He said that new scam offers have been created that affect The company shared links to scam offers to spread awareness and urged users to be cautious when voting on management issues.

Uniswap allows users to Ethereum It is one of the most popular decentralized exchanges (DEXs) that allow them to trade based tokens without intermediaries. It also has a management system that allows token holders to propose and vote on changes to the protocol.

🚨 DELEGATES 🚨

Note that the latest Uniswap Snapshot poll is a scam.

Beware of clicking links in the proposal.

We are working on removing the poll from Snapshot. pic.twitter.com/Y1tM98Gg1T

— Uniswap Foundation (@UniswapFND) April 7, 2023

However, scammers abuse this feature by creating fake offers that look legitimate but contain malicious code or links. If users vote on these offers, they may lose their funds or jeopardize their security.

The UniSwap Foundation addressed the users who voted in its statement on Twitter and reported that the last Snapshot pool on the platform was a fraud. The proposal, which contains scam-linked links, includes participation links for the so-called Arbitrum airdrop. The funds of users who click on these links and connect their wallets are drained.

The UniSwap Foundation said in a statement that they are working to remove the fraudulent offer from the Snapshot pool.

*Not investment advice.