Prevent Search Engine Link Phishing

Infected site is top search engine hit for \"Ethereum Name Service\"

STARTS WITH SEARCH ENGINE ADS

Search Engine Ads rank above the first search result.

Profitable for sites & scammers. They buy ad space and are well-positioned to capture distracted crypto-users.

Please be mindful to:

• Read URLs before you link
• Scan for typos
• Assume all search engine ad links are infected

Top Result is infected site

POPULAR APPS USED W/THIS METHOD

Sites with downloads are their favorites to clone

• OBS
• Grammarly
• Afterburner
• Slack
• Malwarebytes
• uTorrent
• Brave
• Ring

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PREVENTION

Fire Extension is one of the best apps that prevent loss of funds.

Fire

• Catches wallet signature requests
• First runs a simulated txn
• Shows your expected txn result
• Its free

Now you can run a transaction without risking your crypto or NFTs.

It's best feature is the alert it provides before you confirm a transaction.

Fire App appears next to wallet UI

Protects tokens & NFT

Azuki Project Site

After Azuki's site was phished, the account was hijacked. Hacker then set up this fake site and sent invite to Azuki's followers. Fire App users were not rugged.

EDIT: u/Tasigur1 highlights a very important prevention habit: BOOKMARKS!

If there's a site you visit often, please bookmark the official URL and use it. This ensures you don't fall to a typo or become redirected without you knowing about it.

Please be mindful and I hope this helps. Best of luck to you.????????