A victim lost money by clicking on a Google ad named “CELER”, which led to a phishing site, and got scammed of $900,000.
The user was redirected to a malicious site CELER and the site asked the user to approve the connection of their wallet by signing a transaction.
The scam sniffer revealed that the target visited a website under the impression that it was an authentic CELER network site.
A website named scam finder mentioned, “If you don’t look carefully, open it” and then connect your digital wallet, it might trigger a harmful action that allows someone to take away your valuable assets without your consent.
The supposed user approved a permit message using the EIP-712 standard.
A person, known as “@meUP_meQuit” on Twitter, shared a detailed account of what happened. It seems that after clicking on a link in a Google AdWords advertisement, their wallet was emptied of its contents within a few minutes.
The victim sharing its scam details said, “ I’m ashamed, because I normally never click on any Google AdWords link.”
The person thought he was using the real CELER website, but he ended up on a fake one that looked almost the same.
After this happened, the cybercriminals changed the stolen money from USDC to ETH. Later, the scammer tried putting the money into the KuCoin exchange using lots of different addresses.
User noted, “The recent introduction of KYC by KuCoin was a good way to fight criminal activity, however more is needed from the industry and especially from exchanges.”
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