METAMASK

DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS

"Today I was the victim of a Metamask phishing scam when trying to import a Metamask wallet to a new browser."

"While searching for Metamask on Duckduckgo the first two results displayed for me were scam Metamask websites that link to a nearly identical looking website. I imported my wallet over, and to my horror when I check the account it is empty. After double checking the url, I realized what had happened."

"The truly crazy part is that this isn't just duckduckgo that this is an issue for. Google and every other major search engine I tried ALL list these advertised scam Metamask websites as their first results. This is completely insane to me and I simply wish to bring this to attention. I realize I am not the most tech savvy person of all time but, I imagine many are in a similar position as I. From here on out I will at the very least be double checking ALL urls."

"Ad[d]itionally, I am curious if anyone else encountered this scam. If so what is my best course of action to resolve this issue? I have opened a ticket with Metmask and will report back what they have to say. I would imagine this is quite a common occurrence and if my suspicions are correct these types of incidents are only going to drive more people away from Ethereum, Metamask, and crypto in general."

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Reddit user whitemam8a was tricked into installing a malicious MetaMask wallet. After entering his seed phrase (part of the standard process of setting up a new wallet), he realized that all of his accounts were empty.

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