Google continues to promote crypto-phishing sites, Binance boss warns
In a tweet this week, CZ warned that when searching CoinMarketCap on Google, phishing sites with an "ad" tag appeared in front of the actual website.
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has warned that Google search results still promote crypto-phishing and scam websites.
Despite Google's strict crypto-marketing policies for its ad service, scammers have still slipped through the cracks in recent years. Sometimes fraudulent websites were even displayed higher than legitimate crypto and blockchain projects.
In a tweet on October 27, CZ warned that when searching for CoinMarketCap on Google, phishing sites with an "ad" tag appeared in front of the website itself.
"This affects users who add smart contract addresses to MetaMask using these phishing sites. We are trying to contact Google about this, and in the meantime alert users about this via social media he said.
Google shows phishing sites when users search CMC. This affects users who add smart contract addresses to MetaMask using these phishing sites. We are trying to contact Google for this, and meanwhile to alert users about this via social media. pic.twitter.com/3q4860Jl4H
— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) October 27, 2022CoinMarketCap is one of the most commonly used crypto data aggregators on the market and was acquired by Binance for an undisclosed amount in April 2020. Given its popularity, a lot of traffic could be directed to these advertisements fraudulent.
In some cases, phishing websites can be difficult to spot, as they typically use copied URLs to trick unwary people into clicking...
In a tweet this week, CZ warned that when searching CoinMarketCap on Google, phishing sites with an "ad" tag appeared in front of the actual website.
New
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has warned that Google search results still promote crypto-phishing and scam websites.
Despite Google's strict crypto-marketing policies for its ad service, scammers have still slipped through the cracks in recent years. Sometimes fraudulent websites were even displayed higher than legitimate crypto and blockchain projects.
In a tweet on October 27, CZ warned that when searching for CoinMarketCap on Google, phishing sites with an "ad" tag appeared in front of the website itself.
"This affects users who add smart contract addresses to MetaMask using these phishing sites. We are trying to contact Google about this, and in the meantime alert users about this via social media he said.
Google shows phishing sites when users search CMC. This affects users who add smart contract addresses to MetaMask using these phishing sites. We are trying to contact Google for this, and meanwhile to alert users about this via social media. pic.twitter.com/3q4860Jl4H
— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) October 27, 2022CoinMarketCap is one of the most commonly used crypto data aggregators on the market and was acquired by Binance for an undisclosed amount in April 2020. Given its popularity, a lot of traffic could be directed to these advertisements fraudulent.
In some cases, phishing websites can be difficult to spot, as they typically use copied URLs to trick unwary people into clicking...
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