MetaMask phishing steals crypto wallets with fake Google ads

MetaMask has a community of over a million users, that offers an Ethereum wallet via browser extension that lets distributed applications read from the blockchain. Last week, several MetaMask users reported a phishing scam, targeting their wallets via fake Google ads. It is unknown for sure where the fake Google ads are from, but there is a possibility for those ads to be promoted on the MetaMask site. MetaMask has alerted the community about the scam and warned them to use the direct links to metamask.io URL and to not click the sponsored ads. Read more...