The cybersecurity industry is always active, constantly coming up with new ways to deceive unsuspecting individuals and steal their money through emerging crypto projects. A new trend has emerged involving the Uniapt web3 gaming project. According to a post by a victim on X, scam artists contacted them under the guise of a job opportunity to help grow the reach of the project. This is a common practice in the cryptocurrency and Web3 world.
The Uniapt crypto gaming project tricks users into downloading files that contain trojan viruses. Once downloaded, these viruses scan the victim’s computer and steal their private keys, which are then used to access their crypto accounts and steal their digital assets.
Despite being relatively new, this scam has already preyed on several unsuspecting victims due to its seemingly legitimate online presence. The project has a strong following on Twitter, further adding to its credibility.
According to a Reddit user who suspected foul play, the scammers asked users to install a .exe file, which they believed was a game. The “employer,” Uniapt, a newly emerging crypto project, instructed them to download the game and promised to help by monitoring the server. However, after running the .exe file, everything failed and the user could not proceed with the process.
As of now, the Uniapt X account, the newly emerging crypto project, is still active with a verified gold checkmark. The account claims that Uniapt is a legitimate next-generation set of tools for the Web3 space. They continuously warn users about scams that use them as a proxy. Here is a pinned tweet from the verified Uniapt account.
To protect yourself from scams disguised as emerging crypto projects, it is crucial to be cautious when searching for new projects to invest in. The cryptocurrency industry has been plagued by numerous scams in the past, indicating that some individuals within the industry are malicious.
In order to safeguard your digital assets on exchange platforms, it is important to be wary of common cyber attack techniques such as phishing emails and links. In this particular case, these techniques were used to gain access to the victim’s computer and steal funds from their Coinbase account.
Information for this article was sourced from CoinMarketCap.
