Key Points:
Once users click on any malicious link in the government website URL, they are redirected to the fake URL instead of the original URL “MetaMask.io”.
Ethereum-based crypto wallet MetaMask has been a long-standing target for scammers, which involves redirecting unwary users to fabricated websites that request access to the wallets. Cointelegraph’s investigation on the matter found numerous government-owned websites being used to perpetrate this exact scam.
Official government websites in India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other jurisdictions were allegedly found to redirect to fake MetaMask sites.
If users ignore the warning, they are greeted by a website resembling the official website. The fake websites will eventually ask users to link their wallets to access various services on the platform.
In April, MetaMask denied allegations of a wallet vulnerability when a developer claimed that a large amount of ETH was stolen from the wallets in late 2022 because of this issue.
The wallet provider said the 5,000 ETH were stolen from various addresses across 11 blockchains, reaffirming that the claim that funds were hacked from MetaMask is incorrect.
Users are strongly advised to exercise extreme caution when clicking on links, even from seemingly legitimate sources, and to double-check the authenticity of websites to protect their crypto assets from falling victim to such scams.
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