VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
Root cause
Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.
Forensic narrative
A user named Kazuo Kusunose posted on Google forums that he had lost $15,000 due to an encryption scam discovered in Google ads. Allegedly, the suspicious website named Coindaq.io tried to use the digital renminbi that China is studying, claiming that users can deposit funds on the platform to participate in the sale of digital renminbi. The victim expressed the hope that Google can investigate the matter and establish a webpage targeted at the alleged fraud. Attack method (per SlowMist): Scam. Reported loss: $ 15,000.
Primary source
https://beincrypto.com/user-claims-to-lose-15k-in-alleged-crypto-scam-promoted-on-google-ads/ ↗Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
- chain
- —
- protocol
- Coindaq.io
- bug_class
- rug
- date_occurred
- 2020-10-05
- loss_usd
- $15,000
- source_id
- sm:coindaq-io::2020-10-05
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