Kaspersky says scammers are targeting digital thieves, baiting them with keys to loaded-up crypto wallets and swiping any crypto added to pay fees.
Scammers are pretending to be naive crypto users who post the seed phrase to a loaded-up wallet online in a scheme that swipes crypto from those trying to raid it.
“Scammers have invented a new trick — they post crypto wallet seed phrases in YouTube comments using newly created accounts,” cybersecurity firm Kaspersky analyst Mikhail Sytnik said in a Dec. 23 blog post.
The researcher found comments in finance-related videos from users asking how to transfer Tether (USDT) from a crypto wallet to another wallet, which shared a seed phrase.
