Meowcraft is a construction simulator, and “Our Elephant” is a clker with “elephants”. Both games follow the classical scheme of investskam, when users promise to obtain high income that does not require any significant efforts from them.
In March 24, F6 experts discovered more than 150 such publications using the names of the actors of Yura Borisov, Nikita Kologriy, Anna Khilkevich, as well as another 32 public and media personalities.
The post with the heading “Yura Borisov did not receive an Oscar and will leave the movie now?” He offered readers a promotional code for 5000 rubles to participate in the game Meowcraft and promised all participants a quick earnings. In reality, links are led to telegram bots that lure digital assets like TRX or Ton from the victims under the pretext of payments for the withdrawal of “earned funds”. After payment, money disappears without a trace.
“Attackers use the popularity of actors to involve victims in cryptocurrency scams. This is the development of schemes previously aimed at bloggers. Such projects not only kidnap funds, but also create a risk of data leakage or theft of telegram accounts, ”said Maria Sinitsyna, senior analyst at the F6 Digital Risks Department.
F6 said that the uniformity of design and methods of distribution of games may indicate one organizer of the cryptocurrency.
Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported an increase in the number of cases of fraud related to mini-applications in the Telegram messenger, where users are offered to earn cryptocurrency at simple games-“tapals”.
Source: Bits
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