{"id":869870,"date":"2025-09-02T02:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/fake-ethereum-trading-bots-on-youtube-help-scammers-steal-over-900k\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:12:00","slug":"fake-ethereum-trading-bots-on-youtube-help-scammers-steal-over-900k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/fake-ethereum-trading-bots-on-youtube-help-scammers-steal-over-900k\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Ethereum trading bots on YouTube help scammers steal over $900K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Fake Fake Ethereum trading bots on YouTube help scammers steal over $900K<\/span> Oluwapelumi Adejumo \u00b7<\/span> 4 weeks ago<\/span> \u00b7 2 min read<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Sophisticated scam exploits deceptive YouTube tutorials and AI-generated content to target crypto enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

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Updated:<\/span> Aug. 7, 2025 at 5:53 pm UTC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cover art\/illustration via CryptoSlate. Image includes combined content which may include AI-generated content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cybersecurity firm SentinelLABS has uncovered<\/a> a sophisticated scam campaign that has siphoned over $900,000 from unsuspecting crypto users.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the attackers use malicious Ethereum<\/a>-based smart contracts disguised as trading bots to target individuals who follow seemingly educational content on YouTube.<\/p>\n

The report added that these scams have been active since early 2024 and constantly evolve through new videos and accounts.<\/p>\n

How the scam works<\/h2>\n

The fraudulent scheme revolves around YouTube videos that offer tutorials on deploying automated trading bots, specifically Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) bots<\/a>, through the Remix Solidity Compiler, a popular web-based IDE for smart contract development.<\/p>\n

These videos direct viewers to download smart contract code from external links. Once deployed, the contracts are programmed to drain funds directly from the user\u2019s wallet.<\/p>\n

The scammers invest in aging YouTube accounts to appear credible, populating them with off-topic or seemingly legitimate crypto-related content<\/a>. This strategy helps boost visibility while building the illusion of trust.<\/p>\n

AI-generated videos<\/h2>\n

A notable tactic in this campaign is the use of AI-generated videos<\/a>. According to the firm, many of the tutorial clips feature synthetic voices and faces with robotic tones, unnatural cadence, and stiff facial movements.<\/p>\n

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This approach allows the perpetrators to rapidly produce scam content without hiring real actors, significantly reducing operational costs.<\/p>\n

However, the most lucrative video uncovered by SentinelLABS\u2014responsible for draining over $900,000\u2014appears to have been created by a real person, not an AI avatar. This suggests that while automation enhances scalability, human-generated content may still drive higher conversion rates.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, SentinelLABS also found multiple iterations of the weaponized contracts, each using varying obfuscation techniques to hide attacker-controlled Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs).<\/p>\n

While some contracts shared a common wallet address, many others used distinct destinations, making it difficult to determine whether the campaign is the work of a single entity or multiple threat actors.<\/p>\n

Considering this, SentinelLABS warned that blending Web3 tools, social engineering, and generative AI presents a growing threat landscape.<\/p>\n

The firm urged crypto users to verify all external code sources and remain skeptical of too-good-to-be-true trading bots\u2014especially those promoted via unvetted YouTube tutorials<\/p>\n

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Fake Ethereum trading bots on YouTube help scammers steal over $900K Oluwapelumi Adejumo \u00b7 4 weeks ago \u00b7 2 min read Sophisticated scam exploits deceptive YouTube tutorials and AI-generated content to target crypto enthusiasts. 2 min read Updated: Aug. 7, 2025 at 5:53 pm UTC Cover art\/illustration via CryptoSlate. Image includes combined content which may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":869871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25740,391,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-869870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethereum","8":"category-trading","9":"category-youtube-videos"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}