{
  "name": "Smart Contract Scams | Ethereum Drainers Pose as Trading Bots to Steal Crypto",
  "slug": "smart-contract-scams-ethereum-drainers-pose-as-trading-bots-to-steal-crypto",
  "description": "SentinelLABS has uncovered a series of cryptocurrency scams where threat actors distribute malicious smart contracts disguised as trading bots to drain user wallets. The campaign has stolen over $900,000 US and uses aged YouTube accounts with curated comment sections to create a false sense of legitimacy. The smart contracts employ various obfuscation techniques to conceal the attacker's wallet address. Distribution methods include AI-generated videos and step-by-step instructions for deploying the weaponized smart contracts. The most successful scam yielded 244.9 ETH from a single video. Crypto users are advised to exercise extreme caution when dealing with trading tools promoted through unverified social media or video content.",
  "published": "2025-08-07T09:19:25+00:00",
  "created_at": "2025-08-07T09:19:25+00:00",
  "modified_at": "2025-08-07T13:36:49+00:00",
  "created_at_opencti": "2025-08-07T09:19:25+00:00",
  "author": "",
  "confidence": null,
  "report_types": [],
  "labels": [],
  "tags": [
    "2025-08-05",
    "2025-08-07",
    "ai-generated content",
    "cryptocurrency",
    "ethereum",
    "mev bot",
    "obfuscation",
    "scam",
    "smart-contract",
    "solidity",
    "youtube"
  ],
  "related_entities": {
    "others": [
      {
        "id": "",
        "name": "Technology"
      },
      {
        "id": "",
        "name": "Finance"
      }
    ]
  },
  "external_refs": [
    "https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/smart-contract-scams-ethereum-drainers-pose-as-trading-bots-to-steal-crypto",
    "https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/68948bbdf2de037c20eaa259"
  ]
}