Security News > 2020 > December > MetaMask phishing steals cryptocurrency wallets via Google ads
2020-12-05 10:02
Over the past week, users of the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet have been losing funds to a phishing scam that lured potential victims through Google search ads.
Although it is unclear how many MetaMask users fell for the scam, some say they ended up with empty wallets after clicking on a fraudulent search ad being promoted as the MetaMask site.
The scammers purchased Google ads to target users searching for MetaMask in the Google search engine.
Io is currently promoted in search ads when looking for MetaMask on Google.
Update [12/720]: MetaMask users are being targeted via ads displayed at the top of the results in other search engines.