Fake Claude trading bot tutorials drain $517K from 224 crypto users
Scammers used AI-generated YouTube tutorials and fake compiler websites to trick crypto users into deploying malicious smart contracts, draining over $517,000 in ETH from at least 224 victims. The scam involved users authorizing transactions themselves after being misled into deploying fraudulent code.
- Estimated loss
- $517,205
- Chains
- Ethereum
- Confidence
- High
- First seen
- 18 Sep 2026, 18:00 UTC