Criminals are actively promoting fake videos advertising advanced trading bots — in 2022, their number increased by 500%. This is stated in will report CertiK company.
The leading bot scans unconfirmed large transactions in the mempool and pays a higher commission for gas to guarantee priority execution of its transaction. Thus, the bot can manipulate market prices.
CertiK’s analysis showed that 84% of videos on YouTube that mentioned “ahead bots” were fraudulent.
Victims are lured by the promise of daily earnings in the absence of investments. However, in fact, the offered software protects assets when trying to initiate a transaction.
Enthusiastic comments on the video are also written by bots to distract attention from real reviews that warn users against clicking on links.
CertiK experts revealed earlier the black market of KYC checks.
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