Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

If you want in on the NFT craze, an NFT marketplace is your gateway to participating in the purchase and sale of these digital assets - from art to music to entire virtual worlds. Think of NFT marketplaces as your Amazon of the digital realm.
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Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

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The general interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has not spared scammers either. Experts from Bolster noticed that the Rarible marketplace (rarible.com) was targeted by typesquatters who spread malware, engage in fraudulent activities, etc.

Researchers have discovered a number of typesquatting domains targeting Rarible users. For example, rarbile [.] сom masquerading as the real rarible.com. Because search engines do a good job of hiding such domains from search results, scammers often use WhatsApp and Telegram to spread malicious links, social media posts, direct social media posts, or even buy ads.

Another example of an attack on Rarible is wwwrarible [.] сom, with no dot between www and rarible. When visitors mistakenly land on this URL, they are redirected to a site offering a fake Firefox update. One of the browser extensions to which the site directed victims the other day, injects ads on all sites visited by the user, and also monitors all human activity on the Internet.

Other domains discovered by Bolster rarbile [.] сom redirect visitors to various fraudulent resources. These can be fake spinning wheel games, fake dating sites designed to collect information, as well as fake tech support or sites that distribute packages of unwanted and adware.

Bleeping Computer writes that one of these "sets" of software installed a cryptocurrency miner on the journalists' test machine, but they could not reproduce this on subsequent visits to the site.

Bolster analysts predict that scammers will continue will continue to exploit the NFT theme by creating fake marketplaces that steal buyers' cryptocurrency, fake NFTs posing as artists, and fake giveaways.
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Re: Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

We need to fight spam. At least, the most harmful and scammable. Banning their MetaMask wallets permanately as a start
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lindapowell wrote: 21 Dec 2021, 22:56 We need to fight spam. At least, the most harmful and scammable. Banning their MetaMask wallets permanately as a start
It is expected that in booming era of NFTs there are a lot of scammers and people that want to have profit without understanding and treating NFTs and crypto as it should be
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Nile wrote: 23 Dec 2021, 10:54
lindapowell wrote: 21 Dec 2021, 22:56 We need to fight spam. At least, the most harmful and scammable. Banning their MetaMask wallets permanately as a start
It is expected that in booming era of NFTs there are a lot of scammers and people that want to have profit without understanding and treating NFTs and crypto as it should be
It easy and explainable. Where the big opportunity to raise a million dollars comes in here comes the scammer. But they might lose their mind figuring out what NFTs are.
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Re: Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

Andrew67 wrote: 24 Dec 2021, 09:52
Nile wrote: 23 Dec 2021, 10:54
lindapowell wrote: 21 Dec 2021, 22:56 We need to fight spam. At least, the most harmful and scammable. Banning their MetaMask wallets permanately as a start
It is expected that in booming era of NFTs there are a lot of scammers and people that want to have profit without understanding and treating NFTs and crypto as it should be
It easy and explainable. Where the big opportunity to raise a million dollars comes in here comes the scammer. But they might lose their mind figuring out what NFTs are.
A lot of people still don't understand that crypto and NFTs are the future and think it's scam. That the harsh reality
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Re: Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

GrayRabbit wrote: 04 May 2021, 18:41 Image

The general interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has not spared scammers either. Experts from Bolster noticed that the Rarible marketplace (rarible.com) was targeted by typesquatters who spread malware, engage in fraudulent activities, etc.

Researchers have discovered a number of typesquatting domains targeting Rarible users. For example, rarbile [.] сom masquerading as the real rarible.com. Because search engines do a good job of hiding such domains from search results, scammers often use WhatsApp and Telegram to spread malicious links, social media posts, direct social media posts, or even buy ads.

Another example of an attack on Rarible is wwwrarible [.] сom, with no dot between www and rarible. When visitors mistakenly land on this URL, they are redirected to a site offering a fake Firefox update. One of the browser extensions to which the site directed victims the other day, injects ads on all sites visited by the user, and also monitors all human activity on the Internet.

Other domains discovered by Bolster rarbile [.] сom redirect visitors to various fraudulent resources. These can be fake spinning wheel games, fake dating sites designed to collect information, as well as fake tech support or sites that distribute packages of unwanted and adware.

Bleeping Computer writes that one of these "sets" of software installed a cryptocurrency miner on the journalists' test machine, but they could not reproduce this on subsequent visits to the site.

Bolster analysts predict that scammers will continue will continue to exploit the NFT theme by creating fake marketplaces that steal buyers' cryptocurrency, fake NFTs posing as artists, and fake giveaways.
It is expected that platfroms partner with other big companies but this one seems like a big scam generally
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Re: Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

Andrew67 wrote: 24 Dec 2021, 09:52
Nile wrote: 23 Dec 2021, 10:54
lindapowell wrote: 21 Dec 2021, 22:56 We need to fight spam. At least, the most harmful and scammable. Banning their MetaMask wallets permanately as a start
It is expected that in booming era of NFTs there are a lot of scammers and people that want to have profit without understanding and treating NFTs and crypto as it should be
It easy and explainable. Where the big opportunity to raise a million dollars comes in here comes the scammer. But they might lose their mind figuring out what NFTs are.
Yes that is what i find embarassing to people that ther're trying to scam using NFTs but don't know a piece of any information about it
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Re: Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

Vincent wrote: 05 Jan 2022, 19:57
Andrew67 wrote: 24 Dec 2021, 09:52
Nile wrote: 23 Dec 2021, 10:54

It is expected that in booming era of NFTs there are a lot of scammers and people that want to have profit without understanding and treating NFTs and crypto as it should be
It easy and explainable. Where the big opportunity to raise a million dollars comes in here comes the scammer. But they might lose their mind figuring out what NFTs are.
Yes that is what i find embarassing to people that ther're trying to scam using NFTs but don't know a piece of any information about it
They arent trying to scam they just dont understand how to use blockchain and how it works
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Re: Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

Vincent wrote: 05 Jan 2022, 19:54
GrayRabbit wrote: 04 May 2021, 18:41 Image

The general interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has not spared scammers either. Experts from Bolster noticed that the Rarible marketplace (rarible.com) was targeted by typesquatters who spread malware, engage in fraudulent activities, etc.

Researchers have discovered a number of typesquatting domains targeting Rarible users. For example, rarbile [.] сom masquerading as the real rarible.com. Because search engines do a good job of hiding such domains from search results, scammers often use WhatsApp and Telegram to spread malicious links, social media posts, direct social media posts, or even buy ads.

Another example of an attack on Rarible is wwwrarible [.] сom, with no dot between www and rarible. When visitors mistakenly land on this URL, they are redirected to a site offering a fake Firefox update. One of the browser extensions to which the site directed victims the other day, injects ads on all sites visited by the user, and also monitors all human activity on the Internet.

Other domains discovered by Bolster rarbile [.] сom redirect visitors to various fraudulent resources. These can be fake spinning wheel games, fake dating sites designed to collect information, as well as fake tech support or sites that distribute packages of unwanted and adware.

Bleeping Computer writes that one of these "sets" of software installed a cryptocurrency miner on the journalists' test machine, but they could not reproduce this on subsequent visits to the site.

Bolster analysts predict that scammers will continue will continue to exploit the NFT theme by creating fake marketplaces that steal buyers' cryptocurrency, fake NFTs posing as artists, and fake giveaways.
It is expected that platfroms partner with other big companies but this one seems like a big scam generally
I think the sponsors arent really aware what they are doing
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Re: Rarible NFT Marketplace Targets Scammers and Typesquatters

Vincent wrote: 05 Jan 2022, 19:57
Andrew67 wrote: 24 Dec 2021, 09:52
Nile wrote: 23 Dec 2021, 10:54

It is expected that in booming era of NFTs there are a lot of scammers and people that want to have profit without understanding and treating NFTs and crypto as it should be
It easy and explainable. Where the big opportunity to raise a million dollars comes in here comes the scammer. But they might lose their mind figuring out what NFTs are.
Yes that is what i find embarassing to people that ther're trying to scam using NFTs but don't know a piece of any information about it
No one tries to scam. It is just undone platform that needs a lot of to gain
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