Threat To Hamster Kombat’s Personality?
Scammers have discovered a new way to defraud the players of Hamster Kombat; this time round, they are luring them with fake airdrops. In this scam, they want to steal login passwords and crypto wallets. What the scammers have taken advantage of is rapid growth and increased user activity in the game.
What Is Hamster Kombat & Why Are There Rising Threats?
What Is Hamster Kombat? Hamster Kombat is a popular mobile clicker game hosted on Telegram, where players engage in battles with hamsters. It has rapidly grown, attracting millions of users daily.
Cheats targeting mobile game users have been discovered by security experts only recently. In this trick, wrong airdrop offers are used to bait the victims so that they give their telegram login information to the tricksters. As reported by Olga Svistunova from Kaspersky Lab; on this game alone we have traced different frauds where they promise to turn your coins gotten from games into rubles in conjunction with other tricks such as phishing links.
Credential Theft and Fraudulent Messages
- Attackers who obtain credentials can access personal accounts and then there’s data theft or fraudulent messages sent. Currently, there are phishing scams targeting users in Russia but these could go global before long.
- Moreover, scammers create discount offers for Hamster Kombat cryptocurrency on their fraudulent pages where they trick victims into disclosing their crypto wallets.
Cybersecurity Firm’s Warning
After listing on the Bybit pre-market, the popularity of the Hamster Kombat (HMSTR) coin has increased. According to Kaspersky Lab, scam artists are using fake airdrops to benefit from the attractiveness of free cryptocurrencies. It is important that users are careful, therefore, they should confirm the legitimacy of any airdrop offer associated with Hamster Kombat.
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