Crypto Drainer Alert - Protect Your Wallet

What is a Crypto Drainer?

A crypto drainer is malicious code hidden on fake websites that tricks you into signing a wallet transaction. Once you approve it — your tokens, NFTs, and coins are irreversibly transferred to the scammer's wallet.

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Fake Airdrop Pages

Scammers create perfect copies of real crypto projects and promise free token airdrops. The "Claim" button connects your wallet to a drainer.

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Telegram Bot Networks

Thousands of fake Telegram channels impersonate real projects. Bots automatically post scam "airdrop" announcements with phishing links.

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Drainer-as-a-Service

Professional criminal teams sell drainer kits (like Inferno Drainer). Affiliates pay 20% commission and keep 80% of stolen funds.

How the Attack Works

Fake Channel Post

You see "$TOKEN Airdrop is LIVE!" in a Telegram channel that looks official. It has the project's logo, description, and a "Claim" button.

Phishing Website

The link takes you to a convincing website hosted on IPFS. It shows token info, a progress bar, and a "Connect Wallet" button.

Wallet Connection

You connect MetaMask, Phantom, or another wallet. The site detects your balances across all chains (ETH, SOL, BNB, BTC, TRON).

Malicious Approval

The drainer asks you to sign a transaction — disguised as "Claim Tokens". In reality, it is an approve() or setApprovalForAll() that gives the attacker access to ALL your tokens.

Funds Drained

Within seconds, the drainer transfers all your assets to the attacker's wallet. The transaction is irreversible. There is no undo.

How to Protect Yourself

🚫 Never click "Claim Airdrop" links from Telegram, Discord, or Twitter DMs
🔍 Verify through official channels only — check the project's real website and verified social media
💰 Use a separate "burner" wallet for interacting with unknown dApps — never your main wallet
📱 Read every transaction carefully before signing — especially approve and permit
🔒 Revoke token approvals regularly using revoke.cash
⚠️ If it sounds too good to be true — it IS a scam. Legitimate airdrops never require wallet connections in DMs
🛡️ Use scam-detection browser extensions like Wallet Guard or Pocket Universe

Already Connected Your Wallet?

If you interacted with a suspicious site, act immediately:

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1. Revoke Approvals

Go to revoke.cash and revoke ALL token approvals you don't recognize

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2. Move Funds Now

Transfer remaining assets to a new, clean wallet immediately. Do NOT reuse the compromised wallet.

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3. Report It

File a report with ChainAbuse and local authorities. Include transaction hashes.

Where to Report Scams

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Report scam bots and channels

@notoscam

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ChainAbuse

Report scam wallet addresses with evidence

chainabuse.com

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FBI IC3

US Internet Crime Complaint Center

ic3.gov

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Europol

EU cybercrime reporting

Report Crime

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ScamSniffer

Web3 anti-scam protection

scamsniffer.io

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Cloudflare Abuse

Report phishing sites on Cloudflare

Report Abuse

Legal Responsibility

Criminal Liability for Crypto Scammers

Wire Fraud (US, 18 USC 1343) — up to 20 years imprisonment per count
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (US, CFAA) — unauthorized access to computer systems, up to 10 years
Money Laundering (US/EU) — up to 20 years; includes converting stolen crypto to fiat
EU Directive 2013/40/EU — attacks against information systems, 2-5 years imprisonment
UK Computer Misuse Act 1990 — unauthorized access and modification, up to 10 years
Fraud Act 2006 (UK) — fraud by false representation, up to 10 years
International cooperation — Europol, FBI, and Interpol actively investigate cross-border crypto fraud

Case Study: Inferno Drainer Network

A real-world example of a Drainer-as-a-Service operation discovered by anti-phishing researchers:

Inferno Drainer 2200+ fake channels Multi-chain: ETH, SOL, BNB, BTC, TRON IPFS-hosted phishing pages Cloudflare infrastructure

This network operated 2,200+ fake Telegram airdrop channels, each impersonating legitimate crypto projects. The drainer code was hidden behind fake CDN domains and IPFS, using request proxying to evade detection. Identified by anti-phishing researchers through exposed configuration files containing 2,215 bot tokens and project databases. The operation used the Inferno Drainer kit, identifiable by its /secureproxy.php endpoint and multi-chain wallet draining capabilities.