TL;DR
- A malicious website imitating the official Shiba Inu page is actively stealing funds.
- Scammers are promoting fake “airdrops” and bonuses to lure victims.
- The SHIB team urges users to verify URLs and revoke suspicious token permissions.
The Shiba Inu team has issued an urgent warning to the SHIBARMY community about a sophisticated phishing scam campaign that is actively draining investors’ wallets. According to the notice, scammers have created a malicious website that perfectly impersonates the official Shiba Inu platform.
This fake site lures victims by promoting non-existent events like “Cross-Chain Swap Live!” as well as false partnerships and presale bonuses designed to create trust and urgency.
The attack mechanism is theft of funds through wallet connections. The scammers, who pose as the SHIB development team, moderators, and official support, urge users to connect their wallets to the fraudulent platform.
Once the user grants permissions, the malicious site can initiate unauthorized transactions, draining all ecosystem assets, including SHIB, LEASH, BONE, and TREAT, from the victim’s wallet. The official SHIB team has reiterated the importance of only interacting with the real, verified website.
A Constant Threat to SHIB Holders
This is not the first time the Shiba Inu community has faced this type of threat; in fact, the project has been one of the most recurrent targets for scammers since its launch in 2020. The SHIB team has revealed that they must post these types of alerts almost weekly due to the persistence of the attacks.
Previous incidents, such as one discovered in August where expired Discord invite links were used, demonstrate the continuous evolution of scammers’ tactics.
For maximum protection against this phishing scam, users are urged to never connect their wallets to unknown or suspicious websites. It is crucial to always double-check URLs, as attackers often use “lookalike” domains (with subtle changes) to deceive.
