Telegram has done more than help global citizens communicate. The social media platform has become a home to games, crypto, and blockchain entities. Hamster Kombat, following in the success of Toncoin, has grown in popularity in the last few months.
Like any other successful DeFi and Web3 project, Hamster Kombat has fallen prey to financial evils within the ecosystem.
Reports show that Hamster Kombat users have fallen prey to phishing attacks and fake airdrops. These scammers are trying to profit from the tap-to-earn game’s viral popularity.
JUST IN: USERS OF TELEGRAM GAME ‘HAMSTER KOMBAT’ TARGETED BY SCAMS AND PHISHING ATTACKS
— BSCN Headlines (@BSCNheadlines) July 19, 2024
Recently, Hamster Kombat made headlines by releasing a new special card referencing President Donald Trump’s recent failed assassination attempt
The card, labeled “Fight fight fight,” features a famous image of a bloodied Trump raising his fist defiantly following the event. In the game version, happy cartoon hamsters replace the human figures, and the card’s caption reads, “You are a strong manager, and nothing can stop you.”
Hamster Kombat is one of the fastest-growing mobile games. In under three months, the game has amassed 239 million users. According to Telegram founder Pavel Durov, the clicker game attracts 4-5 million new players per day.
In addition, on July 8th, Hamster Kombat was listed on Bybit for pre-market trade. Now, crypto scammers have banked on fake airdrops in websites pretending to sell and trade HMSTR tokens.
Many in the industry have fallen prey to fake airdrops and the impersonation of official Hamster Kombat team communications. Since the inception of crypto, traders, investors, and gamers have lost billions to hackers and scammers. For example, the Lazarus group has plundered over $3 billion from the crypto community.
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