Fraudsters steal players' money under the name of Hamster Kombat creators

Fraudsters disguised as Hamster Kombat crypto game developers offer people to try the new season of the game and deceive them by stealing their money. This is reported by the Russian newspaper Izvestiya.

Despite the decrease in interest in the game, scammers continue to register new domain names and cheat the rest of the fans. attackers promise rewards for participating in testing. Scammers offer from $300,000 to $3 million for testing the new season.

Kaspersky Lab's spam analyst Anna Lazaricheva explained that cybercriminals try to gain access to victims' cryptocurrency wallets under the guise of distributing tokens. Users, following a link in an email and completing tasks, end up on fake websites imitating major cryptocurrency exchanges, where they are asked to do so. have attached their wallet to the exchange.As a result, they risk losing their savings without pay.

According to BI.ZONE, there were 241 domains named hamster in October, which indicates the high activity of fraudsters. Moreover, there were 535 such resources in September, which indicates a decrease in interest of users in Hamster Kombat.

Now the new season of Hamster Kombat game is being actively advertised, which was supposed to be released in October 2024, but it has not been released yet. The developers promise to introduce new game modes, integrate additional payment tools and support NFT tokens. Experts expect that the second season may lead to an increase in fraud related to the game.