Recent Google search advertising phishing incidents have resulted in over $4 million in assets being stolen.

On April 27th, BlockBeats reported that Scam Sniffer, a Web3 anti-fraud tool, announced that it had received several cases of users being phished by Google search ads in recent weeks. According to statistics, these Google search ad phishing incidents have resulted in 4.16 million US dollars being stolen, with over 3,000 victims, most of which occurred in the past month. By analyzing several large fund collection addresses, some of the funds were deposited into SimpleSwap and Tornado.Cash, while others went directly to KuCoin, Binance, and other exchanges. These malicious websites disguised themselves as projects such as Zapper, Lido, Stargate, Defillama, etc. Victims entered these malicious websites and signed malicious signatures during the usage process, ultimately resulting in the loss of assets in their wallets. Scam Sniffer analysis shows that the cost of most phishing ads is extremely low, and these ads successfully deceive Google's ad review through some technical means and disguises, causing these ads to be eventually seen by consumers and causing serious damage to users. Users are advised to be vigilant when using search engines and to proactively block content in the advertising area.