Yearn Finance doppelganger scam tries to trick visitors out of their keys

Cointelegraph

Published Oct 22, 2020 07:52AM ET

Updated Oct 23, 2020 10:00AM ET

Decentralized finance yield farming platform Yearn Finance has a doppelganger that is tricking visitors into sharing the private keys of their cryptocurrency wallets.

The scam website of Yearn Finance perfectly copies almost every aspect of the original yearn.finance website down to its design, website copy and even domain name. The scammers behind the website chose the domain name “yaerm.finance,” making it look extremely similar to “yearn.finace.”

The fake address (in red) above the genuine address (in green).

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