The FBI warned that with this scheme, scammers exploit owners of cryptocurrency, typically tether ($USDT) and/or ethereum ($ETH). crypto
“Liquidity mining is an investment strategy used to earn passive income with cryptocurrency,” the FBI explained. “In legitimate liquidity mining operations, investors stake their cryptocurrency in a liquidity pool to provide traders with the liquidity necessary to conduct transactions. In return, the investor receives a portion of the trading fees.”
Claiming to use this investment strategy, “Scammers convince victims to link their cryptocurrency wallets to fraudulent liquidity mining applications. Scammers then wipe out the victims’ funds without notification or permission from the victim,” the FBI cautioned. “Scammers approach potential victims through an unsolicited direct message on social media, dating applications, or messaging services such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, Whatsapp, etc.,” the announcement adds.
Victims of a liquidity mining scam move cryptocurrency from their wallets to the liquidity mining platform, the FBI detailed. After investing, they often see the purported returns on a falsified dashboard. Believing their investments to be a success, they purchase additional cryptocurrency. Scammers ultimately move all stored cryptocurrency and investments made to a wallet they control.
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