Shiba Inu and the Fake Airdrop of October 12: “no such airdrop. this is a drainer”

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.An account on X advertised a supposed SHIB airdrop on October 12. An adviser to the project calls the page a wallet drainer. What is behind it and how to check and revoke your token approvals.An account on X claimed on Monday that the SHIB airdrop was back, and circulated a link for checking your own wallet. Mazrael, a long-standing member of the Shiba Inu community and an adviser to the game Shiba Eternity, called the post a scam the same day: “care. no such airdrop. this is a drainer.” Anyone holding Shiba Inu loses nothing from a click alone. The holding goes only with a signature, and that is exactly what such pages present as a harmless check.The case: what ran across the timelines on October 12The fake account posed as an official source and spoke of a new round of free tokens. Anyone following the shortened link landed on a page that at first asked only for the wallet to be connected. A window then opened that looked like an ordinary transaction. Mazrael wrote that such p...