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A sponsored ad on Google that appears as a website link for Sony’s blockchain Soneium is actually a well-hidden crypto wallet drainer, according to Scam Sniffer. The blockchain security firm said in an Oct. 22 X post that its team found an ad when Google Search for “someium” produced a sponsored link to a malicious website that included a wallet drainer. “Searched for Soneium on Google, clicked a phishing ad,” it added. “Phishing always happens when you’re not paying attention, even if you mistakenly spell ‘soneium’ as ‘someium.’” Cointelegraph couldn’t replicate the results of the search. Sca…

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