While artificial intelligence (AI) recently became a trending topic due to the capabilities displayed by ChatGPT v4, a project claiming to be an “AI-based” decentralized application has taken nearly a million dollars from its users in an alleged scam. .
Blockchain security platform CertiK has recently confirmed that Harvest Keeper has stolen around $933,000 of user assets as of press time. In addition, users have also lost around $219,000 from phishing transactions on the Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Polygon networks, according to CertiK. The security company urged users to revoke the permissions they gave to the project and warned people to stop interacting with its website.
We can confirm that @Harvest_Keeper is a scam.
At the time of writing, we can confirm ~$933k of users’ assets have been stolen.
Revoke permissions to EOA: 0x250ce5a8d8a8f0345fb8708e0575c8ede7710c14
Do not interact with the project’s URL. pic.twitter.com/MeQRSeydND
— CertiKAlert (@CertiKAlert) March 19, 2023
We can confirm that Harvest Keeper is a scam.
At the time of writing, we can confirm that ~$933,000 in user assets have been stolen.
Revoke permissions to EOA: 0x250ce5a8d8a8f0345fb8708e0575c8ede7710c14
Do not interact with the project URL
Harvest Keeper claims to be an AI project that “optimizes the trading process for maximum payout” and promises a 4.81% return on user deposits. On its website, the platform promises a 101% return on investment in 21 days and an 8% referral reward. The project has almost 30,000 followers on Twitter and more than 32,000 on its Telegram channel.
Cointelegraph reached out to Harvest Keeper for comment on the matter, but did not hear back.
Meanwhile, as the hype for ChatGPT resurfaces on Twitter, Dozens of accounts have emerged on the social platform claiming to be related to “CryptoGPT”. On March 10, a hashtag associated with a token project called “CryptoGPT” trended on Twitter. With it, several similar accounts have sprung up, some of which advertise fake giveaways. Dozens of similarly named Twitter accounts have also plagued the social platform, with some offering giveaways and airdrops that are suspected to be fake.
When the latest version of ChatGPT demonstrated that it could audit smart contracts on Ethereum, many speculated that it might eventually replace developers. However, at the recent ETHDubai event, blockchain developers expressed confidence that new iteration of popular AI tool won’t replace developersbut it will help them.
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