{"id":4874,"date":"2024-12-30T13:32:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2024-12-30T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:32:22","slug":"scam-alert-squid-games-tokens-circulating-in-the-wind-security-firm-advises-caution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=4874","title":{"rendered":"Scam Alert: Squid Games Tokens &#8216;Circulating In The Wind,&#8217; Security Firm Advises Caution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The ghost of \u201cSquid Games\u201d scam tokens returned as the makers renewed the popular <strong>Netflix <\/strong>survival thriller series for a second season on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>: With the hype around the show reaching a fever peak, a handful of cryptocurrencies with dubious origins started to circulate in the market, preying on unsuspecting traders.<\/p>\n<p>Blockchain security company <strong>PeckShield<\/strong> warned users about a scam-tainted token called <strong>Squid<\/strong> that was launched on the <strong>Base <\/strong>blockchain on Dec. 27. The token\u2019s deployer was its largest holder and has plunged 99% since launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeware of scam #SquidGame tokens circulating in the wild,\u201d the on-chain sleuth stated.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeckShieldAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PeckShieldAlert<\/a> Beware of scam <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SquidGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SquidGame<\/a> tokens circulating in the wild. <br \/>We have detected a fraudulent &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/general\/entertainment\/24\/12\/42720781\/scam-alert-squid-games-tokens-circulating-in-the-wind-security-firm-advises-caution\" alt=\"Scam\" alert: squid games tokens in the wind security firm advises caution>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ghost of \u201cSquid Games\u201d scam tokens returned as the makers renewed the popular Netflix survival thriller series for a second season on Friday. What Happened: With the hype around the show reaching a fever peak, a handful of cryptocurrencies with dubious origins started to circulate in the market, preying on unsuspecting traders. Blockchain security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-4874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}