Internet search ad scam

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Internet search ad scam type of crypto scam where malicious party setups up a fake website and pushes it the top of the google/other internet search results in order to trick a victim into visiting the fake website. Frontend of such web could look almost identical to a real thing, but in most cases it will contain malicious smart contracts interacting with which might lead to wallet drain. It also might contain various social engineering tricks to get a user to share their private key.