Cryptocurrency asset theft
Technique in the Financial Gain (F000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle
Description
A theft of cryptocurrency directly from the victim's wallet or holdings.
Subtechniques
- F009.001Seed phrase theftA theft of a crypto wallet seed phrase to drain all funds.
- F009.002Rug pullA fraudulent token whose creators drain liquidity after victims buy in, rendering the victims' holdings worthless.
- F009.003Wallet drainer contractA malicious smart contract that drains funds when victims connect their crypto wallet.
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How to cite
Plain text:
Narang, S. S. (2026). Cryptocurrency asset theft (F009), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/F009/BibTeX:
@misc{scms03_f009,
author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
title = {{F009 Cryptocurrency asset theft}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3},
url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/F009/},
note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}