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Author @Zenul_Abidin (published 2026-08-08) reports scammers bought Google Ads to…

Brief

Zenul_Abidin details a case (reported 2026-08-08) where scammers purchased Google Ads to serve a fake Trezor site (hosted on Google Sites) as the top sponsored search result; a victim entered their wallet recovery seed and claims to have lost life savings. Trezor is escalating the takedown and reiterates never to enter seed phrases online.

Why it matters

Author @Zenul_Abidin (published 2026-08-08) reports scammers bought Google Ads to surface a fake Trezor site as the top sponsored search result for “Trezor,” leading a user to enter their wallet recovery seed and allegedly lose their life savings.

Key details

  • The phishing page was hosted on Google Sites; Trezor says it is escalating the report and has warned users to never enter a wallet backup/seed phrase into any website or online form, highlighting Google-sponsored phishing ads as a persistent attack vector.
Source evidence

How Google makes people lose their money

When you search for something on Google, it gives you the list of most relevant results on the first page.

But companies can also pay Google to put their own results on the top of the page, served as an ad.

This can and has been abused by scammers who create fake incorporations with the purpose of putting malicious ads on Google.

In this case, these scammers put a fake Trezor website as the ad for when people search for Trezor.

This resulted in someone typing their seed phrase into the phishing website and getting robbed.

Why doesn't Google do anything about this?

Bitcoin News (@BitcoinNewsCom)

TREZOR USER CLAIMS LIFE SAVINGS STOLEN AFTER CLICKING PHISHING SITE IN GOOGLE SPONSORED RESULT

A Trezor user says they lost their life savings after clicking what they claim was a sponsored Google search result impersonating Trezor.

The phishing page, hosted on Google Sites, allegedly tricked victims into entering their wallet recovery seed.

Trezor says it is escalating the report, working to have the site removed, and has reminded users to never enter a wallet backup or seed phrase into any website or online form.

Google-sponsored phishing ads remain a persistent attack vector for crypto users.

— https://nitter.net/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2085734257784139900#m