Social-media impersonation scam spike

Aave v3's assessment for RD-F-109 — scored not_assessed on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Elevated impersonation risk during organizational transition (BGD Labs and ACI departing as primary service providers, April 2026). Multiple AAVE typosquat domains documented (F161 yellow). No confirmed coordinated scam-spike at protocol level as of April 27. v1-deferred.

Sources #

URL
Aave Governance: BGD leaving AaveBGD leaving Aave governance postretrieved 2026-04-27

Methodology #

Detect a sharp uptick in Discord/Telegram/X accounts impersonating the protocol team or announcing fake airdrops.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol aave-v3 factor RD-F-109 score not_assessed collected_at 2026-04-27 23:28:46