Social-media impersonation scam spike

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

Evidence summary #

Social-media impersonation: no confirmed coordinated campaign (5+ accounts or verified drain reports) found in public OSINT as of 2026-05-12. However, the legacy Telegram channel t.me/helio_money remains active as the official Lista DAO community channel under the Helio Protocol brand name, creating a persistent brand-confusion and impersonation surface. This is a structural yellow — ambient risk present even without an active campaign.

Sources #

URL
Telegram: Helio Protocol (Rebranded to Lista DAO)Lista DAO Telegram — still operating as t.me/helio_money under Helio Protocol brandretrieved 2026-05-12
URL
X: @lista_dao official accountLista DAO official X account @lista_daoretrieved 2026-05-12

Methodology #

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

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol lista-dao factor RD-F-109 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-12 17:54:05