Social-media impersonation scam spike
Yearn Finance'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 scam-spike. Well-known Yearn brand with documented impersonator ecosystem: HackMD yearn-clones page lists 70+ impersonator domains (syfi.finance, yearn2.finance, xyearn.finance, xearn.finance, yaerm.finance doppelganger, etc.). CoinTelegraph documented a 'yaerm.finance' doppelganger scam that nearly perfectly copied the Yearn Finance website (exact article date 404 on retrieval, but documented in investing.com cross-post). A December 2025 phishing scam used fake on-chain messages targeting Yearn Finance (Phemex News). No acute social-media scam spike detected as of 2026-05-16. Yellow: documented continuous impersonation ecosystem represents elevated baseline risk; no acute spike today.
Sources #
- URLPhemex News — Yearn Finance phishing scamPhemex News: 'Yearn Finance Targeted in $9M Phishing Scam' — fake on-chain message targeting Yearn Finance identified as phishing (December 2025).retrieved 2026-05-16
- HackMD — Yearn Finance clones and impersonatorsHackMD yearn-clones page: documents 70+ Yearn Finance clone/impersonator domains. 'None of the projects listed is a part of, affiliated with, or endorsed by yearn.finance.'retrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Detect a sharp uptick in Discord/Telegram/X accounts impersonating the protocol team or announcing fake airdrops.
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