Social-media impersonation scam spike

Hyperliquid'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 #

DOCUMENTED ONGOING IMPERSONATION CAMPAIGN. Fake Google Ads for 'Hyperliquid' appearing at top of search results (Phemex reporting, 2025). Multiple impersonation domains confirmed: claim-hyperliquid[.]xyz, hyperliquid[.]life. Fake 'HYPE airdrop' campaigns active since November 2024 HYPE token launch. PCRisk documented multiple removal guides for Hyperliquid scams. EnigmaSoftware documented wallet-draining fake sites. The impersonation ecosystem is active and ongoing as of assessment date 2026-04-28. Signal would fire today under RD-F-109 rules (sharp uptick in impersonation accounts and fake airdrop campaigns).

Sources #

URL
https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/29899-hyperliquid-hype-airdrop-scamretrieved 2026-04-28
URL
https://phemex.com/news/article/fake-hyperliquid-ads-on-google-lead-to-walletdraining-scams-11125retrieved 2026-04-28

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 →

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