Social-media impersonation scam spike

mETH Protocol'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 #

Social-media impersonation scam-spike. v1-deferred. Applicable: yes — Mantle/@0xMantle has significant brand recognition. No specific mETH-targeted scam-spike event detected in OSINT at assessment time. General DeFi impersonation scam rate elevated in 2025-2026 (1,400% YoY increase per industry reports) but no mETH-specific spike documented. Requires social-media monitoring feed for production assessment.

Sources #

URL
Mantle official Twitter / X accountMantle @0xMantle official Twitter — no public security alert for scam-spike at assessment dateretrieved 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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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol meth-protocol factor RD-F-109 score not_assessed collected_at 2026-05-16 02:17:50