Social-media impersonation scam spike

SUNSwap (sun.io)'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 #

T-09 phase-2 signal. Confirmed active impersonation ecosystem: Washington State DFI fraud alert confirms sswapap.vip as advance-fee fraud scheme impersonating SunSwap (victims lost >$9,000; recruited via external social channels). Multiple third-party safety evaluations flagging sswapap.vip-class scams as SunSwap-branded. This demonstrates an active impersonation ecosystem with social component (DFI notes victims were introduced via dating websites — classic pig-butchering social engineering). Signal would fire at elevated level given confirmed scam infrastructure.

Sources #

URL
WA DFI - Alleged digital asset trading platform SunSwap appears to be engaged in fraudWashington State DFI - SunSwap fraud alert (sswapap.vip)retrieved 2026-05-17

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 sunswap factor RD-F-109 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-17 14:37:31