Fake OpenClaw Airdrop Scam Is Draining Developer Wallets — Here's How It Works

TamilTech AI summary

Scammers are hitting GitHub developers tied to OpenClaw with fake messages about a free 5,000 $CLAW token airdrop, then sending them to clone sites that drain wallets the moment you hit “Connect Wallet.” A malicious script (nicknamed nuke) grabs balances on ETH, BNB, and Polygon, ships the funds to the attacker, and can wipe a wallet in under ten seconds—especially painful for devs who keep real funds and trust “connect wallet” flows. OpenClaw’s founder has been clear: the project is open-source and non-commercial, there is no $CLAW token or airdrop, and any claim otherwise is a scam, which is why crypto talk is banned in their Discord. Delivery is sneaky—fake GitHub accounts open issues or PRs and tag you so the phishing lands as a normal GitHub notification in your email or phone. If you already connected, revoke approvals on Revoke.cash, move what’s left to a fresh wallet, check explorers, and report the URLs; going forward, never trust airdrop DMs, use a burner wallet on unfamiliar sites, and only believe announcements on the real openclaw.ai domain.

• Is there a real OpenClaw CLAW token airdrop?
• How does the fake OpenClaw airdrop scam work?
• What should I do if I connected my wallet to a fake OpenClaw site?
• How can I tell if an OpenClaw airdrop is fake?

AI-assisted summary, checked by the TamilTech editorial team.