{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4410863842","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3737874","title":"An End to End Analysis of Crypto Scams on Ethereum","display_name":"An End to End Analysis of Crypto Scams on Ethereum","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-05-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4410863842","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3737874"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3737874","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3737874","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S97833917","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Internet Technology","issn_l":"1533-5399","issn":["1533-5399","1557-6051"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Internet Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5095870117","display_name":"Jadyn Kimber","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7179-7758"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32625721","display_name":"University of Saskatchewan","ror":"https://ror.org/010x8gc63","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jadyn Kimber","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Saskatchewan,  Saskatoon, Canada","University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7179-7758","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Saskatchewan,  Saskatoon, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073311317","display_name":"Enrico Branca","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6316-7789"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32625721","display_name":"University of Saskatchewan","ror":"https://ror.org/010x8gc63","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Enrico Branca","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Saskatchewan,  Saskatoon, Canada","University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6316-7789","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Saskatchewan,  Saskatoon, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5092322289","display_name":"Andrei Natadze","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2764-0991"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32625721","display_name":"University of Saskatchewan","ror":"https://ror.org/010x8gc63","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrei Natadze","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Saskatchewan,  Saskatoon, Canada","University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2764-0991","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Saskatchewan,  Saskatoon, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042013797","display_name":"Natalia Stakhanova","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1923-319X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32625721","display_name":"University of Saskatchewan","ror":"https://ror.org/010x8gc63","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Natalia Stakhanova","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1923-319X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32625721"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.3589,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.88447679,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9894000291824341,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10388","display_name":"Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques","score":0.9890000224113464,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8025577664375305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/end-to-end-principle","display_name":"End-to-end principle","score":0.5006735324859619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.4683037996292114}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8025577664375305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74296488","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2527392","display_name":"End-to-end principle","level":2,"score":0.5006735324859619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.4683037996292114}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3737874","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3737874","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S97833917","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Internet Technology","issn_l":"1533-5399","issn":["1533-5399","1557-6051"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Internet Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W600125453","https://openalex.org/W2070896531","https://openalex.org/W2968035976","https://openalex.org/W2990806707","https://openalex.org/W3003036212","https://openalex.org/W3006668450","https://openalex.org/W3034459010","https://openalex.org/W3082324443","https://openalex.org/W3087349682","https://openalex.org/W3091755869","https://openalex.org/W3103843811","https://openalex.org/W3157553154","https://openalex.org/W3159176111","https://openalex.org/W3179573039","https://openalex.org/W3211252547","https://openalex.org/W4200529292","https://openalex.org/W4220899772","https://openalex.org/W4225359667","https://openalex.org/W4244102997","https://openalex.org/W4307020398","https://openalex.org/W4407828013"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2151749779","https://openalex.org/W3179968364","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"increasing":[1],"number":[2],"of":[3,17,23,39,46,84,106],"Ethereum":[4,48,99,107],"scams":[5,26,41,59,109,122,137],"is":[6],"causing":[7],"significant":[8],"concern":[9],"within":[10],"the":[11,35,56,80,98],"blockchain":[12],"community,":[13],"costing":[14],"users":[15,67],"millions":[16],"dollars":[18],"annually.":[19],"Yet,":[20],"our":[21],"understanding":[22],"how":[24],"these":[25,58,85,121],"operate":[27],"remains":[28],"limited.":[29],"In":[30],"this":[31],"study,":[32],"we":[33],"present":[34],"first":[36],"end-to-end":[37],"analysis":[38,78],"crypto":[40],"using":[42],"a":[43,51],"large":[44],"set":[45],"malicious":[47,75],"accounts":[49],"as":[50],"case":[52],"study.":[53],"We":[54,101],"examine":[55],"tactics":[57],"employ":[60],"on":[61,97],"social":[62,92],"media":[63,93],"platforms":[64],"to":[65,71,74,134],"deceive":[66],"and":[68,94,118,127],"convince":[69],"them":[70],"transfer":[72],"funds":[73],"accounts.":[76],"Our":[77],"explores":[79],"full":[81],"life":[82],"cycle":[83],"scams,":[86],"considering":[87],"both":[88],"their":[89,95],"distribution":[90],"through":[91],"activity":[96],"blockchain.":[100],"identify":[102],"several":[103],"unique":[104],"aspects":[105],"phishing":[108,136],"that":[110,120],"have":[111],"not":[112],"been":[113],"documented":[114],"in":[115,129,139],"prior":[116],"literature":[117],"find":[119],"generally":[123],"persist":[124],"significantly":[125],"longer":[126],"result":[128],"greater":[130],"financial":[131],"losses":[132],"compared":[133],"traditional":[135],"studied":[138],"earlier":[140],"research.":[141]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}