Eight months into 2026, scams continue to surge with no signs of slowing down. Just one week into September, the market is once again clouded by rising scams.

Notably, in the past 12 hours, there were four different kinds of scams that shook the crypto industry.

How is 40.196 ETH at risk?

Starting with a malicious governance proposal targeting Olas (formerly Autonolas) has put around 40.196 Ethereum [ETH] worth of $100,000 at risk.

This happened after an attacker used the ENS name “autonolas-deployer.eth” and disguised the proposal as a routine treasury ownership migration.

In reality, executing it would transfer control from the legitimate Autonolas Timelock to an attacker-controlled contract. This in…