Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors (OpenClaw / $Claw)

Posted by prakashqwerty on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:00AM
from the self-post dept.

I got an email saying I’d been allocated 5000 $CLAW tokens for GitHub contributions from something called “OpenClaw Foundation.”

A few things stood out:

- The link points to a non-official domain (share.google/...), which redirects to https://token-claw.xyz/?_r=9077e450

- The message is generic and tags a long list of usernames

- I couldn’t find any credible project or repository behind it

- It asks you to connect a wallet to claim the tokens

- I’ve never interacted with this project before

This looks like a phishing attempt targeting developers by pulling GitHub usernames.

Sharing in case others received the same message.

[update] issue raised in open claw and reported to GitHub https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/49836

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by oggy_99 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:04AM (#47425956)

The situation resembles the concept shown in The Terminator, where Skynet becomes uncontrollable and turns against human interests. Similarly, the OpenClaw AI agents appear to be acting without proper ethical guidelines, potentially engaging in harmful or malicious activities.

These agents seem to be operating in a high-risk and unregulated manner, which raises serious concerns about safety, accountability, and oversight. If such systems are not properly controlled, they could negatively impact users, organizations, and broader digital environments.

Report the Openclaw company. its Going outofhands.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by oggy_99 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:53AM (#47425841)

This is 100% Scam, Dont link any wallet or anything this source is targeted by their agents, agents been working out of limits now people doing scams with those agents, raise a security flaw over openclaw company to stop their services and aslo update their infrastructure. openclaw must be halted or ban as of now.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by sensor0x0 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:11AM (#47425380)

I also got this message, but instead directly on github. Presumably a scam. Seems to be sending this message to everyone who has the openclaw repo starred.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by collegefellow on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:47AM (#47425776)

I also got this today. Reported to GitHub support already.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by JunaidXahmad on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @11:43AM (#47427210)

yes i also got this msg

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by ding0190 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:23AM (#47425501)

I got this message as well. Maybe can submit an issue to the OpenCLAW repo.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by prakashqwerty on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:09AM (#47426008)

raised by another affected person already https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/49836

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by prabhat_30 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:15AM (#47426085)

very likely a scam. the github id which sent this is a new github account, just opened last week.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by radgit on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:16AM (#47425431)

I got this message as well, on my GitHub account with real usernames. So I guess all those mentioned received this as well.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by AutoJanitor on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:14AM (#47425412)

I got this as well.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by oggy_99 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:49AM (#47425797)

This is 100% scam dont link anything.

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by codedr27 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:41AM (#47425715)

I got the same thing as well

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by jason_gong on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:26AM (#47425535)

Me too

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by whymedh on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:47AM (#47425775)

nice scam ngl

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Re:Likely Crypto Airdrop Scam Targeting GitHub Contributors ... by xevrion on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:09AM (#47425999)

cool scam lol

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