and the way it happened is honestly scary because it’s so normal
he wasn’t hacked or similar he just clicked a link
the guy tried to blackmail him instead of ignoring, he got curious wanted to see how good the guy’s OSINT was kept talking to him even paid him at some point to check old drains
slowly started trusting the hacker, little by little
the scammer kept sending links with “info” for days, all safe, until one wasn’t
he sent a link that looked exactly like an etherscan link the guy opens it on his phone and that site instantly downloads and executes something no popup no warning nothing
and that phone was a multisig signer plus telegram metadata and that’s all the scammer needed
$27,000,000 gone from one click
not because he was dumb, but because he felt invencible and let his guard down he thought: “i’m experienced, i’m fine”
you don’t get drained when you’re paranoid, you get drained when you feel safe
this is how people actually lose money in crypto, not the “anonymous” hacks, just a stupid link on a normal day
be careful seriously
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someone just got drained for $27,000,000
and the way it happened is honestly scary because it’s so normal
he wasn’t hacked or similar
he just clicked a link
the guy tried to blackmail him
instead of ignoring, he got curious
wanted to see how good the guy’s OSINT was
kept talking to him
even paid him at some point to check old drains
slowly started trusting the hacker, little by little
the scammer kept sending links with “info” for days, all safe, until one wasn’t
he sent a link that looked exactly like an etherscan link
the guy opens it on his phone
and that site instantly downloads and executes something
no popup
no warning
nothing
and that phone was a multisig signer
plus telegram metadata
and that’s all the scammer needed
$27,000,000 gone from one click
not because he was dumb, but because he felt invencible and let his guard down
he thought: “i’m experienced, i’m fine”
you don’t get drained when you’re paranoid, you get drained when you feel safe
this is how people actually lose money in crypto, not the “anonymous” hacks, just a stupid link on a normal day
be careful
seriously