Crypto holder loses $283 million to scammer impersonating wallet support

[kawa@mas.to]

@utf_7 @web3isgreat No, it's a feature :3

[kawa@mas.to]

@web3isgreat That's pretty much one of the oldest tricks in the book! You'd think if you have that much money on the line, you'd be more wary.

[toriver@mas.to]

@web3isgreat Nice to see social engineering works in the crypto world as well.

[haverholm@radikal.social]

@web3isgreat Welp, time to draw some more bored apes, huh?

[kalkbrenner@gruene.social]

@toriver @web3isgreat It works even better. 😅 Two clicks and the money is gone.

[malmen@masto.pt]

@utf_7 @web3isgreat they dont... the victim was tricked in giving wallet access to scammers

[iduction@mastodon.social]

@web3isgreat Wallet Inspector!

[utf_7@mastodon.social]

@MalMen @web3isgreat

ah, i 've misread infiltrating instead impersonating

[utf_7@mastodon.social]

@web3isgreat now i am wondering how crypto stuff can be freezed

[danhugo@fosstodon.org]

@web3isgreat

Pardons are expensive, gotta do what you gotta do.

[nieuemma@mastodon.de]

@web3isgreat I can't imagine a person who has hundreds of millions of dollars deserves any better. I doubt the scammer is using it for charity, but the person they stole from likely wasn't either.

[molly0xfff@hachyderm.io]

@LariscusObscurus thank you!