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3520 BTC to XMR 'social engineering theft' (monero.town)
submitted 1 month ago by Wave@monero.town to c/monero@monero.town
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X @zachxbt zachxbt/status/1917535854085497185

Update: It is confirmed to be a social engineering theft from an elderly individual in the US.

X @zachxbt zachxbt/status/1916756932763046273

Nine hours ago a suspicious transfer was made from a potential victim for 3520 BTC ($330.7M)

Theft address

bc1qcrypchnrdx87jnal5e5m849fw460t4gk7vz55g

Shortly after the funds began to be laundered via 6+ instant exchanges and was swapped for XMR causing the XMR price to spike 50%

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[โ€“] azalty@monero.town 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

damn poor guy :-/

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 3 weeks ago

He is now...ostensably. I mean if I had 3.5K BTC that would totally happen to me to.