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A very unfortunate thing happened yesterday and I made one huge mistake that cost me about 11.3k$. I like to think I'm smart and cautious, but yesterday a group of scammers got me and I feel very stupid. This is the story so others don't make the same mistakes.

I use binance as my main exchange but have most of my crypto on a cold wallet. I used to log into binance using 2 factor authentication and a security code I got via SMS every time. From the same short message channel, I got a message that there was a login attempt from egypt (I'm not from egypt). I typically get messages like that when I log into a new laptop, but this time there was a phone number included. The history of messages in the message channel goes back 3 years and includes login verification codes, deposit confirmarion, etc. and for some reasom I trusted it. There was a support number in the message in case the login was not from oneself and since I'm not from egypt I decided to act and called the support number. There was a voice memo asking whether I am a Binance user or not. I confirmed and was connected to a guy with a british accent (fuck you). He asked me for the reference number in the message and explained that my account has been compromised and that I must follow him step by step to protect my funds so that they are safe and covered by insurance. In hindsight I know how stupid this all sounds, but I was in holiday at a metro station when all of this happened and was heavily distracted. They got me in the perfect moment. So this guy was very sophisticated and polite and made me trust him. He said things like "This is usually the time when we expect hacks like this when prices are high" and that "I'm not the only one" and that we must protect the funds. He wanted me to install trustwallet and send the funds there and said this is standard protocol and only when I do it will my asstes be covered by insurance. I grew skeptical, but for whatever reason I went along. While following his instructions I ran into some problems with the binance app and the guy connected me to another guy who actually helped me with it. This second guy then told me to setup trustwallet, which I had already because I used it for a while, and told me I must send the funds there. However, here comes the part where I make a decisive, huge and very easily identifiable mistake. He wanted me to set up a new wallet using a seed phrase that he sent me via the original, legit binance text message channel. He claimed this is standard protocol and only this way can my funds be covered by insurance. Both scammers were really good at talking, gave a sense of safety and were very polite (fuck them). And thats when I fucked up. I sent the funds (11.3k) to the wallet that I just setup using the scammers seed and immediately it was withdrawn. Obviously. I realized immediately what just happened, felt like an absolute idiot and contacted real binance support and my local police department. Police is tracking my funds as we speak and will try to freeze them on an exchange, but I have little hope. Obvisouly I feel very stupid and ashamed that I fell for such an obvious scam, but it showed me that its easy to fall for them, especially when caught in a vulnerable situation like on a busy metro while you're on holiday. Only good thing is I have most of my crypto still in a cold wallet which is safe, but I lost over 11k in profits. So please don't make the same mistakes I made and keep your crypto on a cold wallet and trust no one. I defenitely learned my lesson. After 4+ years of being in crypto, I cannot believe I fell for this. But I did. The scammers got me and I gotta accept it and learn from it. Please don't hate on me, I know how stupid it was and obviously I'm already frustrated. In case the police does the impossible and recovers my funds, I will post an update. But I don't have any hopes tbh.

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