I was scammed because the scam didn't look like a scam. ✧ Besides my own foolishness, scammers are becoming smarter.

It was a late night, and I was about to go to bed when I received an airdrop message in telegram in the clone announcement group of a project that I had been active in. (IdenaAnnouncement) The group didn't look suspicious, and it even had a history of previous news from the project. I assumed that it was a real announcement channel (IdenaAnnouncements), but I failed to notice that it was actually a group and not a channel. The scammers had put restrictions on every member so that they couldn't write anything. As you can see the difference in names between the fake one and the real one is only in one letter `s`.

I followed the link, and the website looked quite professional. However, it requested access to my MetaMask wallet. Since I didn't have much money in it, I assumed that the official channel couldn't do any scam. I had been in this project for years. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a contract that took all of my money (about $47).

Here are some key takeaways from my experience that might help others avoid getting scammed:

1. Adjust your privacy settings to prevent anyone from adding you to groups without your consent.
2. Scammers are increasingly personalizing their attacks, parsing group members and imposing restrictions on them individually.
3. They also create fake members to make the group appear genuine and lure people into clicking on links.
4. The name of the fake group might be very similar to the original one, with just a small difference in spelling.
5. Always check is it a group with restrictions or is it a channel?

I realize now that I made a mistake, but scammers are constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated. It's important to be cautious and vigilant to protect ourselves from their schemes.

I hope that my message helped people avoid being potentially scammed.

The scammers addresses:

0xD53f5c2cA654F291a44E611e17F42347660Faf66

0x51cbfc2770c3835eda70e883898c013fa5b2a08e

The scammers website:

meta-multichain.tech