My Adventures as a Crypto Bounty Hunter : Dumbest Scammers Edition Part 5 - Telegram Crypto Scams

First of all, I would like to thank everyone for the support shown on my last post (as always :)). For those that keep asking, I'm currently looking into developing a website, but it will be more institutional at the beginning. If you know people who have fallen for a scam and need my help, you will be able to redirect them there instead of Reddit.

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The Dumbfluencer

While working on behalf of a client, I encountered a scammer who didn't pose as anybody and didn't have any fake platforms - instead, he used his "influential" personality to poach investment opportunities from lots of victims.

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Bear in mind that these scammers will have no previous financial education/experience but, after promoting vitamins and supplements, they somehow become financial geniuses who claim they can make you a millionaire in 1 year. As I always say, if it’s too good to be true, then it probably is - no one will be able to make you that much money for free even if they were Harvard educated.

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This particular scammer was able to steal 3.02 Bitcoin (BTC), 10 Ethereum (ETH) and some USDC and USDT from my client. These were pretty much all his life savings and investments, so please be careful when you give your money over to someone and invest only in fully trustworthy sources.

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This scammer mainly used telegram to communicate with my client. This was actually very good for the case, since my client took screenshots of the whole conversation and uploaded it to the police, who used these findings to aid their investigation. So you get the memo kids, if a hot girl is trying to ask you for money, please screenshot everything!

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On the blockchain side, I found out that this guy is far from a crime mastermind. He took the funds and used a multichain bridge to send them from the BSC chain to the Binance Chain. Unfortunately for him, it's really easy to read these transactions, and I was able to find within half an hour which address he cashed the funds to, leaving him open for some Queasy Justice.

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The moral of the story here is the same as always, don’t trust “opportunities” that are too good to be true (also, please don’t talk to weird strange people on Telegram to start with).

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Overall, I'm really happy with this case - since it's not a Chinese or Indian guy hundreds of miles away, I might see an arrest soon. It’s always rewarding to see cases move fast and come to a conclusion.

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As always, stay Safe and Freak the Scammers