A very close friend of mine joined a group on Telegram called ‘Sygnal Crypto Arbitrage.’ She got excited about the arbitrage opportunity they talked about, so she decided to open an account on this fake exchange, linchange.com. She transferred some Solana to her account and sold it there. Everything seemed fine at first, but then they canceled her withdrawal request. They told her that to get her money out, she would need to deposit 10,000 USD or its equivalent. It was all just a scam. In total, they took $18,000 from her. Be careful out there… it’s real, and it hurts.
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It’s almost 2025. If you’re still trusting Telegram for investments, it’s time to step away from the internet for a bit.
They didn’t steal from her. She willingly gave away her money.
!whois linchange.com
!crypto itself is a scam.
hustle said:
!whois linchange.com
!crypto itself is a scam.
WHOIS REPORT FOR LINCHANGE.COM
This domain was created ONLY 3 DAYS AGO!! and it’s registered for only one year (Expires: Dec 2025). The person or group who registered it claims to be based in Hong Kong. It’s concerning that they are hiding other contact details and using a ‘DNS proxy’ (CloudFlare) to mask the server’s real location.
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hustle said:
!whois linchange.com
!crypto itself is a scam.
!telegram itself is a scam, there should be an auto mod for that.
hustle said:
!whois linchange.com
!crypto itself is a scam.
Hi /u/TheCheeseDictator, AutoModerator has posted to explain the Fake crypto wallet scam.
Fake crypto websites and apps controlled by scammers are becoming more common. Usually, it starts with a romance scammer who tells the victim they can help them invest in crypto. The victim buys crypto from a legitimate exchange, then sends it to a wallet address on a fake website. The scammer makes it look like the victim has money on the site. Then, the scammer (or someone pretending to be a legit person) tells the victim they must send more money to withdraw. The truth is that all the money the victim sends goes straight into the scammer’s pocket.
If they used Bitcoin, you can report the scammer’s wallet address here: Chainabuse - View Reports. If Ethereum was used, report it here: https://info.etherscan.com/report-address/. You can also see the scammer’s wallet activity here: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer. Thanks to redditor nimble2 for the script.
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So she joined a random Telegram group, possibly through a stranger or a bot, then thought it would be a good idea to send $18k to a website she’d never heard of? The website probably has no reviews or has already been reported as a scam. How old is she?