This is a general question and answer on ethereum.stackexchange.com to all "I got scammed, please help" posts.
This applies to you if you think:
- You have been scammed
- You think something might be a scam
Popular scams include
- Fake investment sites promising xx% returns
- Romance scams a.k.a. pig butchering scams
These are so-called authorised transfer
Outside scams, there exist other cybercrime that may cause you to lose your assets
- Phishing links, like:
- Fake airdrops
- Fake NFT mints
- Usually associated with a hacked well-known social media account or Discord
- Malware esp. on Microsoft Windows desktop computers directly extracts the private key out from the wallet
- Your computer gets infected with a malware when you install pirated software or random EXE files from Internet
This is a generic question to address the flood of pleads of asking help for scams. Moderators are free to edit both the question and answer to add more information it.