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Mikko Ohtamaa
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I got scammed or suspect scam on Ethereum. What to do?

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

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.

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