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A cryptocurrency holder lost over $6 million in Gigachad (GIGA) coins after falling for a scam linked to a fake Zoom meeting. The scam managed to drain the victim’s crypto wallets through a malicious software planted on his computer. The stolen tokens were laundered through Solana (SOL) and then turned into stablecoins Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). However, the victim maintains hope of recovering his assets, with the FBI now involved in the investigation.
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A dude into meme cryptocurrencies just lost over $6 million! He got duped by a fake Zoom meeting. He was holding some Gigachad (GIGA) coins that hit a price drop on Nov. 12. The man, known online as ‘Still in the Game’, warned everyone saying that a hacker drained his wallet after he clicked on the Zoom link.
According to Scam Sniffer, a firm investigating this stuff, the guy was directed to a fake site after opening the Zoom invite. This shady website was all about taking sensitive wallet info.
‘Still in the Game’ reveals that this nasty website managed to plant some bad software onto his laptop. The hacker then managed to pull funds from three different crypto wallets before cashing in.
The data nerds at Onchain Lens managed to figure out that the cheeky hacker nicked almost 95.27 million GIGA tokens, which come up to the hefty sum of $6.09 million. The hacker then washed the stolen tokens by exchanging them to Solana (SOL) and then to some stablecoins named Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). Finally, they shifted the stablecoins to another wallet.
Good news though: the FBI has been brought in to help sort this mess and find the missing funds. ‘Still in the Game’ isn’t letting this scam get him down; he’s still hopeful to recover his assets and grow them in the current market.
In related news, after WazirX, an Indian crypto exchange took a hard hit of $235 million in a hack, the man running it, Nischal Shetty, is looking to build a decentralized exchange (DEX). He’s also got plans to launch a fresh new token on the platform.