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25 casesThe Fatal Commit
A private key left in a public repository. Forty seconds later, the wallet is empty.
The SIM Swap
Her phone loses signal. Ten minutes later, her account is drained.
The Fake Recruiter
A dream job, one last test to run. That same evening, her wallet was empty.
DAO Betrayal
A harmless-looking proposal, a vote, and the DAO treasury is siphoned off.
The Atomic Swap
A swap that cannot cheat. Yet someone took both sides.
The Vesting Hourglass
Four years to unlock the tokens. An insider sold everything on day one.
The Secret Share
A seed phrase in four shares, three to open it. Someone gathered them in one night.
The Midnight Rug Pull
Midnight: the liquidity vanishes, the price collapses. So does the auditor.
The Sealed Auction
Sealed bids, and a winner who outbids by a single token. As if he knew.
The Whale Radar
The radar was meant to see everything. That night, a colossal transfer went by without a beep.
The Betrayed CoinJoin
It promised anonymity. The coordinator may have sold who sent what.
The Fake Giveaway
“Send me crypto, I'll send back double.” Thousands sent.
The Fake Support
A very helpful “support agent” got her to type her secret phrase.
The Trapped Airdrop
Thousands of fake addresses drained the airdrop before anyone else.
The Ghost Reorg
A bridge drained, and the deposit proof erased from the chain. The watcher is gone.
The Gas War
A mint under siege, fees exploding, and someone siphoning the refunds.
The Silent Whale
A wallet asleep for years wakes up, just long enough for one move.
The P2P Meetup
A café, a payment proof on a phone. The transfer never arrived.
The Webcam Blackmail
“I filmed you through your webcam.” As proof, the email quoted his old password.
The Clipboard Hijack
Three clients paid his invoices. Not a cent reached his wallet.
The Refund by Mistake
The buyer paid ten times the price by mistake. She just wants the difference back.
The Insider Trade
Eight minutes before the announcement, a handful of addresses had already bought it all.
The Second-Hand Wallet
A sealed hardware wallet at half price. And 24 words already printed in the box.
The Fake Recovery Agent
After the scam, a firm promises to recover everything. For a fee paid upfront.
The Rented Account
300 euros to lend your account for a month. Then the police ring the doorbell.
Medium
21 casesThe Stolen Private Key
A compromised password manager, and the company key leaked.
The Fake Advisor
“Your account has been hacked.” A fake advisor walks a retiree to a crypto ATM.
The Death Spiral
A stablecoin breaks its peg overnight, and every redemption deepens the fall.
The Mixer Maze
Split, mixed, delayed, recombined: the loot went through a maze.
The Fake Announcement
A fake press release sends a price soaring. The fact-checker tracing the rumor has vanished.
The Boss's Voice
A video call from the CEO: same face, same voice. Two million to wire before 6 pm.
The Unlimited Approval
A free NFT, a single signature. The wallet was drained token by token.
The Phantom Exchange
12,000 euros of gains on screen. To withdraw them, he first had to pay a tax.
The Romance Scam
Weeks of sweet words, then an investment tip. The gains were only a chart.
The Rigged Mining Pool
Hundreds of miners share the rewards. The payouts never match the blocks found.
The Fake Cloud Mining
Gains every morning, no withdrawal possible. The mining farms only existed in photos.
The Forged NFT
A cult collection flooded with copies, and a floor price pumped by hand.
The Hospital Ransom
4 a.m., every screen in the hospital shows the same ransom note.
The Pump's Peak
“It's going to the moon.” Then the organizers sell everything, to the block.
The Dead Man's Vault
The founder dies, the only one holding the keys. The vault is empty, and has been for a while.
The Corrupted Oracle
A price rigged for a single block, and the liquidations fall like dominoes.
The Hijacked Site
The right address, the right logo, the padlock. And every signature drains the wallet.
The Poisoned Staking Pool
A coordinated validator attack, and dozens of delegators' stakes evaporate.
The Blacklist
Sanctioned loot goes down step by step, until it comes out clean.
The Telegram Bot
A miracle trading bot that only asked for your private key.
Hard
13 casesThe Bridge of Discord
A peace summit between two chains, and the mediator vanishes mid-session.
The Lookalike Address
Two million sent to an almost identical address. The one who saw it all vanished that same evening.
The Nested Token
Six layers of stacked promises. When one gave way, they all collapsed.
The Cross-Chain Sandwich
A transaction caught in a sandwich, relay after relay, from one chain to the next.
The Fatal Flash Loan
Borrow, rig, drain, repay: a whole protocol falls in one transaction.
The Phantom Vote
Dozens of “independent” addresses vote the same way. Too many to be true.
The Rigged Extension
The right logo, thousands of five-star reviews. Then an “urgent update”.
The Blind Signature
Three signers, the usual transfer, the right address on screen. And the vault drains.
Murder at the Vault
The treasurer signs a transfer to an unknown address, then drops off the radar.
The Validator Cartel
Validators vote twice to rewrite the chain, hidden behind duplicated keys.
The Launch Snipers
A launch open to all at the same block. Bots had grabbed everything before the first click.
The Rigged QR
A fresh sticker over the real QR code. People scanned, paid, and the money went elsewhere.
The Ponzi Pyramid
A guaranteed return every month. Nobody asked where the money came from.