So I Got Scammed Today
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Hello All,
Hopefully the Mods won’t take down my post this time.
Just wanted to let you all know that I got scammed today. I want to share my story with you all in hopes of preventing something like this from happening to you.
Never did I think I would fall for a scam but sadly I did.
Story:
I was scrolling through Twitter when I came across this post (Post is still up). The post looked legit, and it made sense as to why they would do something like this for the community as it was Ripple’s 10 year anniversary. https://twitter.com/Sethalno16/status/1585263811367419907 Please be careful with this twitter link. The website linked to the twitter post is a scam! Do not send anything to anyone!
Being an XRP fan since January 2021 and seeing this, I felt like had to hop in this “Airdrop”.
I do remember as soon as I saw this post I had a gut feeling of “This is too good to be true”.
However, I continued to proceed anyways.
The whole time I was going through this I was rushed by the fact that I was on a lunch break and had to get back to work. So I was trying to move fast.
I failed to realize that this was not the verified profile of Brad Garlinghouse. I trusted the checkmark instead.
I also failed to verify the website link not being the official Ripple website. This website has a countdown timer of how much XRP there is left to claim for the bonus. This added on to the feeling of being rushed.
However since I felt like I was being rushed, I continued to put in the address and sent the XRP over.
I didn’t realized that I got scammed until I went back to the website and saw that there was no XRP left to claim, the countdown reached 100M and then went back to 85M. At this moment I KNEW I got scammed.
I lost approximately 3,800 XRP.
Thoughts/ Lessons Learned:
I knew what I was getting into when I started my crypto journey back in January 2021. I told myself “Only put in what you are willing to lose” so I was always mentally prepared to lose everything. I feel betrayed at the fact that someone out there would even think about scamming people.
I know the only one to blame for this is myself, this was my mistake. I just want to share this story with some of you out there, who may think they won’t ever get scammed. Believe me, I am usually very observant when it comes to things like these. I normally can spot a scam from a mile away. This time was different.
I believe the fact that I saw a checkmark on the Twitter account alongside the fact that I felt like I was being rushed to send this over, lead me to getting scammed. Everything just aligned soo well for me to get scammed today.
This is a huge learning lesson for me. If its too good to be true, it is. Also, don’t ever do something while being rushed, chances are you will make mistakes. Please be careful out there everyone!
Moving Forward:
I’ve tried to reach out to the twitter account to have my crypto sent back to me as a last resort but I know my XRP will be gone forever.
I posted this here on Reddit to warn others of how I got scammed and how easy it is to get scammed. I am not asking for retaliation or anything like that, I would just like my XRP back. Even though there is a very very small chance I will ever get it back, it is worth a shot.
Also, I know there are some very smart people out there who may be able to help me get this back. At the very least I know by posting this it will help someone out, which is my main goal.
I also did some digging and the Scammer’s Twitter account still has all the information on there. (Posts, Pictures of person, etc. ). Not sure why a scammer would leave all their info out in the public like that but hey maybe their new to scamming.
All transactions can be found on the blockchain as well.
Scammer’s XRP Crypto Wallet (DO NOT SEND ANYTHING TO THIS ADDRESS, YOU WILL GET SCAMMED!): https://xrpscan.com/account/rs7z8DoKnCwZqT9MeMqpwSdxaLAeRiPPLE
You can see in XRPScan to see all the people that have sent money to this address.
Stay Vigilant!
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