Was Robbed Over 1200 ETH at Gunpoint a Week Ago

[EthRobbed]

Learn From My Mistakes!

Around August 2016, I took a 2 week vacation to a certain East African country. At the end of my trip, I visited a School for the Deaf and the Blind and donated foodstuffs and clothing. A month ago, I decided to go back and see how the kids in the school were fairing. Things went very well and I had the chance to address them on cryptocurrencies and other emerging technologies. Before departing, I donated 20 ETH to the school for the construction of 2 additional low cost classrooms that would accommodate 30 students each. Tx Hash ( 0x71137cd92f47588a7f034b1b91b80b752174946fea00ca70a1a885ccd3a64ee4 )

How I wish I had converted the ETH to fiat before donating or ignored the whole donation thing altogether. On 11th June 2018, at around 7pm, just a day before my departure to Denmark (home country), I requested a taxi to take me to the movies. Seems there were gangsters trailing me. 20 minutes after boarding the taxi, a silver car blocked us and we (taxi guy and I) were kidnapped at gunpoint by around 5 hooded men who called me by name. At that moment I knew it was a set up. The taxi guy was let go a few minutes later, around 5kms from the scene. I was blindfolded for the next 2 hour or so journey and I ended up in a well furnished house surrounded by mean looking guys brandishing Kalashnikovs.

Their leader then demanded that I transfer the 1218 ETH remaining in my wallet ( 0x33dFc93619f9D0eD2b48714bA2e5268741Ae815B ), Tx Hash: 0x1f7cdef3f6caa5291f5e497f1e16bd9cd6be9579d024fd5d65b56ddfc3774d11   to this address: 0x1363E2E4EaC1e5ffed881353263415EF1B3657E4.

Things got worse when I appeared to hesitate. I was beaten up mercilessly till I agreed to transfer the ETH. I was later dumped at a quarry in the middle of nowhere at around 4am with no phone and just $50 that they gave to me. I found my way out of the quarry and bumped into a good Samaritan who took me to a nearby police station to report the matter. I have also reported the case to the Dannish Consulate here and they have been very helpful. Luckily I didn't sustain any serious injuries

It seems after I made the ETH donation, someone or a group of people checked out the sending ETH address and saw the huge amount of ETH balance that I had in there. I believe that's when the plan to rob me was hatched. If you are sending ETH to someone who knows you personally, it's safer to transfer from an exchange wallet. This will ultimately prevent them from knowing your real ETH balance. If there are better ways, kindly share them in the comments.

Police are currently questioning the board of the institution where I made the donation for links to the robbery. A week ago, the school sent me 1 ETH to show their sympathy for what I had gone through. Don't know who to trust on this planet anymore. Humans are evil and can do anything to obtain your hard earned cash.

PS: I made this post to open your eyes guys but if you feel like sending me something to help me get back on my feet again, here are my addresses:

BTC: 1HmmS3etzR5N9wu526MbGqNf4e7hha8yzx

ETH: 0xD1EB11F74EeA181f0bC772c4a2493ED2448bf2eD


Thank you

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[hiphoptrail]

Learn From My Mistakes!

Around August 2016, I took a 2 week vacation to a certain East African country. At the end of my trip, I visited a School for the Deaf and the Blind and donated foodstuffs and clothing. A month ago, I decided to go back and see how the kids in the school were fairing. Things went very well and I had the chance to address them on cryptocurrencies and other emerging technologies. Before departing, I donated 20 ETH to the school for the construction of 2 additional low cost classrooms that would accommodate 30 students each. Tx Hash ( 0x71137cd92f47588a7f034b1b91b80b752174946fea00ca70a1a885ccd3a64ee4 )

How I wish I had converted the ETH to fiat before donating or ignored the whole donation thing altogether. On 11th June 2018, at around 7pm, just a day before my departure to Denmark (home country), I requested a taxi to take me to the movies. Seems there were gangsters trailing me. 20 minutes after boarding the taxi, a silver car blocked us and we (taxi guy and I) were kidnapped at gunpoint by around 5 hooded men who called me by name. At that moment I knew it was a set up. The taxi guy was let go a few minutes later, around 5kms from the scene. I was blindfolded for the next 2 hour or so journey and I ended up in a well furnished house surrounded by mean looking guys brandishing Kalashnikovs.

Their leader then demanded that I transfer the 1218 ETH remaining in my wallet ( 0x33dFc93619f9D0eD2b48714bA2e5268741Ae815B ), Tx Hash: 0x1f7cdef3f6caa5291f5e497f1e16bd9cd6be9579d024fd5d65b56ddfc3774d11   to this address: 0x1363E2E4EaC1e5ffed881353263415EF1B3657E4.

Things got worse when I appeared to hesitate. I was beaten up mercilessly till I agreed to transfer the ETH. I was later dumped at a quarry in the middle of nowhere at around 4am with no phone and just $50 that they gave to me. I found my way out of the quarry and bumped into a good Samaritan who took me to a nearby police station to report the matter. I have also reported the case to the Dannish Consulate here and they have been very helpful. Luckily I didn't sustain any serious injuries

It seems after I made the ETH donation, someone or a group of people checked out the sending ETH address and saw the huge amount of ETH balance that I had in there. I believe that's when the plan to rob me was hatched. If you are sending ETH to someone who knows you personally, it's safer to transfer from an exchange wallet. This will ultimately prevent them from knowing your real ETH balance. If there are better ways, kindly share them in the comments.

Police are currently questioning the board of the institution where I made the donation for links to the robbery. A week ago, the school sent me 1 ETH to show their sympathy for what I had gone through. Don't know who to trust on this planet anymore. Humans are evil and can do anything to obtain your hard earned cash.

PS: I made this post to open your eyes guys but if you feel like sending me something to help me get back on my feet again, here are my addresses:

BTC: 1HmmS3etzR5N9wu526MbGqNf4e7hha8yzx

ETH: 0xD1EB11F74EeA181f0bC772c4a2493ED2448bf2eD


Thank you

suck it roger ver 

[trade2winnn]

Yes, a hurtful situation meyan friend also would be the case Rob,as a rule these people have no conscience,no empathy,no compassion!In any case, they will be rewarded with a full ,for such a dirty and despicable things,it all comes back like a boomerang!Be strong, and be engaged while bounty, and I can recommend that now while the market is in a complete ass, many do not have money,like promise by the end of July-August,the market will begin to move,publish this news more than once then, I think there will be good people who will throw you money and help!Good luck, useful article, thank you!

[Aveatrex]

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Damn... ETH roberry are many these days,First the guy who put a smart contract to resend all sent eth to another address from the wallet that contained 100k+ worth of tokens and now this..If the story isn't made up I'm curious what country you went to and with what you sent the ETH?With your phone? Or you just gave them the private keys?And how they tracked the transaction of 20 ETH?
Regards

[cryptotezi]

Though it sounds fishy, I am believing you. I suggest you to participate in bounty programs. Since you have a long back experience, I hope you can do better within a short time.

[9jaflick]

Learn From My Mistakes!

Around August 2016, I took a 2 week vacation to a certain East African country. At the end of my trip, I visited a School for the Deaf and the Blind and donated foodstuffs and clothing. A month ago, I decided to go back and see how the kids in the school were fairing. Things went very well and I had the chance to address them on cryptocurrencies and other emerging technologies. Before departing, I donated 20 ETH to the school for the construction of 2 additional low cost classrooms that would accommodate 30 students each. Tx Hash ( 0x71137cd92f47588a7f034b1b91b80b752174946fea00ca70a1a885ccd3a64ee4 )

How I wish I had converted the ETH to fiat before donating or ignored the whole donation thing altogether. On 11th June 2018, at around 7pm, just a day before my departure to Denmark (home country), I requested a taxi to take me to the movies. Seems there were gangsters trailing me. 20 minutes after boarding the taxi, a silver car blocked us and we (taxi guy and I) were kidnapped at gunpoint by around 5 hooded men who called me by name. At that moment I knew it was a set up. The taxi guy was let go a few minutes later, around 5kms from the scene. I was blindfolded for the next 2 hour or so journey and I ended up in a well furnished house surrounded by mean looking guys brandishing Kalashnikovs.

Their leader then demanded that I transfer the 1218 ETH remaining in my wallet ( 0x33dFc93619f9D0eD2b48714bA2e5268741Ae815B ), Tx Hash: 0x1f7cdef3f6caa5291f5e497f1e16bd9cd6be9579d024fd5d65b56ddfc3774d11   to this address: 0x1363E2E4EaC1e5ffed881353263415EF1B3657E4.

Things got worse when I appeared to hesitate. I was beaten up mercilessly till I agreed to transfer the ETH. I was later dumped at a quarry in the middle of nowhere at around 4am with no phone and just $50 that they gave to me. I found my way out of the quarry and bumped into a good Samaritan who took me to a nearby police station to report the matter. I have also reported the case to the Dannish Consulate here and they have been very helpful. Luckily I didn't sustain any serious injuries

It seems after I made the ETH donation, someone or a group of people checked out the sending ETH address and saw the huge amount of ETH balance that I had in there. I believe that's when the plan to rob me was hatched. If you are sending ETH to someone who knows you personally, it's safer to transfer from an exchange wallet. This will ultimately prevent them from knowing your real ETH balance. If there are better ways, kindly share them in the comments.

Police are currently questioning the board of the institution where I made the donation for links to the robbery. A week ago, the school sent me 1 ETH to show their sympathy for what I had gone through. Don't know who to trust on this planet anymore. Humans are evil and can do anything to obtain your hard earned cash.

PS: I made this post to open your eyes guys but if you feel like sending me something to help me get back on my feet again, here are my addresses:

BTC: 1HmmS3etzR5N9wu526MbGqNf4e7hha8yzx

ETH: 0xD1EB11F74EeA181f0bC772c4a2493ED2448bf2eD


Thank you

So sad 😔 , yeah sometimes it is better to learn from peoples mistake.
Personally I don't transfer Tokens from my central wallet directly to an exchange or any other account, I have more than  one wallet, what I do is that, I transfer from wallet to the other, then to another till it gets to it destination.

I have been hacked before so I have learnt alot of lessons

[kevoh]

I want to believe the story because the different TX hash check out on ethplorer.

It seems after I made the ETH donation, someone or a group of people checked out the sending ETH address and saw the huge amount of ETH balance that I had in there. I believe that's when the plan to rob me was hatched. If you are sending ETH to someone who knows you personally, it's safer to transfer from an exchange wallet. This will ultimately prevent them from knowing your real ETH balance. If there are better ways, kindly share them in the comments.

This is one of the downsides/advantages of a public ledger depending on the side you are on. One can easily trace transactions and build up information on an individual.

[Sulwan2612]

I feel so sad after i read the story, i have also an experince, my wallet also has been hacked and all of i had was gone, but i tried to get up and move on, i though this not the end of the world just because my wallet got hacked, its hard to start but i have to do, kee your spirit always on dude,

[Ucy]

You donated 20 ETH which is about $10,000 and lost more than half a million dollars:
(1218 ETH = $609000). You seem like a  wealthy person... Don't you have wealthy friends or relation to help you? And
why are you asking for help with a different address?
You should atleast prove you own the robbed address(with a signed message or something)

[vbscarred]

If this is not fiction, then this is a terrible case. And lesson for all and for everyone. Nowhere and never Shine their money. Especially as big as this man. Take care and always think about the consequences. In everything and always. That would not be in such a situation.

[fransxavariustintin]

horrible experience, this story makes me anxious, there is a community of bad guys who pretend to be charities and stalk charity donors by looking at their wallet address, maybe this is one of the weaknesses of transparency, but I get a lesson from this story.