🚨 I was scammed with a fake Bitso promotion on Facebook (Help tracking stolen f

[velazquezler1990Robert]

Hello everyone, I need your help. I was a victim of a phishing scam on Facebook involving a fake Bitso promotion, and my account was drained. I'm trying to track the stolen funds and see if there's a way to freeze them before the scammers move them further.

🔍 How did it happen?
I saw a Facebook ad promoting a supposed Bitso giveaway for a Tesla Cybertruck.
The link took me to a fake login page that looked exactly like Bitso.
I entered my credentials, thinking it was legitimate.
Shortly after, someone accessed my account, converted all my funds to Dogecoin (DOGE), and withdrew everything.
While this was happening, I received a suspicious phone call, possibly to distract me while the scammers were moving the funds.
I realized what happened when I tried to log back into my account and saw that my funds were gone.

📌 Transaction details
Transaction Hash: a53f2c09cb64df05aecfd92baa3a96c856bc1d41389802c9d324e3cbb86a3f9a
Stolen amount: 55,206.63373363 DOGE (~$14,669 USD)
Source address (my Bitso account): DFmwcrj1QouKr3jNtEGfcr98KoAax52apa
Destination addresses:
DAAY3WDkCG7sfsxN6Ejt3i4e1dob2sxam (Received 293 DOGE and 39 DOGE, possibly as test transactions).
DFmwcrj1QouKr3jNtEGfcr98KoAax52apa (Received 54,872 DOGE, which seems to be the main address where the funds were sent).
I have already checked DogeChain and Blockchair, but I couldn’t confirm if these addresses belong to an exchange or are private wallets.

🚨 What do I need help with?
Does anyone recognize these addresses as belonging to an exchange? If so, I might be able to contact their support to freeze the funds.
Is there any way to track these funds further or identify who controls them?
Have you seen similar scam cases involving these addresses?


🚨 What have I done so far?
I reported the case to Bitso yesterday, but I haven’t received a response yet.
I contacted the Cyber Police in Mexico, but I need more technical information to support my case.
I activated 2FA on my accounts and changed my passwords to prevent further access.
If anyone has any information or can help track the stolen funds, I would greatly appreciate it. 🙏



If anyone has any advice or experience with similar cases, please let me know. Any help tracking the funds would be greatly appreciated.

[SFR10]

The link took me to a fake login page that looked exactly like Bitso.
...
While this was happening, I received a suspicious phone call, possibly to distract me while the scammers were moving the funds.

It'd be better if you could update your post with the name of the phishing website in question and the phone number that called you ^{[preferably inside a code tag (the button with the hashtag symbol is the "insert code" button)]}.
^{- It might help protect others when they try looking it up on Google.}

Is there any way to track these funds further or identify who controls them?

The following platforms might help with tracking the funds, but don't get your hopes up:

- Chainalysis Crypto Investigation
- Crystal Crypto Investigation Services
- Elliptic Cross-chain Crypto Investigations
- AMLBot Crypto Recovery and Blockchain Investigation
- CipherBlade Incident Investigations

Note: I prefer not to vouch ^[DYOR]!

Have you seen similar scam cases involving these addresses?

I haven't and considering that most scam report websites usually focus on Bitcoin, you probably can't find any reports for the said addresses, but you can file a new report on "ChainAbuse" while suggesting the addition of another chain.

[metho67]

The link took me to a fake login page that looked exactly like Bitso.
...
While this was happening, I received a suspicious phone call, possibly to distract me while the scammers were moving the funds.

It'd be better if you could update your post with the name of the phishing website in question and the phone number that called you ^{[preferably inside a code tag (the button with the hashtag symbol is the "insert code" button)]}.
^{- It might help protect others when they try looking it up on Google.}

Is there any way to track these funds further or identify who controls them?

The following platforms might help with tracking the funds, but don't get your hopes up:

- Chainalysis Crypto Investigation
- Crystal Crypto Investigation Services
- Elliptic Cross-chain Crypto Investigations
- AMLBot Crypto Recovery and Blockchain Investigation
- CipherBlade Incident Investigations

Note: I prefer not to vouch ^[DYOR]!

Have you seen similar scam cases involving these addresses?

I haven't and considering that most scam report websites usually focus on Bitcoin, you probably can't find any reports for the said addresses, but you can file a new report on "ChainAbuse" while suggesting the addition of another chain.

Can you explain better? How exactly  did you get drained? Did you connect your wallet to the website using a dapp token approval? These questions  will playa significant  role towards tracking and recovering  your stolen funds.

[albon]

It has been two days and I hope to hear from you about what you have done. Was Bitso able to assist you, along with the Mexico Cyber ​​Police in the fraud case you experienced?

Unfortunately, Facebook and social media platforms have become fertile ground for scammers. There are hundreds of these phishing sites and fake giveaways that scammers create daily to steal innocent people's funds. Therefore, you must interact with official links only, and not trust any posts published on social media or any or tempting offers without doing the necessary research. Also, if anyone falls victim to fraud, they must collect sufficient evidence and report it immediately to prevent scammers from escaping with the funds.

[robelneo]

Unfortunately, Facebook and social media platforms have become fertile ground for scammers. There are hundreds of these phishing sites and fake giveaways that scammers create daily to steal innocent people's funds. Therefore, you must interact with official links only, and not trust any posts published on social media or any or tempting offers without doing the necessary research. Also, if anyone falls victim to fraud, they must collect sufficient evidence and report it immediately to prevent scammers from escaping with the funds.

I've been seeing fake ads about exchanges giving free bonuses for you just to login. I just got tired of reporting these fake ads. They have a huge budget on this. It seems the marketing is well funded; if one page is taken down, another one will surface, so the scheme is continuous.
Only two things: users education and the platform screening all the ads coming in; unfortunately, the latter will never happen as social media platforms are profit-generating companies; they protect their profit more than their users safety and security.

[examplens]

🚨 What do I need help with?
Does anyone recognize these addresses as belonging to an exchange? If so, I might be able to contact their support to freeze the funds.
Is there any way to track these funds further or identify who controls them?
Have you seen similar scam cases involving these addresses?

Quite a painstaking job, but you should check all the output from the scammer's address. So, the addresses to which he sent, especially where there are larger transactions. One of these transactions can be enough to go to a service with mandatory KYC, this can facilitate the investigation.

Also, if the ads went through FB, they should have some information about the account that ran this ad and probably left a trace of the payment.
The next thing is that you have to contact the registry domain where it is registered, it is possible that the scammer also paid with some KYC payment method, such as PP or bank credit card.

In the end, I am not sure how much capacity you will have independently for such an investigation and whether, for example, MEta will cooperate with you and provide you with the required information.

[FinneysTrueVision]

The source address DFmwcrj1QouKr3jNtEGfcr98KoAax52apa is the same as the destination address which received the most funds. It’s fair to assume the address belongs to Bitso. Where exactly did you get this transaction hash from? This does not look like a wallet drain but an exchange moving funds between their own wallets.

I saw your report on Chainabuse and at first you claim that $14,669 was stolen, but at the bottom of the report it says that the amount you lost is only $5,000. You need to provide better details and clear up these inconsistencies before anybody is able to help you.