Scam Ongoing Now

Hello Cardano Family. I understand you are all probably tired of hearing this, but I honestly did not think to do my due diligence when I saw Charles live on youtube mentioning a give away. However here is the story and hopefully someone can help.

I went on youtube today, and searched recent Cardano news (like i do everyday) and saw that it was a live event. I saw Charles and he was talking about ADA giveaway and how I can double it. I was skeptical, but it was Charles live so did think to much of it. What put the icing on the cake was that the website included a .org, which are typically legit. I didn’t know .org website can be scammed. Iwent to the website, and spoke with support after the transaction and all. It all seemed so good. I proceeded by sending 5000 ada and support immediately stated that I had to send another 5000 to receive 20000 and a 25% bonus. Stupidly I sent it, leaving me with 1,000 ADA. They tried to get me to send more and I was just heart broken, because at the point I knew I was not receiving anything back. The website is still up and running and I just wanted to make everyone aware. This moron stole apart of my daughters college fund. I really am hurt by this.

This is the wallet address:
addr1q8fqjqhrmuf49hszssq7nh94hpddlwwu76que07jz69g7xus64gqtw78wf733kfmxgukcpgen369c0ufse7nras3w32qpnk97f

Can anyone see where this guy/woman is located? It looks like they received multiple transactions today. Please offer any advice.

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I’d recommend transitioning to X for the latest on Cardano. The community is vibrant and very active there.

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Im sorry to tell you but this is a very common scam and the chance of catching the scammers are nearly 0.

Id recommand to file a report at your local authorities and hope for the best.

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Oh so sorry about that, we need to be extra careful with some of these website.

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4 posts were split to a new topic: Address belonging to exchange or just personal wallet

I actually fell for this unfortunately. They were good scammers. They returned a small test batch of ADA doubled into my wallet. I should have recognized the scam right there but I fell for it. I lost about 800 ADA to this scam. I reported it to Cardano and the FBI.