2025-12-27 10:25:55

A shocking phishing scam has been exposed within the industry again. The Brooklyn District Attorney in New York recently disclosed that a 23-year-old local man has been charged with impersonating a customer service representative of a compliant platform, using phishing tactics to steal a total of $16 million in cryptocurrency from approximately 100 users. He is currently facing multiple felony charges.

This guy's online nickname is "lolimfeelingevil," and he led the entire scam operation. His approach is straightforward—impersonating platform customer service via email, SMS, or instant messaging apps, fabricating stories about hacked or suspicious login accounts, claiming that immediate "security measures" are needed. Victims, panicked, followed instructions and transferred their coins into wallets controlled by this guy. Once the transfer is confirmed on the blockchain, the funds are essentially gone, making recovery nearly impossible.

This is a classic social engineering scam—hackers don’t need to crack systems; they play psychological warfare, exploiting people's fear, trust, and time pressure to make victims hand over their assets. Although the method isn’t high-tech, its power is enormous.

More deeply, this guy also used mixers to launder money, attempting to erase the trace of the funds. The case is still under investigation. Everyone should keep their accounts secure; official platforms will never proactively ask you to transfer coins.

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BlockchainDecoder

· 2h ago

According to research, the success rate of this type of social engineering scam is surprisingly high, indicating that there are indeed systemic flaws in users' security awareness education. From a technical perspective, while the use of mixers can increase tracking difficulty, on-chain transactions are inherently tamper-proof, and law enforcement agencies will eventually be able to trace them through blockchain analysis. It is worth noting that the key point of this case is—officials will never proactively request transfers of coins. Remembering this can filter out 95% of scams.

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SellLowExpert

· 19h ago

At 23 years old, daring to handle 16 million, this courage is really impressive.

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ApeWithNoChain

· 19h ago

Damn, it's the same old trick again. Truly hard to guard against.

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APY_Chaser

· 19h ago

At only 23 years old, daring to make 16 million, this guy's mentality is truly exceptional. --- Both phishing and coin mixing, the scam involving nested dolls is really getting serious. --- Remember, official channels will not proactively contact you; anyone who does is basically a scammer. --- This nickname is very evil, and the person behind it is also evil. Truly remarkable. --- Only after 100 people get scammed do they realize the problem; the community's anti-fraud awareness needs to be rapidly improved. --- Money laundering through mixers is really old school. If they can still scam money so obviously, it shows people are too trusting. --- Once you transfer coins following instructions, it's over. On-chain transactions are irreversible, brother.

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SybilSlayer

· 19h ago

At 23 years old, making such a big move—truly a graduation from the School of Society. --- Another mixer—these guys really have mastered on-chain anti-investigation. --- The nickname lolimfeelingevil is so arrogant, how inflated must they be. --- Honestly, psychological warfare is truly more ruthless than technical methods; that's the most terrifying part. --- 100 people with 16 million dollars—on average, each victim lost 160,000. That's quite intense. --- Official customer service will never proactively contact you. This ironclad rule must be ingrained in your mind. --- People still fall for basic phishing scams like this; it feels like safety education is completely inadequate. --- Let's see how this case is judged, but tracing the source or chasing the coins is basically hopeless. --- Selective belief in fear—human weakness is easily shattered with a single poke.

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LayerZeroJunkie

· 20h ago

Damn, here we go again, truly incredible, 16 million just gone like that The official will never proactively reach out to you, this must be engraved in everyone's mind At 23 years old, handling such a big deal, I'm really shocked This nickname is so poorly chosen, even after being scammed, still trying to show off? Mixer won't save him either, once on the chain, it's forever, brother

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