This is an example of a hack, rather than a scam…
“My account got hacked and my funds got stolen from my Coinbase Wallet on 4/25/22. I deposited $48,000 USDT from my Coinbase app into my Coinbase Wallet and then three minutes later it got stolen and deposited into another address without my authorization. Then I called Coinbase to make sure my security was good and they confirmed it then I made another transaction of $29,000 USDT on 5/12/22 and once I transferred it to my Coinbase Wallet it got hacked again and sent my funds to a different address without my authorization within two minutes. Every time I make a transaction I use my Face ID and have text a code to allow the transaction to process. When the stolen transaction happened I received no alert. Per the instruction of Coinbase after the first hacking I signed out of the app and deleted it then I re-installed it again. No one has access to my recovery phrase or my password. Coinbase refuses to help me retrieve my funds cause they said I authorized the transactions without showing proof because I never did and I have a 2-step Authenticator. They even got the dates of the transaction wrong which makes me believe that they didn’t investigate my claim at all. I have screenshots of all the transactions and the Blockchain events as well. I have lost over $80,000 within two transactions also I had $18,800 sent to me and the transaction went through on the sender’s end but it never came to me. Please help me resolve these issues and retrieve my funds.”
One of the first things this person should do it confirm the status of these transactions on the blockchain. USDT is the abbreviation for Tether, the largest US dollar stablecoin, and it runs on several blockchains including the Ethereum blockchain and the Tron blockchain. So, using the Ethereum blockchain as an example, this person would go the an Ethereum blockchain explorer website and check the status of the transaction. If the transaction has completed (as I suspect it has) then it’s not possible to reverse it, otherwise, Coinbase should be able to help. However I suspect this is more to do with the fraudulent use of the person’s account by a third party (ie. someone somewhere has this person’s account details and are using them to drain his account).
