@michellesim: I can’t put into words how demoralizing it felt to open my Ledger today and realize I had lost everything. I’d rather be punched in the gut 1000 times than have to sit with the reality that I was manipulated, deceived, and ultimately outsmarted by the cruelty of this world. I blame myself for not taking a step back before letting this happen, but what AI has enabled hackers to do, especially when combined with psychological fear tactics, is terrifying. They create a sense of urgency, panic, and fear of losing everything until you end up handing it over yourself, believing you’re doing whatever it takes to protect what you have. And that’s the most disturbing part. You don’t have to be careless, naive, or unintelligent for this to happen. It really can happen to anyone.

aerokk_ :

Once you said “enter your passphrase” 🤦‍♂️

Waynesta :

Dang 14000 ethereum? each ethereum worth over $2232. That's over $3M. Yikes. 😬😬😬

AfricanQueen :

They never call… like why do people keep falling for this!? Always hang up and dial the number yourself to call them!

Hokageofyadd :

Is it that hackers are getting smarter or was the bar already low?

Phillip Tran :

crypto.com never calls people. I'm sorry that happened to you

Mike Nouveau :

We learn not to fall for this on day one

AFI585 :

crypto app customer service line dont even want to pick up and help you why would they call you 🤣😂

Spiders🕷AreCool :

Reminding everyone of Rule No. 1 when a website calls you, hang up and then YOU call the website on their phone number listed on their website.

Sofn :

Don’t pick up unknown numbers. Period. They use AI to make the voice to anything.

Banhep916 :

It’s important that you shared this. Thanks for being vulnerable about it

Apple User453337 :

Haha only time not looking at my emails helped me

Healing with Max :

I never take phone calls for this very reason.

Yana :

Michelle, thank you for being vulnerable. This is so scary.

user768 :

not hacked. phished basically were tricked into this. which sucks especially with how much you had, so sorry this happened to you.

G✨ :

If you know how crypto works… there is no personal info needed… just the seedphrase or passphrase

Sound Zero :

I'm honestly amazed people fall for this both at the consumer level and corporate.

cmdplusz :

you do not share your pass phrase with ANYONE omg

Michael Pattwell :

I would like to give you some advice not originally my experience.But Mike Tyson said trust no one!!And yes I have bin scammed as well.By one person he called him self Coach Christian.

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Disfunctionalabi :

This is why i never pick up phone calls

JPN :

Also you should understand how a ledger works. It’s a cold storage wallet. They would need physical access to your ledger to approve a transaction. That’s the whole point of the ledger, making the security physical. The biggest security flaw in almost anything is the people.

🕷️🕸️ :

Fortnite taugh me this ages ago. Epic will never ask for your password.

user7543527659829 :

Thank you for sharing this for awareness!!

Wicked Book Nerd :

I’ve gotten official looking emails too and I just ignore ‘cause I trust nobody. I go directly to my accounts and check if I have any notifications within the account.

Marc :

Ledger says the passwords and phases are for you only not a soul is suppose to know any of that especially a crypto company…