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 <li><strong>Yyctrader falls victim to a phishing scam, losing 22 ETH via Friend.tech Wallet.</strong></li>
 <li><strong>The stolen funds are transferred through Orbiter, a cross-chain bridge and deposited on Binance.</strong></li>
 <li><strong>Yyctrader’s mistake was opening the malicious link in the same browser as his Friend.tech wallet.</strong></li>
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<p>Yyctrader, the head of news at a known crypto news agency, has become the latest victim of a crypto phishing scam orchestrated via the growing <a href="https://coinedition.com/friendtech-generates-6-4m-in-fees-under-30-days-of-launch/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Social-Fi App Friend.tech</a>, which saw his wallet emptied.</p>
<p>In a recent tweet, Yyctrader narrated the harrowing incident that left his crypto portfolio compromised, expressing deep regret for his mistakes. Specifically, Yyctrader disclosed that his Friend.tech wallet had fallen victim to a phishing scheme, losing his entire Friend.tech portfolio of 22 ETH worth $34,958.</p>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">My friendtech wallet was compromised through an elaborate phishing scam and my 22 ETH portfolio was nuked to 0<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f622.png" alt="😢" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"><br><br>They just bridged my ETH using Orbiter, and some has just been deposited to <a href="https://twitter.com/binance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@binance</a> <a href="https://t.co/dKIgKLPGop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/dKIgKLPGop</a><a href="https://t.co/ZJVSdW0AHW" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/ZJVSdW0AHW</a> <a href="https://t.co/zgz9T2LvLW" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/zgz9T2LvLW</a></p>— yyctradΞr (@yyctrader1) <a href="https://twitter.com/yyctrader1/status/1711594959680512079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 10, 2023</a>
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<p>In an effort to raise awareness and prevent others from falling vict…</p>
<p>The post <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinedition.com/another-friend-tech-user-loses-entire-portfolio-to-phishing-scam/">Another Friend.tech User Loses Entire Portfolio to Phishing Scam</a> appeared first on <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinedition.com">Coin Edition</a>.</p>

Another Friend.tech User Loses Entire Portfolio to Phishing Scam

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