Hack history / 2023 / Scam
Crypto founder loses over $250,000 to crypto scam
Scam on Aug 18, 2023
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$273K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,358
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Aug 18, 2023
- Kind
- Scam
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto founder loses over $250,000 to crypto scam scam, Aug 18, 2023: $273K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht0258e9100e/ (data as of 2026-10-31).