Hack history / 2023 / Scam
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sends over $50,000 to a scammer
Scam on Aug 24, 2023
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$55K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,892
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Aug 24, 2023
- Kind
- Scam
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sends over $50,000 to a scammer scam, Aug 24, 2023: $55K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht3c5bf46e82/ (data as of 2026-11-01).