Hack history / 2024 / Scam
Whale Hunter's Payday
Scam on Aug 20, 2024
IN REVIEWSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$55.5M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#98
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
In review: possible duplicate within one source.
Details
- Date
- Aug 20, 2024
- 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, "Whale Hunter's Payday scam, Aug 20, 2024: $55.5M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht53cdba8752/ (data as of 2026-10-31).