Hack history / 2026 / Scam
Crypto holder loses $283 million to scammer impersonating wallet support
Scam on Jan 10, 2026
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$282M
dollars at the time
Returned
$700K
0% of the loss, as a source states it
Rank
#22
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Jan 10, 2026
- Kind
- Scam
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Bitcoin, monero, Litecoin
After the theft
- Recovered or frozen
- $700K
“$282.0M taken, $281.3M after recovery or freezing” (Web3 Is Going Great)
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto holder loses $283 million to scammer impersonating wallet support scam, Jan 10, 2026: $282M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htce64d389ab/ (data as of 2026-10-31).