Hack history / 2022 / Scam
"Animate your Bored Ape" scammers linked to more phishing attacks amounting to more than $2.5 million
Scam on Aug 8, 2022
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$1.6M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#778
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Aug 8, 2022
- 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, ""Animate your Bored Ape" scammers linked to more phishing attacks amounting to more than $2.5 million scam, Aug 8, 2022: $1.6M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf1aaef5ee4/ (data as of 2026-10-31).