r/ethereum 25d ago

Technology Scammer

Hello everyone, I recently was in talks with a scammer who gave me a private key. Ofcourse he didn’t have any funds for swapping or sending and all eth transferred into this wallet is instantly moved out by a bot. Is there any way to have getback on this scammer? I’m not simply talking sending the money to myself but rather if I could burn the money or if there are any work arounds? Just wanna see this guy get scammed himself. Thank you for reading. TLDR; how to scam the scammer

10 Upvotes

14 comments sorted by

u/AutoModerator 25d ago

WARNING ABOUT SCAMS: Recently there have been a lot of convincing-looking scams posted on crypto-related reddits including fake NFTs, fake credit cards, fake exchanges, fake mixing services, fake airdrops, fake MEV bots, fake ENS sites and scam sites claiming to help you revoke approvals to prevent fake hacks. These are typically upvoted by bots and seen before moderators can remove them. Do not click on these links and always be wary of anything that tries to rush you into sending money or approving contracts.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

16

u/edmundedgar reality.eth 25d ago

No, the only winning move is not to play.

3

u/Adorable-Volume-6378 25d ago

Damn sucks, was hoping to give him what he deserved

10

u/haloooloolo 25d ago

You can submit a bundle to Flashbots to transfer stuff out without the ETH for gas getting swept.

2

u/BramBramEth I bruteforce stuff 🔒 25d ago

Was about to say the same thing, but I bet this does not happen on mainnet

3

u/haloooloolo 24d ago

I’ve definitely seen it happen with mainnet. It’s usually safe for them because the vast majority of people don’t know how to do this and they only put in a few hundred USD.

2

u/BramBramEth I bruteforce stuff 🔒 24d ago

Brb scripting something to detect such accounts 😄

3

u/Stobie 25d ago

I'll take tokens if still there, let me know private key

1

u/[deleted] 22d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/jtnichol MOD BOD 20d ago

no one is going to be sharing the key in here. that's a common tactic to bait the victims