Crypto.com Account Hacked

Hey guys I have a question and I didn't know where to turn. I'm meeting with my bank tomorrow but wanted to see if anyone else has had an issue like this before.

I was working with a couple developers over seas. They wanted to get paid in BTC. So I created a Crypto.com account. Bought bitcoin and sent it over to them.

Thats fine even though they didn't complete or do the job they were paid to do. After some time I noticed I was getting even more charges by crypto.com and the btc was being sent to the same dev.

Almost $26k USD was taken out of my bank account. $6k was authorized by me, the remainder $20k was not.

Any advice on what to do?

I'd be sitting in front of the bank personnel and asking why they allowed that.

Do a chargeback with your bank. This is the only remedy for now.

Where did you meet this developer of yours?

BassTrackerBoats said:

I'd be sitting in front of the bank personnel and asking why they allowed that.

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That's what I plan to do tomorrow. I have an appointment with a banker. I authorized 6k.. but the remainder I did not authorize.

Josh Butler said:

Do a chargeback with your bank. This is the only remedy for now.

Where did you meet this developer of yours?

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Freelancer.. never again.

hmm.. how is this possible?
What information did you gave to them?
Maybe somehow they got access to your pc..

you can get your money back for sure

joker_darkie said:

you can get your money back for sure

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Yah

It seems you downloaded a stealer and somebody got access to your crypto.com account. Maybe your developer has sent you a malware and did it himself

So 6k you sent to the developer? Where is the other 20k is it in you crypto account or has it been transferred out?

Banks! Banks!! Banks!!!

Tried contacting crypto . com to inquire about how this happened...? Your bank should just give you your money back if the fault is at their end. If it was crypto . com too they should do something about it coz this is just as strange as it could get!

AntiCCC said:

Hey guys I have a question and I didn't know where to turn. I'm meeting with my bank tomorrow but wanted to see if anyone else has had an issue like this before.

I was working with a couple developers over seas. They wanted to get paid in BTC. So I created a Crypto.com account. Bought bitcoin and sent it over to them.

Thats fine even though they didn't complete or do the job they were paid to do. After some time I noticed I was getting even more charges by crypto.com and the btc was being sent to the same dev.

Almost $26k USD was taken out of my bank account. $6k was authorized by me, the remainder $20k was not.

Any advice on what to do?

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So if you didn't authorize the transaction, the bank should be able to dispute it and give you your money back.
I would contact both crypto.com and the bank ASAP, try to get your money back.

Good luck.

AntiCCC said:

Hey guys I have a question and I didn't know where to turn. I'm meeting with my bank tomorrow but wanted to see if anyone else has had an issue like this before.

I was working with a couple developers over seas. They wanted to get paid in BTC. So I created a Crypto.com account. Bought bitcoin and sent it over to them.

Thats fine even though they didn't complete or do the job they were paid to do. After some time I noticed I was getting even more charges by crypto.com and the btc was being sent to the same dev.

Almost $26k USD was taken out of my bank account. $6k was authorized by me, the remainder $20k was not.

Any advice on what to do?

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I remember transfering money from my paypal

ciras said:

Banks! Banks!! Banks!!!

Tried contacting crypto . com to inquire about how this happened...? Your bank should just give you your money back if the fault is at their end. If it was crypto . com too they should do something about it coz this is just as strange as it could get!

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I remember once transfering money from my PayPal into my bank. They credited my acc twice of same amount, later debited three times. Had to call to make a complaint before it was rectified. They probably would had done nothing about that stolen money if I hadnt called...
Fucking thieves!!!

That's weird, isn't there a upper limit on your bank?
usually, most accounts are locked under 2-5k amounts unless you explicitly ask to have a higher limit.
nevertheless, speaking to your bank would usually sort it out.
Most banks have a fraud protection program that is pretty well done.
and if they don't I would consider shopping around for a better bank that will protect you.

Lastly, rule of thumb, never hook anything up online with your main bank account.
Use alts bank accounts, transfer as much as you need to in them

Maybe you clicked on a phishing link in the advertisement section of Google search?

I agree with others.

Something's missing in this story.

Just sending 6k does not at all enable the devs to somehow extract an additional 20k. There's no way it can happen.

Something else is going on here. Did you install any software made by these devs on your phone where you use crypto?

MIRANTHA said:

hmm.. how is this possible?
What information did you gave to them?
Maybe somehow they got access to your pc..

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They had access to my desktop. They were supposed to build out a software for me. But crypto.com is app only. Also Chrome says 189 of my passwords and accounts are compromised. So I'm going through one by one to see what's what. My email happened to be one of them.

joker_darkie said:

you can get your money back for sure

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I hope so man!

crypto13ads said:

It seems you downloaded a stealer and somebody got access to your crypto.com account. Maybe your developer has sent you a malware and did it himself

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Possibly.

TashaJ said:

So 6k you sent to the developer? Where is the other 20k is it in you crypto account or has it been transferred out?

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It has been transferred out to the same wallet address. aka the dev.

ciras said:

Banks! Banks!! Banks!!!

Tried contacting crypto . com to inquire about how this happened...? Your bank should just give you your money back if the fault is at their end. If it was crypto . com too they should do something about it coz this is just as strange as it could get!

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I've been emailing them for 2 weeks no response. I'm just surprised at why my bank didn't put a hold or a stop to any of the transactions. Normally when you walk into a gas station and make two separate transactions they call you asking if its fraud. These guys made like 15 transactions on the same site.

xReminisce said:

That's weird, isn't there a upper limit on your bank?
usually, most accounts are locked under 2-5k amounts unless you explicitly ask to have a higher limit.
nevertheless, speaking to your bank would usually sort it out.
Most banks have a fraud protection program that is pretty well done.
and if they don't I would consider shopping around for a better bank that will protect you.

Lastly, rule of thumb, never hook anything up online with your main bank account.
Use alts bank accounts, transfer as much as you need to in them

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Yeah I have no idea. I screwed up big time. I'm annoyed as hell.

GhostGz said:

Maybe you clicked on a phishing link in the advertisement section of Google search?

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I don't think so I'm pretty good about that stuff.

bartosimpsonio said:

I agree with others.

Something's missing in this story.

Just sending 6k does not at all enable the devs to somehow extract an additional 20k. There's no way it can happen.

Something else is going on here. Did you install any software made by these devs on your phone where you use crypto?

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The devs did get remote access to my desktop. However crypto.com is app only. Another thing I noticed is one chrome said 189 of my passwords have been compromised. The email connected to crypto.com happened to be one of them. Also I'm a moron. Used the same password for both email and crypto.com

Tele-digital_dan said:

Yh, that site is hot for stealers. You probably need to go leave negative review / report freelancer.
Here's what's going to happen if you're in the US: Freelancer gets your BTC, Your crypto account gets shut, your bank acc gets shut, you usually get your money back after a while of investigation

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Freelancer has no idea about the transactions. I should have sticked to payment inside freelancer but the guy gave me a cheaper price due to freelancer fees and stuff so I paid him outside of the website. Only think I can do now is go to the bank.

I'm don't even want the initial $6k back. I did that.. i was stupid and lost the money to dumb devs. But the 20k is what bugs me.

AntiCCC said:

Used the same password for both email and crypto.com

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lool, Crypto.com doesn't enforce phone number verifications like Binance?
Lol, another reason to move to binance

You can file a case or a complaint against crypto.Com make some noise in the media they’ll be forced to refund you if your bank can’t get it back. Use 2FA in all payment transactions

This sucks. Sorry for your loss but hopefully you can get it back.

AntiCCC said:

It has been transferred out to the same wallet address. aka the dev.

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so what’s not clear to you? Your developers got $26k , they hacked you with some hidden software probably, logged into your Crypto com account and transferred other 20k to their wallet address by themselves.

Ask them to send you back your money (i don’t think it will helped since if they are the ones who did it)
Or report them to the police.