I’m not really a stranger to cryptocurrencies or anything. I have been trading and using bitcoins for over two years now. I’ve purchased a lot of stuff on the darknet, sat on exchanges and speculated, sent gift cards, sold video game loot and all kinds of stuff for crypto.
It was late one day, it was about 4 in the morning and I was up late finishing some work for my classes. I saw a Bittrex ad on Facebook, I have used Bittrex before and decided to just take a look at my account. My mind usually wanders around in the morning. I opened the ad, logged in, entered all of my info and checked out my balance. I had a little less than one bitcoin, nice. When I woke up the next day to check my balance again, I noticed that all of my shit was gone.
I didn’t have two factor authentications on.
Browsing the forums, I saw that someone else got skimped by a Bittrex Facebook ad. Apparently, it was a phishing scam, and the i in bittrex was replaced with a L, to make bLttrex. Luckily now the phishing site has been reclaimed by the actual bittrex.com now.