I felt completely numb
I felt completely numb. It all started on Twitter/X. I connected with someone who offered to show me the ropes of DeFi node operation. To build trust, they forwarded 4.25 ADA to my wallet to register on their platform. I followed their lead, traded, and actually withdrew 9.4 ADA. Convinced it was real, they urged me to scale up. I risked my retirement fund totaling $699,091. My dashboard skyrocketed to $3,584,522. Thrilled, I attempted to pull out $3,161,385, only to be hit with a 18% gas fee deposit amounting to $569,049. Desperate, I scrambled to pay it, relying on my previous successful withdrawal as proof it worked. Then came a demand for a 17% security audit fee. The illusion shattered. I contacted authorities who pointed me to a cyber tracing company (Fiscop Advisor). Their investigators tracked the ADA straight to Huobi P2P market, identified the culprit's bank details, and successfully recovered the stolen funds.






