A fake game, a real wipeout.
By Maxime Laurent · 2025-12-20 12:37
A fake game, a real wipeout.
Eight years of patience erased in one quiet night.
A Singapore investor, Mark Koh — founder of the RektSurvivor community — lost all his crypto after installing a fake online game called MetaToy, found on Telegram. The site looked clean. Discord was active. Team communication felt legit. No red flags, no scammy vibes. 🎭
After installing the launcher, his antivirus detected something weird. He cleaned the system, even reinstalled Windows. Still, within 24 hours, attackers drained every software wallet connected to his browser. About $14,000, accumulated slowly over eight years. No seed phrases entered. No wallets opened. Just… gone.
This story chills me more than classic phishing. Because it’s not stupidity. It’s trust. A well-crafted illusion, dropped right where crypto people hang out daily: Telegram, Discord, games, “community projects”. The attack wasn’t loud. It was patient. Silent. Surgical.
If you’ve been here long enough, you know: the longer you survive in crypto, the more dangerous confidence becomes. Hardware wallets, clean machines, separation of usage — boring advice, but boring keeps you alive. Le diable est dans les détails.
Markets will come back. Lost trust? Much harder. Stay paranoid, friends. 🧠🧡
#CryptoSecurity #Bitcoin #BTC #ScamAlert #SelfCustody #CryptoFriture
Eight years of patience erased in one quiet night.
A Singapore investor, Mark Koh — founder of the RektSurvivor community — lost all his crypto after installing a fake online game called MetaToy, found on Telegram. The site looked clean. Discord was active. Team communication felt legit. No red flags, no scammy vibes. 🎭
After installing the launcher, his antivirus detected something weird. He cleaned the system, even reinstalled Windows. Still, within 24 hours, attackers drained every software wallet connected to his browser. About $14,000, accumulated slowly over eight years. No seed phrases entered. No wallets opened. Just… gone.
This story chills me more than classic phishing. Because it’s not stupidity. It’s trust. A well-crafted illusion, dropped right where crypto people hang out daily: Telegram, Discord, games, “community projects”. The attack wasn’t loud. It was patient. Silent. Surgical.
If you’ve been here long enough, you know: the longer you survive in crypto, the more dangerous confidence becomes. Hardware wallets, clean machines, separation of usage — boring advice, but boring keeps you alive. Le diable est dans les détails.
Markets will come back. Lost trust? Much harder. Stay paranoid, friends. 🧠🧡
#CryptoSecurity #Bitcoin #BTC #ScamAlert #SelfCustody #CryptoFriture
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