TURBO BOBO GORILLA Phishing Inferno Drainer

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Inferno Drainer

Gemini, Binance, Kraken customer with address 0x6435...1390 fell victim to a phishing website and lost a significant number of tokens including TURBO, BOBO, GORILLA, GROK, and SHRAP. There is limited information about what happened, or anything which was done about a recovery.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

About 0x6435...1390

Gemini, Binance, Kraken customer. tokens including TURBO, BOBO, GORILLA, GROK, and SHRAP.

The Reality

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What Happened

"Address 0x6435...1390 fallen victim to a phishing scheme, and lost ～$1.55M worth of tokens."

Key Event Timeline - TURBO BOBO GORILLA Phishing Inferno Drainer
Date Event Description
June 1st, 2024 3:17:59 PM MDT Blockchain Transaction Blockchain transaction draining the wallet happens.
June 1st, 2024 9:40:00 PM MDT ChainAegis Tweet ChainAegis tweets about the loss.

Technical Details

"In suspicious fund transfer, the victim's tokens are transferred to the attacker-controlled account. The attack is usually launched through social engineering, e.g., asking users to click a link to claim some rewards or AirDrop tokens."

"In this transaction, the TURBO token of the user (0x6435b) was transferred to the attacker (0xfc4ea). Since the attacker's account (0xfc4ea) was involved in several phishing scam incidents, we believe the user (0x6435b) was deceived into signing the approval transaction."

Total Amount Lost

"lost ～$1.55M worth of tokens."

The total amount lost has been estimated at $1,550,000 USD.

Immediate Reactions

"Address 0x6435...1390 fallen victim to a phishing scheme, and lost ～$1.55M worth of tokens.

The phishing address points to #InfernoDrainer"

"In suspicious fund transfer, the victim's tokens are transferred to the attacker-controlled account. The attack is usually launched through social engineering, e.g., asking users to click a link to claim some rewards or AirDrop tokens."

"In this transaction, the TURBO token of the user (0x6435b) was transferred to the attacker (0xfc4ea). Since the attacker's account (0xfc4ea) was involved in several phishing scam incidents, we believe the user (0x6435b) was deceived into signing the approval transaction."

Ultimate Outcome

What was the end result? Was any investigation done? Were any individuals prosecuted? Was there a lawsuit? Was any tracing done?

Total Amount Recovered

There do not appear to have been any funds recovered in this case.

What funds were recovered? What funds were reimbursed for those affected users?

Ongoing Developments

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Individual Prevention Policies

No specific policies for individual prevention have yet been identified in this case.

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Platform Prevention Policies

Policies for platforms to take to prevent this situation have not yet been selected in this case.

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Regulatory Prevention Policies

No specific regulatory policies have yet been identified in this case.

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References

  1. ↑ @ChainAegis Twitter (Accessed Jul 3, 2024)
  2. ↑ ChainAegis (Accessed Jul 3, 2024)
  3. ↑ Ethereum Transaction Hash (Txhash) Details | Etherscan (Accessed Jul 3, 2024)
  4. ↑ https://metasleuth.io/result/eth/0x6435b50861c5895c82a0789c6f91b80561ec1390 (Accessed Jul 3, 2024)
  5. ↑ List of Crypto Phishing Attacks - ImmuneBytes (Accessed Jul 3, 2024)
  6. ↑ https://metasleuth.io/report/d980a3f5a8870d74b6fd8facfbe5f08b (Accessed Jul 3, 2024)
  7. ↑ https://dexcheck.ai/app/wallet-analyzer/0x6435b50861c5895c82a0789c6f91b80561ec1390 (Accessed Jul 3, 2024)
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