A single scammer has reportedly managed to steal around $385,000 worth of Ether (ETH) in less than 24 hours, amid a scourge of SIM-swap hacks seemingly targeting friend.tech users.
On Oct. 5, blockchain sleuth ZachXBT reported the same scammer had pilfered 234 ETH over the past 24 hours by SIM-swapping four different friend.tech users.
The on-chain movement of crypto assets all traced back to the same hacker who drained the accounts of the four victims.
The same scammer profited $385K (234 ETH) in the past 24 hours off SIM swapping four different FriendTech users. pic.twitter.com/03BoBEqGax
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) October 4, 2023
One of the reported victims of the most recent chain of SIM-swap attacks posted to X (Twitter) following the attack:
“Got sim swapped. Apparently, dude was able to do it from an Apple store and switched it to an iPhone SE. Don’t buy my keys, that wallet is compromised.”
X user “KingMgugga” reported an attacking targeting them happening in real time, posting to X that they were “getting fucking sim swapped watching it happen” and asked for help. Meanwhile another X user “holycryptoroni” confirmed they were similarly attacked, lamenting “I got swapped sorry.”
Earlier this week, a further four Friend.tech users claimed to have their accounts drained as a result of a SIM-swap or phishing attack, totaling to around 109 ETH stolen.
I was just SIM swapped and robbed of 22 ETH via @friendtech
The 34 of my own keys that I owned were sold, rugging anyone who held my key, all the other keys I owned were sold, and the rest of the ETH in my wallet was drained.
If your Twitter account is doxxed to your real… pic.twitter.com/5wA86mjYEG
— daren (friend, friend) (@darengb) October 3, 2023
Friend.tech allows users to purchase “keys” of individuals which grants access to private chat rooms with them.
The SIM-swap scam occurs when scammers gain access to the victim’s phone number and use it to acquire authentication which enables them to…
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