Hi all,
I am sure many of you have heard of coinbase right? Well you best listen up, because you could lose everything. Why do I say this, because I just did. Earlier today someone outside of the united states gained access to my coinbase account and gmail address, most likely by someone sim swapping my cell phone, here is an article about it, wish I had known this much earlier http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/11896024/How-to-protect-yourself-from-SIM-swap-scams.html. Within 20 or so minutes they had not only emptied out my account with almost all my assets (I had planned to move my BTC to cold storage tomorrow, really wishing I had done it yesterday) but also had triggered Coinbases violation bots by buying 4 BTC using my bank address, though the buy request got denied and they decided to cover their tracks by closing my account. In a way it is horrifically brilliant. How did I figure all this out from a single email from coinbase saying that my account had been closed? Well in my trash folder whoever got into my email had forgotten to delete the email from coinbase saying my bank had cancelled the payment. The email with Googles warning about an unverified login, and all other coinbase emails must have been deleted already. To add insult to injury since the Coinbase account is closed I cannot and probably will never know the addresses my 7 ethereum and .52 BTC were sent to. The message from Coinbases customer service is essentially "Too bad". I hope that this isn't the end of my crypto journey, but the idea that I have lost not only 6 months of meticulous and successful trading, but also most of my lifes savings, is hard to swallow, I honestly keep pinching myself hoping to wake up from this nightmare. You never think it will happen to you... but it can... and it did happen to me.. While 1.2 BTC may not seem like alot for some people, I have essentially lost it all. If you have a coinbase account, I suggest being very vigilant and adding all the security you can, even though it didnt really do me any good. Maybe even move your stored BTC to a cold wallet... NEVER TRUST that coinbase will help you out.
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If you would like to help me out of this dark hole, here are my new wallets, anything you can give is appreciated. But again the message is far more important, I cannot sit by and let others get hurt the same way I did.
17kxfiXPJRGtw478FrNo4Nr9KwQXacUX8U (BTC)
0xcD02a7968D80BC10c5a95ed535B468be776FB473 (ETH)