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2024

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<p class="is-style-lead">A crypto scammer named Ronald Spektor deactivated his social media pages after ZachXBT alleged he aided a $6.5 million theft from a Coinbase user.</p> 
<p>According to the web3 sleuth, Ronaldd, as he’s known online, participated in a social engineering attack sometime in October. The victim narrated being <a href="https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1859233162116690147" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">contacted</a> by a supposed Coinbase support agent and losing their life savings after clicking a malicious link.</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">6/ When reviewing the TON address which owns Ronald’s Telegram number you can see it was funded from multiple exchanges.<br><br>You can perform a timing analysis to trace through the exchange and find the funding address.<br><br>That address is tied to multiple other Coinbase withdrawals… <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/g8UvG3q7HR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/g8UvG3q7HR</a></p>— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href="https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1859233162116690147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">November 20, 2024</a>
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<p>Threat actors shuffled the ill-gotten gains to trading venue eXch on Bitcoin (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/bitcoin/" target="_blank">BTC</a>) and Ethereum (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/" target="_blank">ETH</a>). Following the attempt to cover track, Ronald allegedly flexed his Ledger Live wallet balance showing $3.1 on Discord days later and doxxed an address tied to the theft.</p> 
<p>A now-deleted Telegram channel exposed one of Spektor’s on-chain wallets connected to several Coinbase withdrawals. ZachXBT said the data traced back to multiple potential impersonation scam victims.</p> 
<p>Also, Spektor likely was one of many bad actors involved in the phishing campaigns. His wallet balance suggests other individuals got a cut, and leaked data placed his whereabouts in New York per info shared on Nov. 20.</p> 
<p>Spektor swiftly deleted his Telegram account roughly two hours after the blockchain investigator published his findings. The victim also deactivated their X page, though it was unclear why.</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Update: Ronald just deleted his Telegram account. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://t.co/YrDvh1ad9A" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/YrDvh1ad9A</a></p>— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href="https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1859247774660719021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">November 20, 2024</a>
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<p>Rampant social engineering attacks reminded industry participants of growing security threats despite blockchain advancement and adoption.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>Impersonating Coinbase support has also become a trademark for scammers in recent months. In August, ZachXBT <a href="https://crypto.news/hacked-bitcoin-whale-may-have-lost-238m-zachxbt/" target="_blank">revealed</a> a single Genesis creditor lost $238 million in Bitcoin to criminals mimicking exchange employees. Miami police <a href="https://crypto.news/miami-police-arrest-crypto-scammers-behind-243m-theft/" target="_blank">arrested</a> suspects named by ZachXBT and other crypto analysts shortly after.</p> 
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New Yorker involved in $6.5m crypto theft: ZachXBT

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