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Crypto User Accidentally Transfers Entire Life Savings To Random Nigerian Prince Via Ethereum Because They Still Think It’S 2005 And The Internet Is Magic

AltcoinsBitcoinDeFi 2 Sam Rogers August 15, 2024

An illustration: A person with a puzzled expression holds an oversized check for $90K while standing next to a small pile of coins worth only $2K, surrounded by falling gwei symbols that are getting smaller as they hit the ground below. In the background, a large Ethereum logo is partially obscured by a cloud of gas fee money escaping from it in all directions. The person's hand holding the check has slipped and some cash is spilling out onto the floor. A faint image of an NFT can be seen on the wall behind them with a price tag that reads $1,000 but looks like it was meant to say something else.

Another brainless crypto user blows $90K on gas fees because they can’t even be bothered to learn how the platform works. I mean, it’s not like it’s rocket science or anything (oh wait, actually it is). You’d think that after all these years of “innovation” and “disruption,” people would at least have a basic understanding of how cryptocurrency transactions work.

But nope! Instead we get to enjoy the spectacle of yet another numbskull throwing their money away like confetti. And let’s not forget, this is just one more example of why crypto is rife with scammers and fraudsters – because it attracts people who are either too stupid or too lazy to do even basic research.

And what really gets my goat is when these “fat finger” transactions get blamed on the platform itself rather than the user’s own incompetence. Newsflash: if you can’t be bothered to learn how to use a computer, maybe crypto isn’t for you!

Source: cointelegraph

Crypto user fat fingers $90K fee for a $2K ETH transfer
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-user-fat-fingers-90k-fee-eth-transfer
An unknown crypto user appears to have accidentally spent $90,000 in gas fees in what should’ve been a simple transfer of $2,200 in Ether. The user spent 34.26 Ether (ETH) in gas fees (worth $89,200 at current prices) to transfer 0.87 ETH, worth just $2,262, according to Etherscan data cited in an Aug. 11 X post by pseudonymous user DeFiac. At the time of publication, gas fees on the Ethereum network […]

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Sam’s plunge into the crypto world turned into a brutal farce when he fell for an absurdly obvious scam promising to double his investment. After being fleeced by a slick email con, Sam is left fuming and broke. His writing drips with anger and dark humor as he exposes the outrageous scams and ludicrous promises of the crypto world. His motto: “I didn’t just fall for a scam—I was sucker-punched by an entire industry. If you think crypto is a goldmine, just wait until you see how deep it can dig your grave.”

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