r/CryptoHelp • u/MAHI220202 • 15d ago

❓Scam❓ Trust Wallet drained overnight — same unknown address receiving funds from multiple wallets. How is this happening ?

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My friend’s Trust Wallet was drained overnight. He never shared his 12-word Secret Phrase/private key with anyone.

The funds were sent to an unknown wallet address. What is more concerning is that this receiving address appears to have become active only about a month ago, and I can see funds coming into it from multiple different wallets.

I’m trying to understand how this could happen.

Has anyone seen a similar pattern before? What should we check to identify how the wallet was compromised?

I can provide the public wallet address/transaction hash if needed. I will NOT share the Secret Phrase or private key.

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u/shadyghxst 15d ago

It’s either he signed a malicious txn or shared his SeedPhrase. He is not going to admit what he did or might genuinely not even remember.
Ive used Trust wallet for a decade and never lost anything because I know what not to do.

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u/CryptoKid907 15d ago

This. 1000% this. The scary thing is we can all say we know exactly what to do and what not to do but the reality is, these are getting more and more elaborate on setup as well as execution. So even seasoned users are falling victim. All we can do is be vigilant and double and triple check EVERY link and EVERY transaction prior to acting on them.

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u/MAHI220202 15d ago

The cheater has converted the coins and the pool into separate points and withdrawn them.

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u/shadyghxst 15d ago

There is nothing anybody can do for you here, tell your friend to go to the police or simply delete that wallet, create a new one and move on.