Mando @Crypto_Beskar - Twitter Profile

Last night I almost lost thousands to a scam and spent hours furious at @coinbase, but it turned out they were the only reason I still have my money. I thought I was on a site I’ve used a few times before. They were running a big sale, and at checkout there was a crypto payment option that knocked an extra 10% off—around $300 cheaper. I’m frugal, so I opened @coinbase, swapped to LTC, and sent it to the wallet address shown on the checkout page. I instantly got an email saying the transaction failed. I tried again, and suddenly my account was restricted. I contacted support right away and went back and forth with them for nearly 30 minutes. I was already so frustrated, and then the agent tells me it could take up to 24 hours. About thirty minutes later I got hit with this weird quiz asking if I’m sending money to someone I met online and a bunch of other strange questions. It made me even more frustrated—I felt patronized, insulted, and angry. Next morning my account was still locked and now they were talking about a 30-day hold. On top of that my LTC I’d just bought had already dropped a couple hundred. I lost it—demanded a supervisor. In my rage I even called the real retailer and left a voicemail complaining that their payment address had frozen my @coinbase account. A few hours later I got a call from a guy named Andrew from the actual company. The site I’d been on was a pixel-perfect clone. The only difference with the domains is the fake one had the word “shop" at the end. On mobile the URL was truncated, so I never caught it. He said I’m one of many who’ve fallen for it lately. I just sat there stunned. I’m normally paranoid about scam sites. I immediately called @coinbase back, gave them my case number, and the first words out of my mouth when the agent answered were “I owe you an apology.” What I’d interpreted as them blocking me out of incompetence or overreach was actually them saving me from myself. If the first transaction would have gone through, the money would be gone forever. So thank you, @coinbase. You protected me even while I was yelling at you for it🙏🙏🙏 @CoinbaseSupport @brian_armstrong #Crypto #CryptoScams

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