Hello!
I recently made a post regarding my personal account being compromised.
I have investigated what all took place! It is clear some shenanigans took place and I cant help but see how the escrower himself was not "in" on it.
1) I had a paid escrow deal for some mining hardware with user Burky155.
2) OgNasty was our escrower and he confirmed that he had received the funds (about 0.46~ btc)
3) I provided a shipping address, and my BTC refund address.
4) Burky replied after Og confirmed the payment... and said okay the shipment will be sent in 1-3 days, and he would provide tracking information.
5) This was 3 days ago... No tracking number was provided yet, but I logged in today expecting to likely see that tracking number... since we were at the 3rd day.... But this is when it said my password was incorrect.
6) I went to my email, found the password reset emails that came, and email address changed as well... at 8:36AM mountain time.
7) At 9:16 mountain time, the funds were sent from Og's wallet, to Burky155's wallet.
My questions are this:
1) How the hell did my account get hacked into... It is clear that it was coordinated with someone in the "know" and the guy went into my account, replied and said "All is good, release the funds"... when all was not good... and allowed the funds to be sent TO the original address Burky155 provided... which means that Burky himself had to of been the guy inside my account... or OG/Burky were working together??
2) Why the hell would OG release the funds??? Even if Scott2k messaged and said to release the funds.... without even getting a tracking # to verify it all? It does not make sense to me how a seasoned escrower would not sense something is amiss and wait for a tiny bit more confirmation before simply RELEASING $11,500 in bitcoin.
3) Any path to recovery? Is my evidence clear that Og was likely involved in this, or not? Because I don't understand what logical person would just release funds so quickly without so much as a tracking # even.
Ugh... I am going to quit crypto forever. This wasn't even MY money, it was for a friend who was just wanting to get into crypto by buying his first miner.