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How I Almost Lost Thousands in Crypto at 3:04 am

The scammers are getting smarter. Learn about my experience to avoid falling prey.

Scott Debevic
8 min readMay 12, 2023
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It was 3:04 am, my daughter came into my bedroom complaining that her throat was itching. “Did you take your allergy medicine yesterday?” my wife asked. “No. I forgot,” my miserable child responded. “Go take some Benadryl,” my wife told her. “I don’t know where it is,” my little angel responded. That’s when my super-daddy instincts kicked in.

I sprung out of bed to help search for allergy medicine and be the household hero restoring sleep to everybody. But, of course, the medicine wasn’t in the first place I looked. And it wasn’t in the second or the third, either. So finally, after cursing at the gods, I found the medicine in the fourth spot, gave it to my daughter, and walked her back to bed.

Now, I was awake. And, as a fan of inflicting mental pain and anguish on myself, I lit up my phone—bad idea. First, I checked my cryptos and wasn’t surprised everything was still down. Then, I headed over to Discord to see if I got a response to a message I had written the previous night.

Why I was seeking help on Discord

I had a newer project I am providing liquidity on. Last night, my LPs weren’t showing up on…

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Scott Debevic
Scott Debevic

Written by Scott Debevic

My goal is growing wealth and earning passive income. Mainly focused on Bitcoin and crypto. Feel free to contact me at: scottdebevic@gmail.com

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