Eric Savix, entrepreneur and host of the “Protocol Podcast” lost his entire bitcoin savings of 12 bitcoins (worth around $113,000) in a phishing attack as a result of downloading a malicious copy of the KeepKey hardware wallet.

Communication Eric has called many experts and the crypto community for help, but it seems that Bitcoin has been stolen from him for good.

Eric stated:

I had all my bitcoins stolen from me in a hardware wallet phishing scam.

Has anyone succeeded in recovering the stolen bitcoin? Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

All my bitcoins were stolen from me in a hardware wallet phishing scam.

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Has anyone succeeded in recovering the stolen bitcoin?

Any help or guidance would be appreciated. 😔

– ericsavis (@ericsaviks1) June 12, 2020

Jameson Loeb, Director of Information Technology at Casa, a security software developer, responded:

Sorry for your loss, never enter your recovery phrase into your computer.

As for how to steal bitcoin from Eric, who has been keeping and growing his bitcoin since 2013, by targeting him when he decided to download his wallet application on the Google Chrome browser, and as soon as he entered the recovery phrase for his coins, his possessions were quickly stolen.

For some followers to interact with “Eric”, who asked for help to recover the stolen bitcoin from him, as hung A Twitter user with the alias “OrangeDog” says:

Can you post your bitcoin address, I will donate some bitcoins to get your balance from zero.

Later he told Eric that he realized the wallet was fake due to a typo, and he noted:

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Look at this screenshot, I just noticed now.

But the scammers wrote the wrong phrase.

Look at this screenshot, I just noticed now. But scammers spelled the phrase wrong pic.twitter.com/d191Zf6193

– ericsavis (@ericsaviks1) June 12, 2020

The trading platform ShapeShift, which operates the KeepKey wallet, warned last week of fake KeepKey apps in the Google Chrome store, telling at the time:

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We will never ask you for your 12-word refund, if anyone does that it is a scam.

We warn of phishing attempts, such as fake wallet apps, which can result in users losing their cryptocurrency.

Google has always had a problem with fake apps and extensions, especially those targeting cryptocurrencies.

In April, Google removed 49 fake cryptocurrency wallet additions that mimic popular wallets such as Ledger, MyEtherWallet, and Trezor.

In conclusion, you should be careful and then beware of downloading unofficial applications or add-ons, which means threatening the safety of your digital currencies.

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