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Visitors: please be careful following links to sort polygon issues with live chat. At present there is no live chat. These are scammers who will attempt to merge your wallet with theirs and take your funds.
They look like the image below.

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MODS: I have seen multiple scam posts and they have been on the forum for several weeks. Can you provide a report function? And just delete posts like these?

Stay safe

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Friends I am collecting evidence of this broad scam to provide to a investigation firm (CipherBlade https://cipherblade.com/), but need evidence of at least $100k loss. Here is a cross post from another poster; please reach out to me by DM if you want to join this class action against both the scammer and the domain owner(s) and domain host.

I was scammed by the same site - bad move; you were lured into a “sweeper” scam which gives the scammer access to your wallet. Never use that wallet again!! I lost more than 5000 MATIC in the process. I have asked Polygon to request that scam site be taken down, and also reached out directly to the domain host. Recommend you document your loss with local and federal law enforcement, and also file a grievance with the domain host, “Namecheap.” Their complaint site is here, and all who have lost to this scam should file a complaint https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9196/5/how-and-where-can-i-file-abuse-complaints/

here is the language I used in my complaint; update the dates and numbers to match your situation and pass it on!!
NOTE: THIS REQUEST IS REGARDS TO CASE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA (2021-#######), U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REPORTFRAUD.FTC.GOV (CASE ########) AND FBI INTERNET CRIME COMPLAINT CENTER (IC3) FILED M/DD/YYYY.

  1. THIS SITE IS A MALICIOUS CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAM FRONT, PRETEXTING AS HELPDESK FOR THE CRYPTOCURRENCY FIRM “POLYGON.” THE LEGITIMATE SITE IS HTTPS://WALLET.POLYGON.TECHNOLOGY/ AND THE CORRECT HELPDESK IS HTTPS://SUPPORT.POLYGON.TECHNOLOGY/SUPPORT/HOME.
  2. THIS INCIDENT IS RELATED TO LOSS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY TO AN UN-NAMED SCAM ARTIST OPERATING THE WEBSITE NAMED AS THE ABUSIVE URL.
  3. ON MM/DD/2021, A USER MISTAKENLY USED THIS SCAM WEBSITE POSING AS A HELP DESK FOR A HIGH-PROFILE, MAINSTREAM CRYPTOCURRENCY COMPANY, “POLYGON.” POLYGON IS SIMILAR TO BITCOIN, IN THAT IT IS A LARGE, INTERNATIONAL CRYPTOCURRENCY FIRM WITH $8.3B MARKET CAP.
  4. USING A PRETEXTING/ELICITATION METHOD ON DD/MM/YYYY, THE SCAM ARTIST GAINED ACCESS TO A CRYPTO “WALLET,” (METAMASK) AND STOLE $#### IN “MATIC” CURRENCY ON MM/DD BY LOGGING INTO THE WALLET AND MOVING THE MONEY TO THEIR OWN. THIS INFORMATION IS FULLY DOCUMENTED ON THE BLOCKCHAIN, AND THE USER CAN PROVIDE VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE.
  5. THE USER HAS FILED WITH THE FBI INTERNET CRIME COMPLAINT CENTER, U.S. FTC AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WILL BE RETAINING COUNSEL AND CRYPTOCURRENCY FORENSICS SERVICES TO PURSUE THE REAL PERSON BEHIND THIS THEFT, FROM THE BLOCKCHAIN INTO THE BANKING SYSTEM.
  6. TO FULLY RESOLVE THIS ISSUE YOU ARE HEREBY ON NOTICE THAT THE ABUSIVE DOMAIN, HOSTED BY “NAMECHEAP” MAY CREATE LEGAL LIABILITY FOR YOUR FIRM AND ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO REMOVE THIS DOMAIN AND SITE(S) FROM PUBLIC ACCESS. ALL RECORDS, ESPECIALLY RECORDS OF THE TRUE OWNER(S) MUST BE RETAINED TO ENABLE DUE PROCESS UNDER [COUNTRY/STATE] LAW AND ANY OTHER STATE AND LOCAL LAWS.
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