Ekta, a tech enthusiast, grabbed a coffee at a trendy Connaught Place (CP) café, scrolling through investment chats. A smooth-talking "trader" messaged: "Instant 20% returns on USDT arbitrage—scan this QR." Eager for quick gains, she transferred 5 USDT as "verification." Her wallet drained: 500 USDT vanished into a fake Tether pool.
Heart pounding amid CP's hustle, Ekta searched online and contacted the ODFC Digital Helpdesk. With Chainalysis Reactor, the ODFC experts traced the scam wallet across blockchains, linking it to 150+ victims in a ₹2 crore fake USDT racket. Memory forensics via Rekall exposed a clipboard hijacker swapping her addresses. Autopsy carved out deleted Telegram logs—classic "pig butchering" ploy targeting digital investors. The ODFC remote team extracted transaction hashes, proving non-delivery of the promised USDT. Within 72 hours, 420 USDT was recovered; the scammer's fiat gateway frozen. Ekta's portfolio secured with multi-sig wallets.
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