i feel like an idiot typing this. I was just checking my ledger wallet and saw an NFT recieved message for stakeether.org. I went to the website as i did just finish staking my ETH and saw the thing to enter 24 word pass phrase. i stupidly typed them but didn't hit enter and didn't hit any buttons and thought to myself in my sleepy state to check what the internet says first. i closed the site and confirmed it was a scammy.
i checked my ledger and 4.2 ether was gone. am i that much of an idiot that fell for this? did it just read my keystrokes?
is there any way to reverse this. fuck i'm so tired from life and this is just the cherry on top. i was planning my cash out soon.
edit: thank you for the lovely comments, sarcastic, mean, or otherwise. here is some clarification and answers to obvious questions.
1) I took a 2 year + break from crpyto news purchases, everything to give me some sanity. i came back because i saw increasing articles on mainstream news about an upcoming bullrun and thought it was time to pull my coins from my ledger to my coinbase account.
2) mistake 1 - i didn't take the time to read up on recent scams. the nft drop about staking was just pure coincidental bad timing. that dude got lucky and got my shit. be honest and ask yourselves if you are aware of the latest types of scams. they are an amorphous beast.
3) mistake 2 - being bone fucking tired and doing financial shit. I should have gone to bed but told myself to get this one thing done and not have to worry about it tomorrow. well that was the mistake as i wasn't thinking straight. just don't rush i guess is problem i haven't solved yet.
4) scams are not just technical. I'm smart and you are smart but we all do dumb things if we lack exposure. the scam itself isn't just a technical thing but more psychological. if you think you can't fall for it you are wrong. i was overconfident too.
5) a cold wallet isn't as secure as you think. this gave me a false sense of security and it shouldn't have. the only positive is...
6) i didn't have my eggs in one basket. seriously don't have a single pile in one place. shit happens and backups are SOP.
7) it is just money but it's the loss of plans that sucks more. I believe we all have plans for our funds and when anyone looses a chunk of money all at once there is that realization of how much time you lost and not really money.
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