Wallet drained after approving what I thought was a simple token swap – any hope?
Feeling totally gutted. I was trying to swap some obscure altcoin for ETH on what looked like a pretty legitimate DEX, you know, one of those new ones that pop up all the time. Connected my MetaMask, and I remember approving what I thought was just the standard 'allow spending' transaction. But then, literally within seconds, my entire wallet, not just the token I was trying to swap, but all my ETH and other stuff, it just... vanished. Saw the transactions on Etherscan, all approved from my address. I've reported it to the platform but haven't heard anything back. This happened late last night, around 11 PM here in Sharjah. My wife is so mad. Is there any way to trace this or get it back? Like, how can a simple approval wipe out everything?
asked by Hassan Al Mansoori· 29d ago
