Lost a load of MATIC after connecting to a fake Polygon bridge, is it completely gone?
Hey everyone, feeling pretty stupid right now. I was trying to bridge some MATIC from Ethereum mainnet to Polygon to save on gas fees for some DeFi stuff. Found a link on a forum that looked legit for a Polygon bridge. Connected my MetaMask, signed a transaction that I thought was just approving the bridge contract, but then my MATIC disappeared. Not just the amount I was trying to bridge, but everything in that wallet. Over 8k USD, all my savings gone. This was last night, around 10 PM here in Ottawa. I've reported it to the local police, but they looked at me like I was speaking Martian. Is there genuinely any hope for tracing this on-chain? I saw some stuff about Chainalysis, but it sounds like it costs a fortune. What can I even do? I'm stressing big time.
asked by Jacob Ouellet· 39d ago