My wallet has been drained
Tokens left your wallet in transactions you did not knowingly authorise.
What is actually happening
Almost always a malicious approval you signed, a fake site, or a compromised seed phrase. Move first and work out which afterwards.
How to fix it
- Assume the seed phrase is compromised. Create a brand new wallet, ideally on a different device.
- Move anything of value to the new wallet immediately, starting with the most valuable. You may be racing an automated script.
- Do not send gas to the old wallet expecting to rescue things slowly. Sweeper bots take it within seconds.
- For a hardware wallet where the seed was never typed anywhere, revoke the malicious approval instead and keep the wallet.
- Check the drainer transaction on the explorer to learn which approval or site did it, so you do not repeat it.
Nobody can reverse a blockchain transaction. Any "recovery service" that contacts you afterwards, especially in your replies or DMs, is a second scam aimed at the same victim.
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