Donor Tricked Out of $250,000 in Crypto by Fake Trump Inauguration Email Scam

A crypto donor who thought they were supporting Donald Trump’s January inauguration ended up losing over $250,000 to a well-disguised phishing scam. The fraud was pulled off using a fake email that looked nearly identical to a real address from the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. The fake Trump inauguration message looked nearly identical to real fundraising.. The post Donor Tricked Out of $250,000 in Crypto by Fake Trump Inauguration Email Scam appeared first on 99Bitcoins.

Jul 5, 2025 - 18:00
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Donor Tricked Out of $250,000 in Crypto by Fake Trump Inauguration Email Scam

A crypto donor who thought they were supporting Donald Trump’s January inauguration ended up losing over $250,000 to a well-disguised phishing scam. The fraud was pulled off using a fake email that looked nearly identical to a real address from the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. The fake Trump inauguration message looked nearly identical to real fundraising emails, with only a small typo in the domain name. With just a single character altered, the message passed as legitimate, leading the donor to send $250,300 in USDT.ETH directly to the scammer.  

How the Scam Worked

The attack was subtle and precise. Scammers swapped one lowercase letter in the domain name, replacing an “i” with a lowercase “L.” This small change fooled the victim into thinking the message had come from Steve Witkoff, a real co-chair of the committee. 

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