1/ The UK scammer @ape_31@60711 has stolen more than $650K from 250+ X users in the past year by posting fake PNL screenshots from a Bybit demo account and running a news account to funnel unsuspecting victims into paid services before blocking them upon receiving payment.
2/ Incident Summary
>Ape 31 posts demo account screenshots, news, and replies to large accounts to bait engagement
>Occasionally mentions copy trading to lure people into paying $250-500
>Social engineer people into sending more funds for him to “manage”
>Block victim on Telegram and X
3/ Example 1: One victim sent $500to Ape 31 in order to copy trade.
After payment he then asked for $20K to trade for them claiming he has “0 liq price”.
Telegram user ID: 6260186821
Current TG Username: APE131
Old TG usernames: APE313, APE3331, APE3313, FD_331, FD3_D
Victim posts on X: See screenshots
1/ The UK scammer @ape_31 @60711 has stolen more than $650K from 250+ X users in the past year by posting fake PNL screenshots from a Bybit demo account and running a news account to funnel unsuspecting victims into paid services before blocking them upon receiving payment.2/ Incident Summary
>Ape 31 posts demo account screenshots, news, and replies to large accounts to bait engagement
>Occasionally mentions copy trading to lure people into paying $250-500
>Social engineer people into sending more funds for him to “manage”
>Block victim on Telegram and X3/ Example 1: One victim sent $500to Ape 31 in order to copy trade.
After payment he then asked for $20K to trade for them claiming he has “0 liq price”.
Theft address
HTUWbdMsbzcVa6KwJ6PTiSqTpLmsQUV6dyuNsebpakVJ
TUChYZLgd3LW6qUFTGJoGkQC1Dq9EN96R64/ Ape 31 gives the victim an API key to “watch” the trades (which are fake)
Ape 31 shows the victim fake PNL screenshots to make them think they are up a lot
He then blackmails them into sending another $20K by claiming he cannot claim the profits until more is sent.
Eventually the victim is blocked after sending.5/ Example 2: Another victim who sent Ape 31 $3K shared his conversation with me.
It was a similar story where he claimed it was risk free and he could take his balance from 10k-100k in a few days.
After sending funds the victim was ghosted.
Theft address
bc1qdy97jh47tqy2ttm830sgw5tczg5r0km76xdf0g6/ Example 3:
Another victim reached out who was scammed for $500 but shared a TradingView account Ape 31 logged into with a UK Telecom IP address.
81.78.179.1077/ I graphed out 16 exchange deposit addresses from wallets victims shared with me which have received $650K in the past year from 250+ people.
I expect there is more stolen funds as every few payments Ape 31 rotates to a new deposit address.8/ Ape 31 attempted to scam another person with a fake OTC deal but convinced him into joining a call.
The video call was recorded with audio shared below.
Another victim confirmed this was his voice.9/ It is sad to watch this scammer take advantage of so many desperate people and newbies looking for a win.
Hopefully this info will assist law enforcement in further identifying the scammer.
If others wish to continue the investigation I will share some of the date I helped compile below:
Centralized exchange usage
Kucoin
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TLtQ7rmL4U6VCYKyg3gDJ8U6pMDnAPt35N
Kraken
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TBM3jGYVXpcP3U3Vj3U7ovubxoUc1D8dm5
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TUChYZLgd3LW6qUFTGJoGkQC1Dq9EN96R6
0x9c5429bb926e2f5e629c6153ec444c39fcfce706
Bitget
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TDDQM4EiBAC2BAZSkj8zomNztbgTyUDUKG
OKX
TNCFEaHDKk4FAwqpb48xFYGe2tHe8JfrDK
MEXC
TRCBqJwjw7tgE9hK6DK4PsYhVoY7aWwkyN
Poloniex
TR2bxBfY93eXS9axp2gMXULdFhDVmDEaGH
Unknown service
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Location: UK
IP Address: 81.78.179.107 (Ealing, GB Vodafone Limited)
Number: +44-7466-727122
Fake Name: Omar
Fake Location: Singapore
X User ID: 1491882900681285640
Past X usernames: apethirtyone, apenumeral, ape31111
Telegram channel: CHLMPS
Telegram channel ID: 1001974490203
Telegram user ID: 6260186821
Current TG Username: APE131
Old TG usernames: APE313, APE3331, APE3313, FD_331, FD3_D
Victim posts on X: See screenshots
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1/ The UK scammer @ape_31 @60711 has stolen more than $650K from 250+ X users in the past year by posting fake PNL screenshots from a Bybit demo account and running a news account to funnel unsuspecting victims into paid services before blocking them upon receiving payment. ... 2/ Incident Summary
>Ape 31 posts demo account screenshots, news, and replies to large accounts to bait engagement
>Occasionally mentions copy trading to lure people into paying $250-500
>Social engineer people into sending more funds for him to “manage”
>Block victim on Telegram and X ... 3/ Example 1: One victim sent $500to Ape 31 in order to copy trade.
After payment he then asked for $20K to trade for them claiming he has “0 liq price”.
Theft address
HTUWbdMsbzcVa6KwJ6PTiSqTpLmsQUV6dyuNsebpakVJ
TUChYZLgd3LW6qUFTGJoGkQC1Dq9EN96R6 ... 4/ Ape 31 gives the victim an API key to “watch” the trades (which are fake)
Ape 31 shows the victim fake PNL screenshots to make them think they are up a lot
He then blackmails them into sending another $20K by claiming he cannot claim the profits until more is sent.
Eventually the victim is blocked after sending. ... 5/ Example 2: Another victim who sent Ape 31 $3K shared his conversation with me.
It was a similar story where he claimed it was risk free and he could take his balance from 10k-100k in a few days.
After sending funds the victim was ghosted.
Theft address
bc1qdy97jh47tqy2ttm830sgw5tczg5r0km76xdf0g ... 6/ Example 3:
Another victim reached out who was scammed for $500 but shared a TradingView account Ape 31 logged into with a UK Telecom IP address.
81.78.179.107 ... 7/ I graphed out 16 exchange deposit addresses from wallets victims shared with me which have received $650K in the past year from 250+ people.
I expect there is more stolen funds as every few payments Ape 31 rotates to a new deposit address. ... 8/ Ape 31 attempted to scam another person with a fake OTC deal but convinced him into joining a call.
The video call was recorded with audio shared below.
Another victim confirmed this was his voice. ... 9/ It is sad to watch this scammer take advantage of so many desperate people and newbies looking for a win.
Hopefully this info will assist law enforcement in further identifying the scammer.
If others wish to continue the investigation I will share some of the date I helped compile below:
Centralized exchange usage
Kucoin
TBTy7d7QLvrZxaGSZTYJGs9UPXVeege278
TWrbqPJPucaFEU8xYT9JEttRa2LXCjkMLn
TLtQ7rmL4U6VCYKyg3gDJ8U6pMDnAPt35N
Kraken
TExnV3GBfAh5rXHSWeBBsK9yKZxZj8kVRV
TJ8bgcUPUwaWxrcoJxYSXdwcswTnakNdjy
HTUWbdMsbzcVa6KwJ6PTiSqTpLmsQUV6dyuNsebpakVJ
TH6DrxwerzB4RHCLtY6U6RQJiNBwL6iaN5
TBM3jGYVXpcP3U3Vj3U7ovubxoUc1D8dm5
TBrAnDtLXPjFdoDqahznFNzFw7Lb2FMAaP
TUChYZLgd3LW6qUFTGJoGkQC1Dq9EN96R6
0x9c5429bb926e2f5e629c6153ec444c39fcfce706
Bitget
TTFpnBmGvGqQg3oJ58r3xFiWWwEEff2fHf
TDDQM4EiBAC2BAZSkj8zomNztbgTyUDUKG
OKX
TNCFEaHDKk4FAwqpb48xFYGe2tHe8JfrDK
MEXC
TRCBqJwjw7tgE9hK6DK4PsYhVoY7aWwkyN
Poloniex
TR2bxBfY93eXS9axp2gMXULdFhDVmDEaGH
Unknown service
bc1qut5975su28qa2dmtv87qu39cs2elz3qqumm5du
Location: UK
IP Address: 81.78.179.107 (Ealing, GB Vodafone Limited)
Number: +44-7466-727122
Fake Name: Omar
Fake Location: Singapore
X User ID: 1491882900681285640
Past X usernames: apethirtyone, apenumeral, ape31111
Telegram channel: CHLMPS
Telegram channel ID: 1001974490203
Telegram user ID: 6260186821
Current TG Username: APE131
Old TG usernames: APE313, APE3331, APE3313, FD_331, FD3_D
Victim posts on X: See screenshots
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