0x16cDA3E7463B8F05f12Eed0ec617183D8B2F4293 scam

A fake crypto project scam involving cryptocurrency was reported on 11 September 2026. KuCoin deposit address through which stolen funds entered the exchange. This is a follow-up to a previously reported cluster (same victim, same case). Victim is an elderly person in Croatia, defrauded via a fake UK-registered brokerage "FlexFlume Ltd" (flexflumeltd.net; related domain flexflume.com). Contacted daily by at least four Serbian/Montenegrin-speaking men from a rotating block of Croatian mobile numbers (+385 97 683 XXXX). Shown fabricated trading gains up to ~EUR 850,000 and a forged PDF, then asked to pay a further EUR 50,000 for a fake "trading licence" before withdrawal — an advance-fee demand that exposed the scam. Total loss approx. EUR 158,100 (July–August 2026). Fund flow (ETH portion, 22.4 ETH / EUR 50,000 paid in cash at a Croatian exchange counter): 0x16cDA3E7463B8F05f12Eed0ec617183D8B2F4293 → 0x4713C5a2D5Bb60bB7E1D9B9cA5535cbf161D910E → 0x9A644fb6F01A43db3496bBbce0505F2F7874e4f4 (consolidation wallet, spiked to ~155 ETH from multiple sources) → 0x04C9D0d6B3D3432722043b4fac336aB3e4fc9e17 → this KuCoin deposit address. Deposit occurred 11 Sep 2026, 05:53 UTC. TXID: 0xfd716157cf4e48a68d9d5e164a9a378c95db62ab33f2b5263c4ab978de0f1120. Amount 23.55 ETH (~USD 58,000). Note: this address is part of KuCoin infrastructure and carries very high transaction volume; not all activity is related to this case. It is reported because stolen victim funds were deposited here and it maps to a KuCoin account with KYC data: 0xbb2A25A0918290C501f793eD12425b3B0854295A Wallet addresses linked to this report: ethereum: 0x16cDA3E7463B8F05f12Eed0ec617183D8B2F4293, 0x4713C5a2D5Bb60bB7E1D9B9cA5535cbf161D910E, 0x9A644fb6F01A43db3496bBbce0505F2F7874e4f4, 0x04C9D0d6B3D3432722043b4fac336aB3e4fc9e17, 0x318dae80CFaAafEE5e98Db42bE4dd54E511270a2, 0xEF2dAF22805A5b5a6D9cb43432Bb56CB3060f090, 0xbb2A25A0918290C501f793eD12425b3B0854295A Do not send money or cryptocurrency to anyone connected to this report. If you have already paid, contact your bank or exchange and report the incident to your national fraud authority.