——In-depth revelation of the GBC platform running away incident, your wallet may be getting emptied!

🔥 Event news: 629 million funds evaporated overnight!

In March 2025, GBC (Global Blockchain Capital), claiming to be a 'global blockchain financial innovation platform', suddenly closed its website, disbanded its community, and the founding team went missing. Preliminary statistics show that over 23,000 investors are involved, with 629 million yuan unable to be withdrawn. Police in multiple regions have filed cases for investigation.

⚠️ Key scam characteristics:

  • High-interest temptation: Promising '30% monthly return', using 'deposit interest + referral commission' model;

  • False endorsement: Falsifying 'strategic cooperation' images with Binance, Goldman Sachs, and other institutions;

  • Fund pool operation: Early investors' returns come from later deposits, withdrawal delays have appeared since early March.

(Blood and tears lesson) A Shandong investor shared a screenshot: invested 870,000, withdrew only 24,000, and the remaining funds all went to zero!

🔍 In-depth analysis: 5 classic tricks of the GBC scam

Trick 1: Ponzi scheme disguised in 'DeFi clothing'

GBC claims its profits come from 'smart contract arbitrage', but on-chain data shows that 90% of funds were transferred to the founder's personal wallet (address: 0x3f5…d42), with no interaction with any DeFi protocol.

Trick 2: Falsifying authority endorsements

  • Using CCTV finance report images to splice false news;

  • Falsifying 'Hong Kong Monetary Authority license', actual query number does not exist.

Trick 3: Community brainwashing + CPU

  • WeChat group set up 'battle team PK', urging members to mortgage property for additional investment;

  • Expel all doubters, only keep 'profit screenshot' promoters.

Trick 4: Short-term cashing temptation

During the first 3 months, allow small withdrawals (e.g., under 1,000 yuan), inducing users to increase investment, then immediately run away after the fund pool expands.

Trick 5: Shanzhai exchanges manipulating coin prices

GBC built its own exchange, and its platform token GBC Token attracted buyers through wash trading, ultimately plummeting 99.9%.

🚨 High-risk warning: These projects may be the next GBC!

Based on the characteristics of GBC cases, the following 5 types of projects are highly likely to explode. Please check immediately:

  1. Super high return financial products (e.g., '1% daily interest' 'guaranteed profits');

  2. Non-open source 'innovative public chain' (team refuses to disclose GitHub);

  3. Forced referral mechanism (dynamic returns over 3 levels, suspected pyramid scheme);

  4. Abnormal exchange ranking (only their own platform can trade, liquidity is faked);

  5. Vague white paper (full of 'disruption' and 'revolution', with no technical details).

📌 Scam prevention tool recommendations:

  • Check project compliance: [CoinGecko][Non-small number] risk rating;

  • Verify contract security: [CertiK][SlowMist] audit report query.

💡 Survivor's guide: How to avoid becoming the next batch of victims?

Principle 1: Don't chase high interest, don't touch fund pools

Remember: Projects with annualized returns over 8% are 90% scams (Buffett's long-term return is only 20%).

Principle 2: Verify all 'authority endorsements'

  • Has the cooperating institution's official website made an announcement?

  • Can the license number be queried on the regulatory agency's official website?

Principle 3: Cold storage + Diversify risks

  • Large assets stored in cold wallets (e.g., Ledger, Trezor);

  • Exchanges only retain short-term trading funds.

Principle 4: Learn on-chain investigation

  • Use [Arkham][Nansen] to track project wallets, beware of unusual transfers;

  • Follow [on-chain analysts] (like @Lookonchain) for warning tweets.

  1. Immediately collect evidence: Save recharge records, chat screenshots, contract addresses;

  2. Collective reporting: Submit materials to the local economic investigation team (must have at least 30 people to file a case);

  3. On-chain recovery: Try to freeze the involved address through institutions like [TRM Labs].

(Harsh reality) The recovery rate for similar cases is less than 5%. Prevention is far more important than remedy!

🗳️ Viewpoint debate: Why do scammers keep succeeding?

  • Reflective faction: Lack of investor education, greed mentality exploited;

  • Regulatory faction: Countries need to establish a shared blacklist mechanism for crypto scams;

  • Technical faction: All projects should be required to integrate KYC/AML on-chain verification.

📢 Voting interaction: Have you or someone around you ever encountered a fund pool scam?
👉 Yes, suffered heavy losses 🆚 Almost fell for it, stopped losses in time

📌 Conclusion: Protect your assets in the jungle of savagery

The crypto world is full of opportunities, but the dark forest principle always exists. Please remember:

  1. There is no free lunch; behind super high returns is definitely super high risk;

  2. DYOR (Do Your Own Research) is the first rule of survival;

  3. Share this article; it might save a friend who is about to be scammed!

(Disclaimer: This article does not constitute investment advice; illegal fundraising activities are prohibited in China.)

📚 Data source

  • Police report on the GBC running away incident: [Safe Beijing Weibo]

  • Fund pool identification guide: [China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission official website]

  • On-chain data tracking: [Arkham Intelligence]

💬 Comment area interaction rewards: What outrageous scams have you seen? Come share your experiences in the comments and help more people avoid pitfalls!