There are indeed a lot of chaotic phenomena in the crypto world, with all kinds of schemes and tricks. But the funniest thing is, those who try to scam others often end up being scammed themselves and ultimately become the victims.

Let’s start with the money launderers. Some criminals buy USDT with dirty money, and many people have had their bank cards frozen because they traded with them. But these money launderers aren’t really experts either. Some people figure out their tricks and pretend to be buyers, proactively reaching out to them. Once the launderer transfers the coins, the “buyer” disappears without paying a cent. At this point, the launderer is left dumbfounded—their money is illegal, so they can’t even call the police, and can only watch as their coins vanish.

There’s an even more outrageous incident involving a cross-chain platform. A hacker exploited PolyNetwork and got away with over $600 million in assets, even leaving a message to mock their security loopholes. But what happened? The entire industry’s exchanges immediately coordinated and froze all the addresses the hacker used to receive funds, even the stolen USDT was frozen. The hacker had the money in hand but couldn’t spend a single cent. With nowhere to go, he eventually had to return all the stolen funds in full.

Then there are those small exchanges that plan to run off with users’ money from the very start. They claim to have been hacked, but in reality, the team had already planned how to split the spoils. But infighting over the split got so bad that everyone felt shortchanged. One member, out of frustration, went straight to the police, resulting in the entire scam operation being busted and all the stolen funds recovered.

Lastly, let’s look at the young people selling their bank cards. They thought they could make quick money by selling their cards to money laundering gangs, thinking it was a sure thing. But after using the cards, the gangs just disappear, and the promised payment never comes. Not only do these people work for nothing, but they also face legal consequences for assisting in criminal activity.

Trying to take advantage? In the crypto world, there are never any winners when it comes to criminals preying on criminals. Once you cross the legal line, you’ll always end up suffering the consequences.