Someone offers to show you a “conversion bug” on the MEXC exchange: buy TON, withdraw to Tonkeeper, send it back in a special way, and watch the balance grow by a few percent each loop. The numbers are cartoonish — tens of percent a day — and the helper is eager to coach every click.
There is no profitable glitch in that story. The trap is the return address. Instead of pasting the exchange’s own TON deposit details exactly as the exchange shows them, you are told to use a crafted string that looks technical. On networks with human-readable names, a wallet can resolve such a string to a completely different destination — one the coach controls. Early loops may even “work”: small top-ups arrive so you scale up. When the sum looks large enough, the coach stops refunding.
Real exchanges and wallets do not pay you for commuting coins in circles. If a stranger’s income depends on you following their withdraw format, stop before the first large send. Type deposit details only from the exchange account you opened yourself, never from a chat paste. And treat any “bug that prints money” as marketing for theft.
If money already moved, start at Get help. For anyone selling paid “recovery” afterward, see Fake recovery.
This article is for general information only. It is not legal or financial advice. Details change. If you have lost money, contact your bank or card issuer and use the routes on the help pages.