BHGbase pig-butchering / fake crypto investment scam
- Scam type: Pig butchering
- Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
- Reported: 2026-10-31
- Last updated: 2026-10-31
BHGbase (bhgbasein.com) is a pig-butchering style cryptocurrency scam operating between Dec 2023 and Jan 2024. Scammers impersonate successful crypto traders (alias: Tram Nguyen via WhatsApp/Facebook) and lure victims into a fake trading/investment platform. Victims deposit Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and stablecoins. Balances show fabricated high returns (50-200% daily) but withdrawals are permanently blocked with various pretexts. Primary wallet 0x17F8a4311E022AaaD40C7E79db2bC0d66d498481 is an EOA with 863 transactions on Ethereum mainnet, now zero balance (funds moved out). Secondary…
Other addresses in this report: 0x17f8a4311e022aaad40c7e79db2bc0d66d498481, 0x13ba33b52b034e06b9af597821b7cea132abeb6f
Websites in this report: bhgbasein.com