In FC 24 a German Twitch streamer actually wanted to buy the most expensive players for the Team of the Season and test them for his viewers. He had saved up a thick coin account for Ultimate Team. However, after his holiday in Mallorca, nothing was left of his 45 million coins. The next act of what seems to be a unique streak of bad luck.
Who is it about? Chris Schneider is known in the FIFA scene under the name “Smexy” (here you can find his Twitch account). The content creator has been producing new videos weekly for years, where he examines the latest content in Ultimate Team for his viewers. This includes the latest Squad Building Challenges (SBCs) and players.
To provide good content for his fans, he needs a lot of coins because he forgoes the investment of real money. It fits well that Smexy is considered one of the best traders in FC 24 and regularly appears in the top list of players with the highest transfer income.
Recently, he saved up 45 million coins again for the Team of the Season (TOTS) to test as many players as possible for his community. But while he was on holiday in Mallorca to prepare for the upcoming TOTS period, his account fell victim to an internet crime that cost him all his coins. And this was not the first time.
“45 million coins gone”: Twitch streamer with a lot of bad luck
Where did Smexy’s money go? In one of his latest videos on YouTube, the streamer reports how he has fallen victim to hackers once again. His account was completely emptied by the foreign attackers. According to his own statements, he is now left without coins for the TOTS, which visibly affects him.
You can watch the first few minutes of the video again to find out what Smexy has to say about the hack attack:
This continues a sad series: As the streamer emphasizes, this is already the fourth year in a row that he has become a victim of hackers. Two things are particularly frustrating about this:
- He was hacked even though he had activated all necessary security precautions, such as two-factor authentication when logging in. In the video, he explains that one would even need his ID for a login attempt from foreign devices. The hackers once again managed to overcome this hurdle.
- The invested effort of several thousand hours of gameplay was rendered completely useless.
What’s next for Smexy? Like all other FC-24 players, the streamer had to contact EA customer support. Whether, when, and how he will recover his lost coins is still completely open. At the moment, he cannot even log into his hacked account.
Especially for his planned content, the latest bankruptcy poses a great challenge, as he needs many coins to test the hottest cards.
He can at least comfort his fans and himself a little. He is trying to compensate as much as possible through his second account, his Road-to-Glory.
One of the largest YouTubers in Germany also started a RTG a few months ago to relive the feeling of his beginnings.
How does such a hacker attack occur? The process in such a hacker attack is usually always the same. After the hackers log into the foreign account, they empty the coin account and additionally sell all tradable cards on the transfer market to gain even more in-game money.
How exactly the hackers transfer the coins to foreign accounts is not known to us. One possible scenario is that they use the stolen coins to buy excessively overpriced cards that they themselves have listed on the transfer market.
An overpriced purchase of cards is usually monitored by EA. However, the hackers seem to have found a loophole for several years. Much to the chagrin of the unlucky Smexy.
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