# Fraud-account blown

**URL:** <https://community.deriv.com/t/fraud-account-blown/87768>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 8, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/fraud-account-blown/87768 "2025-01-08T18:43:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bottled-agonize-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@bottled-agonize-2](https://community.deriv.com/u/bottled-agonize-2)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/fraud-account-blown/87768/1 "2025-01-08T18:43:51Z")

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Hi All  
Please help me understand what could have happened to my account. Last night around 02:00AM in South Africa, my account was traded and it was blown out. I was asleep at that time! Please help me how do I trace what happened to my account. Has anyone ever experienced this?

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**Author:** ![Farahin\_derivadmin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.deriv.com/farahin_derivadmin/32/5512_2.png) [@Farahin\_derivadmin](https://community.deriv.com/u/Farahin_derivadmin)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/fraud-account-blown/87768/2 "2025-01-10T08:44:28Z")

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