The user sent test $50 USDT to their wallet, after which the scammer conducted address poisoning — created an address with the same first and last characters.
The victim copied the address from the transaction history, only checking the beginning and end, and sent the remaining $49,999,950 USDT directly to the scammer.
Lesson: never copy addresses from history, always verify the entire address or use an address book. $BTC $ETH $SOL
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Lost $50 million due to address copying
The user sent test $50 USDT to their wallet, after which the scammer conducted address poisoning — created an address with the same first and last characters.
The victim copied the address from the transaction history, only checking the beginning and end, and sent the remaining $49,999,950 USDT directly to the scammer.
Lesson: never copy addresses from history, always verify the entire address or use an address book.
$BTC $ETH $SOL