An Ethereum wallet holder lost nearly $2.6 million USDT on May 26 by mistakenly sending funds to a fake address.
ScamSniffer flagged the two large USDT transfers, noting suspicious zero-value probing transactions likely involved.
The sender was reportedly victimized before in a similar fashion, having previously lost $840K in an address manipulation scam.
An Ethereum wallet holder just lost nearly $2.6 million in two Tether (USDT) transactions today, May 26, after reportedly copying a fake wallet address by mistake. On-chain activity tracked by ScamSniffer, a blockchain security monitoring tool, shows both large transfers were flagged within a short window, raising immediate concerns over possible exploit-linked behavior or unauthorized asset movement.
This unfortunate event serves as another stark reminder of the critical importance of diligence in crypto transactions.
ALERT: Same victim sent another $1.7M to wrong address again (19 mins ago).https://t.co/AwMEwORxz6 https://t.co/NhPBCUvRGV pic.twitter.com/0KGzgDe3Pz
— Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) May 26, 2025
The sender’s wallet, which begins with the identifier “0x86C0300F,�…
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