๐ค๐จUser Loses $2.5M in Copy-Paste Mistake โ A Painful Lesson in Crypto Security$BTC
#SecurityBreach #CryptoAwareness #USDT #Ethereum
โ ๏ธ Ouch!
A crypto user just lost over $2.5 million due to a simple but devastating copy-and-paste error โ and it's a wake-up call for the entire crypto community.
๐ธ What Happened?$ETH
The user intended to send 843,166 USDT to a secure wallet.
But... they accidentally pasted the wrong address.
Worse still, they later sent an additional $1.7 million to the same scammer โ thinking it was the correct destination.
Total loss: $2.5 million+.
๐ญ The Scam Technique: 'Transaction History Poisoning'
Scammers are now sending small fake transactions to users' wallets, making them appear in recent transaction histories.
Users often copy these familiar-looking addresses, unknowingly sending funds straight into scammersโ pockets.
๐ The Bigger Picture:
Phishing losses may be decreasing from March to Aprilโฆ
But the number of victims is rising.
One attacker even exploited Ethereumโs EIP-7702 in a phishing scheme โ stealing nearly $150,000.
๐ As crypto nears a $3.5 trillion market cap, the stakes are only getting higher.
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Stay Safe, Stay Smart:
โ Always double-check wallet addresses
โ Avoid copying from transaction history
โ Use trusted wallets with built-in scam filters
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