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A crypto user lost more than $2.5 million in a scam while copying an incorrect address from contaminated transaction records twice. At first, the victim tried to move 843,166 Tether (USDT) to another wallet but ended up transferring it to the wrong address. However, the victim again sent out $1.7 million worth of USDT to the same wrong address. Data shows that the victim (0x86C0300Fc369E) had moved $838,611 worth of USDT to a correct address (0x4668D1Fe87444a4d7508e83c89bfDAF1117e6B76) just before falling prey to scammers. Transactions show that the suffer’s wallet received zero assets from a wallet address 0x4668EE748c88DA4FEc595773b22f96f366eD6B76, which led to a major mistake. Scam Sniffer in a post suggested that it is a prime display of Transaction History Poisoning. In this con trick, scammers send a fake or dust transfer with a similar address. As their fake address appears in the ledger history, a victim copies the address from history thinking it’s legitimate but the funds get sent to a scammer instead. According to a report, crypto users lost $5.29 million to phishing scams in April 2025. It was a 17% drop from March. However, the number of victims jumped 26% to 7,565 addresses hit, which is up from 5,992 in March. 🚨 ScamSniffer April 2025 Phishing Report April losses: $5.29M | 7,565 victims VS March: -17% in losses | +26% in victims Key insight: Notable spike in victim count despite lower total losses. Largest attack netted $1.43M via phishing, followed by $700K from address poisoning… pic.twitter.com/mJbGgGyGrN — Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) May 3, 2025 A crypto whale who signed several phishing signatures and lost $1.43 million. This implies that even the savviest, high-value players remain vulnerable. For comparison, the top March loss was $1.82 million, again via phishing signatures. The second-biggest April attack saw one user lose $700,000…

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