USDT holder loses $50K in Ethereum address-poisoning attack
- —Scam Sniffer put the loss at about $50,000 in USDT
- —The fake address matched the recipient's first 4 and last 6 characters
- —A previous victim lost 100,000 USDT to an address planted 66 days earlier
- —MetaMask shows a blocking warning when a destination resembles a used address
Why it matters: Address poisoning remains a cheap way to steal stablecoins, and users should verify the full address rather than trusting transaction history.
Source: crypto.news