Phishing victim sends eye-watering $4.5M in USDT to scammer
Another blockchain fraud platform, Scam Sniffer, recommended on Sept. 20 that the funds were sent out to an address connected to a “fake Coinone crypto mining exchange.” someone withdrew $4.46 million from Kraken to a phony Coinone crypto-mining exchange about 1 hour ago.https:// t.co/ ued55jlWdM pic.twitter.com/tsV5BGDY0O— Scam Sniffer (@realScamSniffer) September 20, 2023
Scam Sniffer connected to a user-created Dune Analytics dashboard, suggesting attacks of this nature have seen scammers take roughly $337.1 million in USDT in overall, impacting as many as 21,953 people. Tayvanos Dune Analytics control panel on USDT Approval Scams. While it appears sensible, GASO suggests it is to trick the user:” This is merely a front to get your digitally signed permission, permitting unrestricted access to your wallet through the USDT smart agreement.
An unwitting cryptocurrency holder has actually apparently succumbed to an eye-watering $4.46-million phishing scam.According to data from Etherscan, $4.46 million in Tether (USDT) was withdrawn from a Kraken crypto exchange wallet and ultimately sent to an address ending in “ACa7.” Blockchain security firm PeckShield has identified the address as being owned by a phishing fraudster. #PeckShieldAlert The address 0x2175 … f7D9 got scammed for 4.46 M $USDT Victims address: 0x2175c0082d052872501f7fe54e1aC59858aaf7D9Scammers address: 0xAbb07822F471773Ff00b9444308ceEB7cf0dACa7 pic.twitter.com/Ny9CIrkBxw— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) September 21, 2023