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USDT holder: Fraud or scam

A cryptocurrency user has lost approximately $50,000 in USDT to an address-poisoning attack on Ethereum, according to Scam Sniffer. Scam Sniffer said the fraudulent address matched the intended recipient’s first four and last six characters. The security platform shared the…

StatusUnder review
Reported lossUnavailable
ChainEthereum
Confidence55%

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Record history

First seen: 2026-10-28T18:17:10.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-29T15:30:05.836Z. Revision: 4.