🚨 CRYPTO NEWS | 11-Year-Old Ethereum Wallet Dodges a Scam
An Ethereum wallet from the 2015 launch just woke up
after 11 years and moved $4.6 MILLION. 💰
Scammers were ready within minutes, but the
owner did NOT fall for it. ✅
📌 WHAT HAPPENED
🔸 Wallet got its first ETH in Ethereum's genesis block (2015)
🔸 It never sent anything out, until Monday night
🔸 First, the owner sent a small test of 0.05 ETH (~$106)
🔸 Within 3 minutes, bots sent tiny "dust" payments
from fake lookalike addresses
🔸 Both fake addresses ended with the same last 4
characters as the real one
⚠️ THE SCAM: ADDRESS POISONING
Wallets show only the first and last few characters
of an address. Scammers make a lookalike and drop
dust into your history. If you copy the "recent
address" from there, your money goes to the scammer. ☠️
🛡 WHAT THE OWNER DID RIGHT
🔸 Sent a test payment first
🔸 Sent a second small test and got it back
🔸 Then sent 2,154.94 ETH (~$4.6M) to the correct address
🔸 Did not copy from transaction history
💡 STAY SAFE
🔸 Always check the FULL address, not just start and end
🔸 Never copy addresses from your history
🔸 Use a saved address book or whitelist
🔸 Ignore random tiny deposits, they can be bait
Smart wallet habits can save millions. 🔐
Not financial advice. Educational purposes only.
#Ethereum #CryptoNews #CryptoSecurity
An Ethereum wallet from the 2015 launch just woke up
after 11 years and moved $4.6 MILLION. 💰
Scammers were ready within minutes, but the
owner did NOT fall for it. ✅
📌 WHAT HAPPENED
🔸 Wallet got its first ETH in Ethereum's genesis block (2015)
🔸 It never sent anything out, until Monday night
🔸 First, the owner sent a small test of 0.05 ETH (~$106)
🔸 Within 3 minutes, bots sent tiny "dust" payments
from fake lookalike addresses
🔸 Both fake addresses ended with the same last 4
characters as the real one
⚠️ THE SCAM: ADDRESS POISONING
Wallets show only the first and last few characters
of an address. Scammers make a lookalike and drop
dust into your history. If you copy the "recent
address" from there, your money goes to the scammer. ☠️
🛡 WHAT THE OWNER DID RIGHT
🔸 Sent a test payment first
🔸 Sent a second small test and got it back
🔸 Then sent 2,154.94 ETH (~$4.6M) to the correct address
🔸 Did not copy from transaction history
💡 STAY SAFE
🔸 Always check the FULL address, not just start and end
🔸 Never copy addresses from your history
🔸 Use a saved address book or whitelist
🔸 Ignore random tiny deposits, they can be bait
Smart wallet habits can save millions. 🔐
Not financial advice. Educational purposes only.
#Ethereum #CryptoNews #CryptoSecurity