🚨 $50 MILLION LOST to Address Poisoning 🚨
An analyst on X reported that a wallet lost ~$50M after falling victim to an address poisoning attack — later confirmed and cited by Sam Sniffer.
Here’s what actually happened 👇
🧠 The Attack Breakdown:
• The victim first sent 50 USDT to a legitimate address
• The attacker then sent 0.005 USDT from a look-alike wallet address
• The fake address appeared in the victim’s transaction history
• The victim copied it later — and unknowingly sent $50M to the attacker
❌ No hack
❌ No private key leak
❌ Just a deceptive address trick
⚠️ How this could’ve been prevented
✅ Always copy the address from a trusted source
❌ Never copy addresses from transaction history
✅ Verify first & last characters every time
✅ Use address labels / whitelists
✅ Send a small test transfer before large amounts
🧩 Reality check
In DeFi, there is:
• No police
• No chargebacks
• No recovery team
Once it’s sent — it’s gone.
📌 Self-custody = full responsibility
🙏🏽 Stay alert. Stay educated. Stay #SAFU
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