Crypto user loses $50 million in 'address poisoning' scam

Crypto user loses $50 million in 'address poisoning' scam
Source:Coin Desk
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The scammer sent a small "dust" amount to the victim's transaction history, causing the victim to copy the address and send $50M to the scammer's address.

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