it's totaly different address how everything looked correct ? maby if he was blind ?

A $50 test transfer was followed by a $50M mistake

It started with a small test transfer

A victim sent $50 to a familiar address
Everything looked correct
Nothing appeared wrong

This is not a protocol failure
This is not a smart contract exploit
This is about how one transaction changed the outcome

The setup

Shortly after the test
A 0005 USDC dust payment arrived

The sender address looked almost identical
Same prefix
Same ending characters

The wallet UI placed it next to the original address
No warnings appeared

The mistake

The victim copied the address from the dust payment
Not the original destination

The second transaction followed
The full balance was sent
$49999950 moved in a single transfer

The address was wrong
But it looked right

What actually happened

This pattern matches address poisoning behavior

Attackers send small dust transfers
They rely on human pattern recognition
They wait for copy paste behavior

Nothing was hacked
No keys were compromised

The chain did exactly what it was told to do

Why this keeps working

Wallets optimize for speed
Humans optimize for familiarity

Visual similarity replaces verification
History replaces confirmation

The test transfer created confidence
The dust transfer exploited it

What remains unresolved

No exploit was triggered
No rule was broken

The funds moved correctly
Just not where the victim intended

How many similar cases go unnoticed
And how many safeguards still rely on human attention alone.
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