A crypto user just learned the most expensive lesson in Web3 history 💀
This wasn’t a hack.
This wasn’t a smart contract bug.
This was one small mistake that cost $50,000,000.
Here’s exactly what happened 👇
🧩 THE SETUP
🔹 Victim sent a 50 $USDT test transaction to his own wallet ✅
🔹 Funds arrived safely
🔹 Confidence high, he prepared to send $50 MILLION more
So far… everything looked perfect 😌
🪤 THE TRAP (Address Poisoning Attack)
🔹 A scammer was watching the wallet activity 👀
🔹 Created a FAKE wallet with the same first & last 4 characters
🔹 Sent a dust transaction to the victim
🔹 Fake address now showed up in the victim’s transaction history
Wallets display addresses like this:
0xbaf4…F8b5
⚠️ Middle characters hidden = perfect deception
❌ THE FATAL MISTAKE
🔹 Victim copied the address from transaction history
🔹 Only checked first & last characters ✅
🔹 Address looked identical
🔹 Sent 49,999,950 USDT to the SCAMMER’S WALLET 💀💀💀
💥 RESULT
🚫 $50,000,000 LOST
🚫 No reversal
🚫 No recovery
Gone. Forever.
🛡️ PROTECT YOURSELF
❌ NEVER copy addresses from transaction history
❌ NEVER rely on first/last characters
✅ ALWAYS verify the FULL wallet address
✅ ALWAYS use saved contacts / address book
✅ ALWAYS do multiple small test transactions for large amounts
💡 In Web3, one click can change your life.
Be paranoid. Be slow. Be alive to trade another day. 🧠🔥
🔁 Share this. Someone else’s $50M depends on it.
