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TRX Wallet loses $50,059 in address-poisoning scam after 48 fake history entries
A post citing Scam Sniffer reports that a wallet sent 50,059 USDT to a look-alike address on Oct 28 instead of the intended one, matching its first four and last six characters. The poster says they reviewed the wallet's history and found 48 new entries between Oct 21 and the loss, all fake, planted by four look-alike addresses. The post adds that the victim sent a 100 USDC test to the correct address less than half an hour later, and that the scammer's address now holds about 21 ETH.
Why “Rumor”
- Only community or trader posts: r/CryptoCurrency
0 independent source groups across 1 post · evidence score 9/100. How labels work
Market around the story
| Asset | Price at first report | 6h before | 1h before | 1h after | 6h after | 1h move vs normal | 24h volume vs median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETH | $2,323 | +0.09% | −0.12% | −0.11% | +0.67% | 0.2σ | 1.1× |
Returns are measured from the moment the story first appeared. “vs normal” compares the move with the asset's typical hourly move over the previous 30 days.
What the sources claim
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A wallet sent 50,059 USDT to a look-alike address rather than the intended one on Oct 28. USDT
“a wallet sent 50,059 USDT to 0xd967a1...92bd16f9 instead of 0xd967fb...ebbd16f9”
r/CryptoCurrency -
Between Oct 21 and the loss, 48 new entries appeared in the wallet's history and all were fake.
“From Oct 21 until the loss, 48 new entries showed up. All 48 were fake.”
r/CryptoCurrency -
Four different look-alike addresses planted the fake entries, all starting with 0xd967 and ending in 16f9.
“Four different look-alike addresses were planting them, all starting with 0xd967 and ending in 16f9”
r/CryptoCurrency -
Some fake entries copied the exact amount of a real September payment of 85,012.92 USDC using a fake token resembling USDC. USDC
“Some even copied the exact amount of a real payment the owner had made to the right address in September: 85,012.92 "USDC"”
r/CryptoCurrency -
Less than half an hour after the loss, the owner sent a 100 USDC test to the correct address. USDC
“Less than half an hour later they sent a 100 USDC test to the correct address”
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The scammer's address now holds about 21 ETH. ETH
“The scammer's address now holds about 21 ETH.”
r/CryptoCurrency
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Summary and claims extracted by AI with prompt analyze-story@5 on 2026-10-29 14:30 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.