One hapless trader lost $68 million worth of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) in a single transaction. from carelessness Accidentally sent money to a fake address
The $68 million theft was first revealed by online security company Cyvers in a May 3 X post:
Victims using the “0x1E” wallet lost more than 97% of their assets worth $67.8 million. followData from CoinStats
“Address spoofing” is intended to take advantage of victims’ carelessness and haste when making transactions. By tricking victims into sending their digital assets to a fake address belonging to the scammer.
Previously, investors lost at least $33 million in digital assets in a fraud case involving gambling platform ZKasino by Dutch authorities. The suspect involved in the ZKasino scam was arrested on April 29.
In April, $25.7 million worth of cryptocurrencies were lost to scams and hacks. This is the lowest historical figure since 2021, since CertiK began tracking the data.
However, CertiK’s figures do not include the $33 million ZKasino scam, although the report considers the project to be among “Conflict” but has not yet been identified as a scam.
refer : cointelegraph.com
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