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Phishing victim sends eye-watering $4.5M in USDT to scammer

An unwitting cryptocurrency holder has reportedly fallen victim to an eye-watering $4.46 million phishing scam. According to data from Etherscan, $4.46 million in Tether (USDT) was withdrawn from a Kraken crypto exchange wallet and eventually sent to an address ending “ACa7.”Blockchain security firm PeckShield, has labeled the address as being

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Breaking victim ‘trust’ in scammer is key to beat crypto scams, exchanges say

Cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia have been increasingly communicating with their users as part of preventative measures for scams. According to local crypto firms, such communication is the key to preventing scams as it is able to “break trust” between victims and scammers.Executives at major Australian crypto firms like Cointree, CoinSpot

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Victim of 90 ETH exploit set to claw funds back after hacker was blacklisted

With the help of police and cyber authorities, a victim of a hack worth 90 Ether (ETH) has gotten the attacker’s Tether (USDT) address blacklisted. As a result, they may be able to get most of their funds back. [2023/08/11 17:30] USDT blacklisted 0x788bc56b67c289399cd6e2022f0d76484f04724a in block 17893148 https://t.co/WipjkHXFGp— usdt blacklist

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