User Hack

Reported loss $48K
Phishing

What happened

User falls victim to phishing scam, mistakenly sending 17 ETH (approx. 48,030 USD) to attacker's address.

On February 15, 2024, a user fell victim to a phishing scam. The attacker made two transactions that appeared identical to the victim's last transaction at the time. The victim mistakenly sent 17 ETH to the scammer's address.

The attacker address's first five and last five characters are the same as an address that previously sent 15.09 ETH to the victim's address. The stolen funds were then distributed among multiple addresses.

Attacker Address:

Address 0xC6e5…9d77

Malicious Transaction:

Tx 0x71fb…ffc9

Funds Holder as of Feb 24, 2024:

Address 0xC6e5…9d77

Attackers Imitated Transactions:

Tx 0x0aa5…bdc4

Tx 0x0b19…2c4e

Protocol details

Classification Other
Protocol Type Exploit/Phishing

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