New Scam Warning: Be Wary of 0.001 USDT Transfers Using Addresses that End with Identical Characters

Haveyourecentlyreceivedinexplicabledepositsof0,0.01,or0.001USDTinyouraccount?Ifso,youneedtobealertbecauseyouprobablyfallvictimtoanewtypeoffraudulenttechniquewhichtargetsyourwallet.

Scamprocess:

1.Throughtechnicalmeans,scammersfindandmonitorblockchainuserswhofrequentlytransferlargeamountsandhaverelativelyfixedreceivingaddresses.

2.Theyusethe"addressgenerator"togenerateanaddresshighlyidenticaltothereceivingaddress.

3.Scammerstransfersmallamountstotheuser'swalletaddressmultipletimessothattheirphishingaddresswillexistintheuser'stransactionhistory.

4.Mostpeopletransferfundsdirectlytoaddressesinthetransferhistoryandonlycheckthelastfewcharactersofthereceivingaddress.Thus,theywilltransfertheirassetstothephishingaddressiftheyarenotcareful.

Thefollowingshowshowusersfallvictim:

1.Thevictimtransfersfundstoanormaladdress

2.Ahackertransfers0USDTtothevictimviatheattackaddress

3.Thevictimtransfersfundstotheattackaddresswithoutverifying

Thehackerusesasimplemethod,butmanypeoplefallforit.Accordingtostatistics,asofDecember2,morethan370,000addresseshavebeencompromised,withatotalof92victimaddressesand$1.64millionstolen.SowewouldliketoremindHuobiusers:

1.Oncethewithdrawaliscompleted,theotherparty'saddresswillownthevirtualassets.Therefore,donotsimplypastetheaddressfromthetransactionhistoryforwithdrawal,butrepeatedlyverifytheaddressandcheckboththelastfewcharactersoftheaddressandthecompleteaddress.

2.Monitoryouraccount.Donotpanicifyoufindsuchunidentifiedtransactionhistory.Yourassetsaresafebecauseyourpasswordandprivatekeyarenotleaked.Justbeextracarefulwithwithdrawalanddouble-checktheaddresstoavoidbeingtricked.

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