A series of phishing scams have resulted in significant losses in the cryptocurrency market. A zero transfer scammer managed to grab 30,000 USDT from a victim's address 0xD76C...B246. Another phishing attack by 'PinkDrainer' led to the loss of approximately 295 Ether.fi-Liquid1 tokens worth around $872,000 from address 0xbC38...41327. Additionally, a whale address 0xff49...a02a fell victim to the same phishing scheme, resulting in losses of about 562.4 stETH, valued at approximately $1.66 million. In response to these scams, Tether froze $5.2 million in USDT across 12 Ethereum addresses linked to phishing activities.
Stablecoin issuer @Tether_to freezes $5.2M in USDT linked to phishing scams. https://t.co/R2q7EmNXTg
UPDATE: #TETHER FROZE 5.2M $USDT ON 12 #ETHEREUM ADDRESSES THAT ARE ALLEGED TO BE PHISHING ADDRESSES
#PeckShieldAlert #Alameda labeled address has transferred ~762 $ETH (worth ~$2.2m) to #Coinbase https://t.co/Ucl6qZbYsY
#PeckShieldAlert A whale with the address 0xff49...a02a has fallen victim to #phishing by #PinkDrainer, resulting in losses of ~562.4 $stETH (worth ~$1.66m) https://t.co/SGPjbbgvnQ
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#PeckShieldAlert An address 0xbC38...41327 has fallen victim to #phishing by #PinkDrainer, resulting in a loss of ~295 Ether.fi-Liquid1 ($LQIDETHFIV1) tokens (worth ~$872K) https://t.co/DetlBfBHg8
#PeckShieldAlert A zero transfer scammer grabbed 30,000 $USDT from the victim address 0xD76C...B246 Phihisng address: 0x53ae6ebdβ¦692012dd3 https://t.co/IM2sJgBhTh