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 A cryptocurrency investor has successfully recovered $129 million in USDT hours after mistakenly sending the funds to a phishing address on the TRON blockchain.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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The incident, <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://x.com/realScamSniffer/status/1859089504994554363?t=_scguUzc8dWYA8ntVcr0lw&amp;s=19">reported</a> by blockchain security platform Scam Sniffer, began when the investor accidentally transferred the substantial sum to a fraudulent address that closely resembled the intended recipient’s address. Despite conducting a test transaction of 100 USDT, the investor overlooked the mismatch before sending the larger amount.&nbsp; 
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 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f6a8.png" alt="🚨" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> ALERT: Never copy-paste addresses from transaction history! 
 A user lost $129M after copying the wrong address from their transfer history. Fortunately, the scammer returned the funds within an hour! <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f64f.png" alt="🙏" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> 
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 — Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) <a href="https://twitter.com/realScamSniffer/status/1859089504994554363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a>
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According to data from <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://tronscan.org/#/transaction/3f1c883cb2e9ca348569c3f6daaf7d0caa362c8004eb9f7a8fdce873a7fdfab6">Tronscan</a>, the transfer took place at 09:05 UTC. Shortly after, the stolen funds were moved to a new wallet, making it seem like they were lost for good. However, in an unexpected twist, the holder of the wallet returned 90% of the funds—116.7 million USDT—by 09:58 UTC. The remaining 12.96 million USDT was returned nearly five hours later.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Once the funds were restored, the investor quickly redirected them to the original intended address, where they remain secure.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
The motives behind the rare recovery remain unclear. Some <a href="https://x.com/Scar6_9/status/1859093205884543310?t=Usztr18JTf02Q8qz1JGOSw&amp;s=19">speculate </a>the perpetrator feared detection or legal consequences due to the high-profile nature of the transaction, while others believe the return was an attempt to avoid wallet blacklisting by major platforms.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
This case stands out as an anomaly amid the growing number of phishing scams in the crypto industry. <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://defi-planet.com/2024/11/gigachad-giga-token-investor-loses-6-million-to-phishing-scam-via-fake-zoom-link/">Recently, another investor, known online as “Still in the Game,” suffered a $6.09 million loss in a phishing attack targeting their Gigachad (GIGA) token holdings</a>.&nbsp; 
The attack involved a fake Zoom link that granted malicious actors access to their wallets. In an X post, the investor explained that the sell-off, which caused a significant drop in GIGA’s value, was triggered by unauthorized access to their funds, and though it hurts,&nbsp; he promised to be back. 
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Crypto Investor Recovers $129 Million Worth of USDT After Phishing Attack

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