Brian Li 🍊👾
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Can someone help me understand a potential scam transaction on my wallet? I randomly received 0.41 ETH from an address which was followed by my account sending out 2,702 of what I assume is a fake USD Coin... https://etherscan.io/address/0x88F667664E61221160ddc0414868eF2f40e83324#tokentxns
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Reality Crafter
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These tokens aren't true ERC-20s, so they aren't bound by the same rules. You can create token contracts that have arbitrary senders and receivers. The receiver is paying the gas fee for creating and sending the tokens, so it requires no interaction on your part.
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Brian Li 🍊👾
@bli
Ah thanks for the clarification! My issue is that if I look at a transaction that happened just before, it looks like someone sent 0.41 real ETH to my account before sending 0.41 fake ETH... https://etherscan.io/tx/0x6b5771f1df6da63d461c545e7d8aabbd4561396cff5929be924cf28053608382
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Reality Crafter
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The 0.41 fake ETH is from a different address that is crafted to look the same when it is abbreviated so that you mistake it for the actual sender.
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Reality Crafter
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If you look at the full addresses, you'll see that only the first 4 and last 4 elements of the address match. REAL: 0x66810420d110919a0E8b550fDE3fE24D50ef0e26 FAKE: 0x6683cdF94f36cE2b21B3F3A35fAe6b395E370e26
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Reality Crafter
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You really did receive 0.41 ETH from that real address. Check your portfolio value over time. https://app.zerion.io/0x88f667664e61221160ddc0414868ef2f40e83324/overview
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Brian Li 🍊👾
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Haha thanks this is super helpful!
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