According to U.Today, a hacker who successfully executed a $68 million address poisoning scam has now sought to establish contact with the victim via the Ethereum blockchain. The hacker requested the victim's Telegram details to initiate communication. This move follows the victim's numerous attempts to contact the hacker after the loss of funds. One of the messages from the victim read, 'We both know $7 million is enough to live very comfortably, but $70 million will keep you up at night.'
The scam involved a trader who lost a staggering $68 million in wrapped Bitcoin (BTC) by sending the sum to a fraudulent address that closely resembled the legitimate one. Address poisoning scams typically involve sending spam transactions from nearly identical addresses. The victims are expected to copy and paste these addresses from their transaction history without verifying them. The fact that a person with such a significant amount of cryptocurrency fell for this relatively simple trick has left many in the cryptocurrency community perplexed.
Shortly after defrauding the traders, the hacker began transferring the stolen funds into multiple Ethereum addresses. However, some experts have noted that laundering these funds without being detected could prove to be a significant challenge for the hacker. Blockchain security firm SlowMist further investigated the incident and identified several of the hacker's IPs originating from Hong Kong-based mobile stations. However, it is possible that a VPN was used to carry out the transactions. The hacker has also carried out similar attacks on the Tron network.
