Thanks for the warning
As TON is a network that has had a lot of new users, possibly a lot of people will fall for this scam
But what I always do, regardless of the network or device used, is ALWAYS check the entire address
It's a pain, but it's worth it, in a few seconds you can avoid sending coins to a malicious address and losing forever
🛡️ How to Protect Yourself:
- Always verify the full address before sending funds—don’t rely on just the first and last characters.
- Avoid copying addresses from your transaction history or explorer. Always copy the address from the main source.
Address poisoning is a new scam tactic which is becoming more common on TON. Scammers send 0 TON transactions from fake wallets designed to look like a legitimate one you just interacted with, tricking you into sending funds to a wrong address.As far as I know, this has been happening for years to Bitcoin and Ethereum users where scammers can create accounts with addresses very similar to those that have interacted with wealthy accounts in order to deceive them. These scammers are becoming increasingly cunning, and we must be very careful when sending any tokens.
That's right, we must keep our guard up because there is always a possibility of more complex fraud in the crypto space especially given what has happened to Bitcoin and Ethereum investors in the past. It is also a fact that creating security in the crypto transactions does not only demand good habits like checking the recipient’s address before sending the token, maintaining a list of some important accounts best to remember, and working without stress and distractions. Thus, if everyone maintain discipline in every steps described above, there are ways to reduce loss and be safe in defending our digital goods.Address poisoning is a new scam tactic which is becoming more common on TON. Scammers send 0 TON transactions from fake wallets designed to look like a legitimate one you just interacted with, tricking you into sending funds to a wrong address.As far as I know, this has been happening for years to Bitcoin and Ethereum users where scammers can create accounts with addresses very similar to those that have interacted with wealthy accounts in order to deceive them. These scammers are becoming increasingly cunning, and we must be very careful when sending any tokens.
Experienced users always have a few good habits to avoid risks from these kinds of scams: always double-check the receiving address, create a list of important accounts, and stay calm when working with crypto accounts to minimize hasty and wrong decisions.
Upon checking my wallet, I found no trick like this. I hope that this victimizes no one.I believe the higher your activity on the network the higher your address will be attacked. For example, making regular DEX trades, sending money to exchanges, buying NFT, staking, etc. They probably look at the number of TON in your wallet too.
Never copy the address from history tab while sending funds, always copy the new addresses which is good for privacy and can save from these kind of attacks that is targeted to mass amount of people and hoping that one or two will be fall for this trap. Maybe it's new on TON while it's a very old technique used by the scammers on coins like Bitcoin to trick people to send wrong address or to attack their privacy.
Never copy the address from history tab while sending funds, always copy the new addresses which is good for privacy and can save from these kind of attacks that is targeted to mass amount of people and hoping that one or two will be fall for this trap. Maybe it's new on TON while it's a very old technique used by the scammers on coins like Bitcoin to trick people to send wrong address or to attack their privacy.I am very surprised to learn that this scam strategy is already present on the bitcoin network, I am just getting to know about this even when I've been in crypto since 2016, amazing how we learn new stuff every day, maybe the reason why I don't know about this is because i don't transact in bitcoin that often, only once in a while.
Thank you for this information. I have been noticing this for long now I did not take it seriously. The one that annoys me most is that of nft I know nothing about. There are lots of nfts on my wallet and all targeted at my TON savings/investment wallets which I am holding good numbers of TON coin. May be I will have no option now than to move them out of that wallet to another. I am going right now to create a new wallet to transfer my coin so I don't make any silly mistake in the future that would cost me my assets.
I have my keys well secured and my wallet is very much protected but I do not think I will still continue with the wallet anymore. Since it has been infiltrated with scam NFTs, I was have to create a new wallet to transfer them from that wallet.
Thank you for this update.
Address poisoning is a new scam tactic which is becoming more common on TON. Scammers send 0 TON transactions from fake wallets designed to look like a legitimate one you just interacted with, tricking you into sending funds to a wrong address.It is not a new scam but it has been used by scammers for a long time they even do this on Ethereum and Bitcoin networks despite the high transaction fees. This trick is very useful for them and very cheap in the Ton network because the transaction fee is very low here. Newbies are also using this network so they can easily be scammed into this if they have not given the proper guidance.
~I was made aware of this strategy last year and it was on the Ethereum network. If this scam gets even more rampant, I would not be surprised if the new/mainstream users chooses wallets/networks that allows them to send crypto via email or mobile number.
As far as I know, this has been happening for years to Bitcoin and Ethereum users where scammers can create accounts with addresses very similar to those that have interacted with wealthy accounts in order to deceive them. These scammers are becoming increasingly cunning, and we must be very careful when sending any tokens.
Never copy the address from history tab while sending funds, always copy the new addresses which is good for privacy and can save from these kind of attacks that is targeted to mass amount of people and hoping that one or two will be fall for this trap. Maybe it's new on TON while it's a very old technique used by the scammers on coins like Bitcoin to trick people to send wrong address or to attack their privacy.I am very surprised to learn that this scam strategy is already present on the bitcoin network, I am just getting to know about this even when I've been in crypto since 2016, amazing how we learn new stuff every day, maybe the reason why I don't know about this is because i don't transact in bitcoin that often, only once in a while.
Anyways, thanks for sharing this information, I believe it will help many of us, specially the newbies amongst us, stay more vigilant and verify properly every address they are about sending funds to.
Thank you for this information. I have been noticing this for long now I did not take it seriously. The one that annoys me most is that of nft I know nothing about. There are lots of nfts on my wallet and all targeted at my TON savings/investment wallets which I am holding good numbers of TON coin. May be I will have no option now than to move them out of that wallet to another. I am going right now to create a new wallet to transfer my coin so I don't make any silly mistake in the future that would cost me my assets.
I have my keys well secured and my wallet is very much protected but I do not think I will still continue with the wallet anymore. Since it has been infiltrated with scam NFTs, I was have to create a new wallet to transfer them from that wallet.
Thank you for this update.
If you create a new wallet and send your funds to this new one, scammers will send NFTs or dust to you again
It`s not only on TON, but I have some wallets full of worthless NFTs, some coins that people send like 1 millions coins that worths nothing
It's annoying but we can't prevent this yet. Some explorers hide this kind of scam coins and NFTs
Oh no, that was one of my previous habits.. even last week I was still sending BTC to an address by only checking the first 3 digits and the last 4 digits... fortunately there have been no detrimental incidents since I first made the transfer using that method..Well, Looking through the addresses is crucial even if the transaction has a small amount at stake, all for the purpose of ensuring security. In this regard, we are able to be more careful while checking all the addresses that there is no mistake, all transactions are safe.
For large amounts of money, I often check the address as a whole... and my negligence is more frequent when sending money in small amounts.
Thanks to this thread, I have to be extra careful to check the address completely...
Lol this is really crazy, I mean things these scammers do to defraud people o their hard earned money. This technique is quite similar to the clipboard virus scam, where the scammers create a keyboard that enables the clipboard option, and when you eventually download this special keyboard and use it to copy an address you intend to send funds to, the scammer remotely changes the address you copied, replacing it with his own address, and the victim moves straight to make the transaction with full assurance that he has copied the right address. Many techniques will still come up in the future, and there’ll always be people who fall for these scams, but if you’re always cautious and double check every step of the transaction then you’re likely to avoid these scams.Whether the fraud method uses a clipboard, or other methods explained in this thread, both target people who are lazy to double-check their transaction details... if seen from its effectiveness, the fraud method that utilizes a clipboard is usually better, because the target is clearly going to make a transaction... out of 1000 targets, maybe 10 people will not double-check the details of the destination address of their transaction....
Whether the fraud method uses a clipboard, or other methods explained in this thread, both target people who are lazy to double-check their transaction details... if seen from its effectiveness, the fraud method that utilizes a clipboard is usually better, because the target is clearly going to make a transaction... out of 1000 targets, maybe 10 people will not double-check the details of the destination address of their transaction....Yeah this is true.
Basically, thoroughness is the last thing to avoid this type of fraud...
Beware of Addressing poisoning on TON blockchain.Well,i'm literally just getting to know about this.
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Address poisoning is a new scam tactic which is becoming more common on TON. Scammers send 0 TON transactions from fake wallets designed to look like a legitimate one you just interacted with, tricking you into sending funds to a wrong address.
🔍 How It Works:
- A normal wallet interaction occurs, such as receiving an NFT or Token from a wallet.
- Soon after, 0 TON transactions appear from an address mimicking the original sender’s address.
- These scam addresses copy the first 4 and last 4 characters of the trusted address, hoping you’ll accidentally copy the wrong one when making a future transaction.
🛡️ How to Protect Yourself:
- Always verify the full address before sending funds—don’t rely on just the first and last characters.
- Avoid copying addresses from your transaction history or explorer. Always copy the address from the main source.
- Ignore small random transactions (like 0 TON) from unknown wallets—these could be part of a scam.
Address poisoning exploits user habits by making addresses look familiar. Stay vigilant and double-check every transaction to avoid sending funds to scam wallets.
🔒Stay safeReference :TonNomads (https://t.me/tonnomads/1122)
Exactly,today,various scamers are bringing up various techniques to defraud people of their crypto's.particularly,I'm just getting to know about this method ,it is quite important to be aware of this.Beware of Addressing poisoning on TON blockchain.Well,i'm literally just getting to know about this.
(https://talkimg.com/images/2024/10/24/KmT32.jpeg)
Address poisoning is a new scam tactic which is becoming more common on TON. Scammers send 0 TON transactions from fake wallets designed to look like a legitimate one you just interacted with, tricking you into sending funds to a wrong address.
🔍 How It Works:
- A normal wallet interaction occurs, such as receiving an NFT or Token from a wallet.
- Soon after, 0 TON transactions appear from an address mimicking the original sender’s address.
- These scam addresses copy the first 4 and last 4 characters of the trusted address, hoping you’ll accidentally copy the wrong one when making a future transaction.
🛡️ How to Protect Yourself:
- Always verify the full address before sending funds—don’t rely on just the first and last characters.
- Avoid copying addresses from your transaction history or explorer. Always copy the address from the main source.
- Ignore small random transactions (like 0 TON) from unknown wallets—these could be part of a scam.
Address poisoning exploits user habits by making addresses look familiar. Stay vigilant and double-check every transaction to avoid sending funds to scam wallets.
🔒Stay safeReference :TonNomads (https://t.me/tonnomads/1122)
What's even more suprising is that people even still look at the first three digits and the first four digits.This is really something to be surprised about cause i believe in this 24'th century,people should be crucially shaped in their mindset when making bitcoin,or generally,crypto transactions because scams are so common now.
Well,i personally dont just look at few of the first and last digits when making transactions,i make sure to be sure of the address and make sure it hoes in line number to number, do not just make transactions just like that.There are scammers lurking everywhere comrades!
Exactly,today,various scamers are bringing up various techniques to defraud people of their crypto's.particularly,I'm just getting to know about this method ,it is quite important to be aware of this.We also have to be cautious of the many forms of fraud targeting users of crypto, given the numerous methods used in defrauding shareholders of their digital assets. Understanding these fraud methods makes us be wary of almost every transaction that involves a crypto wallet.
My say on this is that individuals and investors should be fully sure of the wallet address you are making a particular crypto transaction to.I find it very funny that people still use this method while making cryptocurrency transactions since we are all aware of cases whereby crypto is being sent to the wrong wallet or crypto is being defrauded through such notifications.Be careful when making crypto transaction pals ,crypto is not easily recovered when being sent to the wrong address