Be aware of "Phishing" address.
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As we all know, scammers always develop risky links or websites to attract users to execute approval operations, this form to transfer usersâ assets is common and we also share via Twitter and Telegram to help users to get away from scams. And, you still need to be aware of it and donât access the third-party website randomly!
Recently, the TP Wallet technical team find a new kind of scam, which we named it âphishingâ address.
This scam is in a more âprimitiveâ way, the scammers will monitor the addresses which usually transfer large amounts of $USDT on-chain, and find the recipient address within the transaction history. Then, the scammers will use a tool like âAccount Generatorâ and generate a âphishingâ address that is very similar to the recipient address (usually the first few digits or the last few digits are as same as the recipient address), then, they will use this âphishingâ address to transfer 0.001 USDT or 0.01 USDT to the usersâ addresses, then this transfer will appear on usersâ transaction history. If the users didnât recognize it and copy the âphishingâ address from the transaction history and paste it to the transfer page and execute the transfer operation.
Since blockchain is irreversible, if you transfer to the âphishingâ address, no one can help you to recover your assets. Usersâ assets can only be controlled by secret recovery phrases and private keys.
Please check the whole recipient address before you transfer, donât copy the recipient address from the transaction history randomly! And we recommend you use the âAddress Bookâ function on TP Wallet then you can directly choose the recipient address when you need to transfer.
TP Wallet Assets Page > Send > Address Book