Ethereum Users Face Surge in Address-Poisoning Attacks

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Ethereum (ETH) users are experiencing a sharp increase in address-poisoning attacks, where scammers send low-value “dust transfers” to mix fraudulent addresses into transaction histories. The surge follows the December 2025 Fusaka upgrade, which lowered transaction fees, making it cheaper for attackers to execute large-scale schemes.

In an address-poisoning attack, scammers create wallet addresses that closely resemble legitimate ones. Victims who copy these addresses for future transactions risk sending funds directly to the attackers. Etherscan noted that dust-transfer activity exploded post-upgrade, with USDT transfers jumping from 4.2 million to nearly 29.9 million—a 612% increase.

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how do you send 12.4M$ and dont check the address???