TON Address Poisoning Scam: Whale Sends 126K TON, Attacker Returns 116K Saying “This Is Too Much Money

tldr; A crypto whale mistakenly sent 126,000 TON ($165,000) to a scammer due to an address poisoning attack on The Open Network (TON). The scammer created a wallet address resembling the victim’s and inserted it into the transaction history via a small dust transaction. The victim copied the fake address and transferred funds. In a rare move, the scammer returned 116,000 TON ($153,000) while keeping 10,000 TON ($13,000). The incident highlights the growing risk of address poisoning scams in the crypto ecosystem.

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Dude doesn’t want the media attention that comes with being a big-money scammer.

So was the mistake (complacency?) as in not confirming the address was digit per digit correct??