According to Onchain data, $4.5 million, which was first transferred to the Kraken exchange, was later sent to a crypto wallet belonging to fraudsters.
In light of the report published by Etherscan, $4.46 million worth of Tether (USDT) was withdrawn from the Kraken wallet. This amount was then sent to an address ending with “ACa7”. Blockchain security firm PeckShield stated that the wallet address belongs to fraudsters. Another blockchain platform, Scam Sniffer, claimed on September 20 that the funds were sent to an address linked to the “fake Coinone crypto mining exchange.”
#PeckShieldAlert The address 0x2175…f7D9 got scammed for 4.46M $USDT
Victim's address: 0x2175c0082d052872501f7fe54e1aC59858aaf7D9
Scammer's address: 0xAbb07822F471773Ff00b9444308ceEB7cf0dACa7 pic.twitter.com/Ny9CIrkBxw— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) September 21, 2023
Fraudsters seized a total of 337 million dollars!
Scam Sniffer, connected to the Dune Analytics dashboard, revealed that in this attack system, fraudsters gained access to the crypto wallets of 21,953 people and stole a total of 337.1 million USDT. The Global Anti-Scam organization stated that this type of confirmation mining scam often tricks victims into authorizing unlimited withdrawals from their cryptocurrency wallets.
Officials who made a statement on the subject explained how the fraud took place as follows:
“When you create a self-custodial crypto wallet, you get a “private key” that is protected through encryption. But scammers don’t need your basic passwords. When you log in to the fake website created in the name of the mining pool, the necessary information falls directly into the hands of fraudsters.
someone withdrew $4.46 million from Kraken to a fake Coinone crypto-mining exchange about 1 hour ago.https://t.co/ued55jlWdM pic.twitter.com/tsV5BGDY0O
— Scam Sniffer (@realScamSniffer) September 20, 2023
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