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The post Crypto User Loses $999,999 in USDT to One Phishing Signature: How to Stay Safe appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. An unidentified crypto user lost $999,999 in USDT to an Ethereum phishing attack after signing a fraudulent token approval request. On-chain records show the attackers split the stolen funds into three transactions. The transfers landed inside Ethereum blocks 25489460 and 25489463 within minutes of the signature. Token approval phishing remains one of the most persistent threats in decentralized finance. Attackers do not need a victim’s private keys to steal funds. Instead, they trick users into signing a request that grants a contract broad access to a token. The approval then stays active until someone revokes it. Inside the Ethereum Phishing Attack This pattern has hit crypto users repeatedly through 2026. The victim’s wallet held an unlimited allowance for the token, which gave the attacker room to act without any further confirmation. In May, a fake Uniswap

The post Ethereum phishing scam drains nearly $1 million from crypto wallet appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A crypto user has lost nearly $1 million after approving a malicious Ethereum transaction that gave scammers access to drain almost the entire wallet balance, adding to hundreds of millions of dollars in phishing losses recorded this year. Summary A crypto user lost nearly $1 million after approving a malicious Ethereum transaction that allowed scammers to drain the wallet. Phishing scams caused $723 million in losses across 248 incidents in 2025 as approval based attacks continued targeting crypto users. The latest theft follows another multimillion dollar onchain loss, highlighting separate risks from phishing approvals and flawed transaction routing. According to blockchain security platform Scam Sniffer, the victim lost 999,999 Tether (USDT) in an Ethereum phishing token approval scam on Wednesday after signing a malicious approval request. On-chain data showed the attac

A crypto user has lost nearly $1 million after approving a malicious Ethereum transaction that gave scammers access to drain almost the entire wallet balance, adding to hundreds of millions of dollars in phishing losses recorded this year. According to…

The post Crypto User Loses $999,999 In Ethereum Phishing Scam appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A crypto user lost nearly $1 million on Wednesday after signing a phishing token approval on Ethereum, according to onchain data. It comes as the industry recorded $366 million in phishing losses in the first half of the year.  A Scam Sniffer alert on Thursday revealed a victim lost 999,999 USDt (USDT) to an Ethereum phishing token approval scam. Scammers first tried draining a rounded $1 million via multicalls but failed due to insufficient funds, then succeeded seconds later by pulling the exact remaining balance in follow-up transfers. “The script recalculated and pulled the exact remaining balance,” Scam Sniffer said. Social engineering via phishing token approvals has become a common crypto scam tactic. Phishing losses totaled $723 million across 248 incidents in 2025, according to CertiK. Scammers trick a victim into giving a malicious actor access to their wallet, taking the form o