A serious address pollution attack has recently been exposed. According to on-chain monitoring data, a victim lost approximately $50 million in this attack.

Here's what happened: the attacker used an address pollution technique—simply put, forging a wallet address similar to a commonly used user address to trick users into transferring funds mistakenly. The stolen funds were then quickly exchanged for ETH and dispersed into multiple wallet addresses to obfuscate the trail.

Worse still, some of the funds have already flowed into mixers like Tornado Cash. Once in, tracking the movement of the funds becomes very difficult.

This case serves as a reminder to everyone: always double-check the recipient address before transferring—missing just one or two characters can lead to huge losses. Especially for large transactions, it's best to verify the authenticity of the recipient address through multiple methods—such as confirming via official channels, double-checking multiple times, or even testing with a small amount first. Address pollution may seem trivial, but the losses caused by human negligence are often the greatest.