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cointelegraph.com on 2023-08-25 03:30

DEA gets duped: Agency loses $55K in address poisoning scam

The U.S. DEA was reportedly tricked into sending around $55,000 worth of seized Tether to a scammer through an “address poisoning” scam tactic.

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