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ETH was automatically sent to a different Public Address after successful deposit in my meta mask

Same thing happened to me after depositing ETH to my public address it was automatically sent to another address
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How to anticipate a new React protocol to block Javascript URLs as a Security precaution

Many Web3 dapps have a feature where sending a blockchain transaction conveniently triggers a pop-up link where one can simply click and see that transaction on a blockchain explorer. For example, you ...
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I got scammed or suspect scam on Ethereum. What to do?

This is a general question and answer on ethereum.stackexchange.com to all "I got scammed, please help" posts. This applies to you if you think: You have been scammed You think something ...
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Someone has "faked" transferring 0.00 ERC-20 tokens from my and many other addresses

Someone has created a tx in which my address has supposedly "transferred" 0.00 USDC tokens to another address on Polygon, along with dozens of other addresses also transferring 0.00 DAI/WETH/...
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Unkown token in my wallet

I received a transaction to my ETH wallet containing a token I don't recognize. It's clearly a phishing attempt trying to lure me into a website, however, the transaction seems to contain an smart ...
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How do I get my wrongfully flagged website unblocked when MetaMask won't react to issues on GitHub as far back as 2019?

Through potential customers I have been told that my website features the warning "Ethereum Phishing Detection". Using the phishing detection utility I am told the following: "This ...
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Disabling allowance for Coins and NFTs?

Allowance phishing attacks are on the rise, and the number of use cases for allowance for erc20 and NFTs seems to be limited. Is there any problem with disabling allowance, perhaps with a new ...
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Metamask app detect my dapp as phishing

I create a dapp and made a website. The first few days the metamask app (Android) worked fine with it, but then it identified my site as phishing and shows a red warning page. How can I fix this ...
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Save Tokens from Metamask with Stolen Seed Phrase

I got phished into sending my Seed Words to a hacker. I already lost some ETH I had there. I will be getting some tokens on the 29th of May, and I fear the hacker might also steal them. I was thinking ...
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Can I recover a blockchain transaction to a phishing address [duplicate]

I was scammed and sent 3 eth to a phishing address. 0x2ed31556f20db283569ae040d6968f65efa240ca a.k.a (Fake_Phishing4397) It is possible to recover my losses? Thank you so much!
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Smart Contracts that Swarm tokens for theft - Is this transaction fraudulant / Requires Sharing?

I have prveviously been a victim of Smart Contract Malware which was sent to my wallet without permission. Can someone who understands coding make a quick comment on exactly what this transaction is ...
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meta mask registers ether delta as a probable phishing site

My question is about how recently when I go to ether delta my metamask registers it as a phishing site and does not let me interact with the site? what should I do and what does this mean?
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ShapeShift.com Phishing - I lost 67 Ethereum - What do I do? [duplicate]

I fell for the shapeshift.com scam which provide a false ETh wallet address and they basically steal your ETH. The real website is shapeshift.io Here is more information on the transaction: https:/...
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What should I do about losing my private key to a phishing scam?

I have a MEW address associated with a private key that was Phished and funds depleted, (my fault...) I also have MEW address created with a Trezor, are my ETH and Tokens in my Trezor wallet safe? I ...
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MyEthereumWallet got stolen [duplicate]

2000 tenx tokens were stolen from MyEtherWallet after i transferred it. Luckily i didn't transfer everything, i wanted to test it first. I was looking for a safe wallet and decided to go ahead with ...
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What can be done after falling victim to a MyEtherWallet Phishing scam? [duplicate]

On July 17, I received an alert message (copied below) via Slackbot. It appeared to come from my EtherWallet team, and encouraged a wallet protection increase via 2 factor identification. Inside the ...
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How to get back stolen tokens from the exchange?

so recently i got stolen in about 50k in Humaniq tokens .. it was a phishing website directed from a slack DM E-mail .. so the guy who stole them,has also stole a lot from other people but everything ...
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Lost Ethers in Google ad phishing scam

I am currently looking at my ethereum wallet and it shows that a transaction happened overnight and wiped my whole balance. I was trying to transfer some funds from my cold wallet. I went on www dot ...
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