The scams people still treat as background noise are the ones emptying wallets without a “hack.” Rug pulls get the threads. These get the funds. 1. Address poisoning Attackers generate a lookalike address (same first and last characters) and dust it into your history. Next time you copy “the address I used last time,” you send to them. No signature, no approval, no seed. Carnegie Mellon researchers measured about 270 million attempts against 17 million addresses on Ethereum and BSC over two years, with at least $83.8 million confirmed stolen in that window. A single December 2025 case was ~$50 million USDT after a $50 test transfer; another ~$12 million hit in January 2026. Post-Fusaka fee cuts made the spam cheaper, so volume jumped. 2. Permit and approval drainers You never paste a seed. You sign an EIP-712 permit, setApprovalForAll, or an EIP-7702 delegation that looks like a login or mint. Scam Sniffer put kit losses at about $494 million across ~332,000 addresses in 2024, and about $84 million across ~106,000 in 2025. The drop is real (better wallet warnings), not the end of the industry. Off-chain permits often do not even show up as a normal spend in history until the drain. 3. Fake support and seed social engineering Still the highest single-ticket loss. In January 2026, impersonation of hardware-wallet support took roughly $282–285 million from one victim who handed over a recovery phrase. Official accounts do not DM you to “verify” or “upgrade” a wallet. 4. Pig butchering / fake investment platforms Under-discussed in Web3 circles because it is not a contract bug. Long relationship, then a polished “exchange” UI. Chainalysis-scale reporting puts investment and pig-butchering losses in the billions, far above most on-chain exploit totals. 5. Stale infinite approvals The site was fine when you signed. Months later a front end, DNS record, or dependency is compromised and the old uint256.max allowance is still live. BadgerDAO-style injected approvals are the template. Stay safe and follow for more Tips

Gm CT, If you’re just getting into Web3, don’t try to learn everything at once. A few things are worth your attention before you start clicking around. 1. get a plain sense of what this stuff actually is. A blockchain is basically a shared ledger that a bunch of computers agree on, and apps on top of it (wallets, exchanges, NFTs, DAOs) talk to that ledger instead of a normal company database. You don’t need the deep math yet. You just want the mental model: your address is public, your keys are private, and once a transaction is confirmed it’s usually final. 2. get comfortable with a wallet. That’s your account. Set one up, write the seed phrase down offline, and treat that phrase like the keys to your house. There’s no “forgot password” button. Play with tiny amounts, or a testnet, until sending and receiving feels boring. 3. learn how a transaction actually moves. Fees (gas) change with how busy the network is, you have to be on the right chain, and a bridge or a swap is not the same as a simple send. Before you sign anything, pause and check the network, the amount, and the address. Most early losses are just “I clicked too fast.” 4. assume scams are everywhere. Random DMs, fake support accounts, “claim your airdrop” links, and insane yield numbers are the usual traps. Never share your seed phrase, never sign a message you don’t understand, and double-check sites instead of trusting a link someone sent you. If it feels rushed, it’s probably trying to rush you. 5. pick one real thing and use it slowly. A simple transfer, a swap on a well-known exchange, or just reading how a project works. Skip leverage, brand-new meme coins, and complicated yield stuff until you can explain what you’re doing in normal language. Small size, official docs, and patience will teach you more than chasing the latest thread. Hapy Taco Tuesday 🌮😌

Gm CT The recent “Nigerians launching tokens = ruggers” conversation got us thinking 👀 Maybe we need less arguing and more education + open conversations. So we’re hosting a Crypto & Meme AMA 🎙️by 7pm WAT What’s one question about crypto you’ve always wanted to ask?