Cryptocurrency Investors Lose €90,000 Due to Mistakes

Two cryptocurrency investors each lost €90,000 due to simple errors in transactions. One investor lost €87,000 in stablecoins after accidentally copying a scammer's address. This investor intended to use a well-known crypto address, but due to confusion with fake addresses created by scammers, the amount was sent to the wrong address. The scammers created addresses that resembled the investor's, leading to the mix-up. Another investor accidentally paid €90,000 in transaction fees for a bitcoin transaction worth zero euros. This transaction was not processed because the fees were too low. When the fees were increased using an automated method, no maximum was set, causing the fees to escalate to the full amount. Ultimately, this resulted in a zero-euro transaction with €90,000 in fees.

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