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Lookalike payment addresses targeted nearly 4.5 million Solana wallets over 11 months, according to blockchain-data firm Bitquery\u2019s Oct. 9, 2026 findings<\/a>. The findings show why a successful small test transfer can still precede a much larger payment to a scammer.<\/p>\n

The technique, known as address poisoning, plants a misleading entry in a wallet\u2019s payment history. A tiny incoming transfer puts the sender\u2019s lookalike address near a legitimate payment. If the user later copies that address, they can send money to the wrong recipient.<\/p>\n\n

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A Solana test transfer can reach the wrong address<\/h2>\n

Bitquery describes a Nov. 17, 2025 case in which a wallet first paid $10 in USDT to its Gate.io deposit address. A lookalike sent dust 12 seconds later. The wallet then sent a second $10 test to the fake, followed by 30,749.80 USDT to that same address.<\/p>\n

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The implication is that a successful test confirms delivery to the selected address, but cannot establish who controls it. If the destination was copied incorrectly, repeating the payment repeats the mistake.<\/p>\n\n

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Receiving dust does not itself drain a wallet in this mechanism. The loss occurs when its owner subsequently authorizes a payment to the lookalike.<\/p>\n

Bitquery counted 4,497,798 targeted wallets from Oct. 30, 2025, through Oct. 7, 2026. Its rule required a same-day payment of at least $1 in SOL, USDC or USDT, followed by dust or a fake stablecoin token from a different address matching at least three characters at each end of the payee.<\/p>\n

The loss analysis used a smaller subset: approximately 3.0 million wallets poisoned through July 9, 2026. Of those, 1,104 made qualifying payments totaling $940,106. The wider targeting count does not mean 4.5 million wallets lost money.<\/p>\n\n

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The loss total is a floor. It counts payments of at least $1 within 90 days of the first dust. Beyond that window, a payment could qualify if more dust arrived that day. Wallets poisoned after July 9 and payments outside those rules were excluded. Bitquery also removed likely existing relationships, such as pairs with earlier payments or repayments; some genuine thefts may have been excluded.<\/p>\n

Phantom\u2019s address-poisoning guidance<\/a> advises avoiding addresses copied from transaction history and verifying the address before sending.<\/p>\n

Its receiving-payment instructions<\/a> separate the checks: first confirm the exact recipient address and network, then look up the transaction status on an explorer. Phantom also says it cannot recover tokens sent to the wrong address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitquery\u2019s Solana research shows how a successful $10 test can precede a larger payment to the wrong recipient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":571282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77968,60208,77921,9836],"tags":[78175,77517,75380,75695,76896,76824,72860],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSolana address poisoning: $10 test, then $30,750 loss<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Solana address poisoning can defeat test transfers. 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