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# Check recipient data!

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Earlier, we warned you about a fake airdrops where scammers uses people’s greed as a way to steal funds from crypto wallets.

*Today we will tell you about another type of fraud related with the substitution of recipient addresses:*

1. Scammer do everything for installing a special malware on your device (mainly Windows). This program is waiting for a moment when you send cryptocurrency on other address
2. When you copy the blockchain address the malware replaces the recipient’s address in the clipboard with the address of a scammer
3. When you create a transaction, you paste scammer’s address into the “recipient” line and confirm the transaction
4. &#x20;Your cryptocurrency is sent to the scammer’s wallet and not to the address you wanted to send the crypto

### How to protect yourself? <a href="#ac34" id="ac34"></a>

Before sending funds, always check out the correctness of the entered data in the transaction.&#x20;

Even experienced users have problems with it when they lose their vigilance because of routine copy-paste actions.

Remember about security rules when working with cryptocurrencies.&#x20;

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