Scam Sniffer: One user lost nearly $620,000 in aEthWBTC, rsETH and swETH to a phishing scam

Scam Sniffer posted on X platform that about 15 minutes ago, a user lost a value of 618,796 US dollars in aEthWBTC, rsETH, and swETH due to a phishing scam.

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