Counterfeit token: Tether USD (USDT) - Ethereum0x040EeA9ba5576FF24ed2029F63bdE9382F70F537
This is not the official USDT on Ethereum.
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Key facts
- Deployed
- 27 May 2025
- Recipient wallets (aggregate)
- Not recorded
- Last seen
- Not recorded
- Published
- 3 October 2026
Summary
The contract 0x040EeA9ba5576FF24ed2029F63bdE9382F70F537 on Ethereum presents itself as Tether USD (USDT). It is not the official USDT contract on Ethereum, which is 0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7. It was deployed on 27 May 2025 by the address 0x459fBB9d5c8ee6eA045a03a552e4741746a1500D in transaction 0xcfed28a6b66e0a91bf6da33c7ff54ab488e24b48d6b7bbba0d27a8cc3c296cd2. Its owner() function returns 0x459fBB9d5c8ee6eA045a03a552e4741746a1500D. This listing was published automatically on 3 October 2026 after on-chain verification.
Contract facts
- Chain
- Ethereum
- Contract address
- 0x040EeA9ba5576FF24ed2029F63bdE9382F70F537
- Token name
- Tether USD
- Symbol
- USDT
- Decimals
- 6
- Total supply
- 1,000,000
- Deployer address
- 0x459fBB9d5c8ee6eA045a03a552e4741746a1500D
- owner() returns
- 0x459fBB9d5c8ee6eA045a03a552e4741746a1500D
- Deployment transaction
- 0xcfed28a6...3c296cd2
- Deployed
- 27 May 2025
- First seen
- Not recorded
- Last seen
- Not recorded
- Recipient wallets (aggregate)
- Not recorded
- Published
- 3 October 2026Published automatically after on-chain verification
Timeline
- Contract deployed
- Published automatically after on-chain verification
What to do if you hold this token
- Do not pay anyone. No one can unlock, release, convert or withdraw the value of a counterfeit token, because it has none. Anyone who asks you for a fee, tax, gas deposit or verification payment to do so is attempting a further fraud.
- Do not interact with the token. Do not try to sell, swap or send it, and do not connect your wallet to any website that claims to support it. Doing so can expose your wallet to malicious approvals.
- Revoke token approvals. If you approved any contract or website connected with this token, revoke those approvals in your wallet's settings or with the block explorer's token approval tool.
- Report it. Report to the police or the national fraud reporting service where you live (for example Report Fraud in the UK or the FBI's IC3 in the US), to Chainabuse, and to any exchange or platform involved.
- Keep records. Keep screenshots, transaction hashes, messages, and the details of anyone who contacted you about the token.
- Get independent help if you need it. You can contact us using the form on this page. Contacting us is optional and is one option among those above.
About this page
This page sets out facts recorded on a public blockchain, each linked to the public block explorer record from which it was taken. "Counterfeit token" means a token whose name or symbol imitates a recognised stablecoin but whose contract address is not that stablecoin's official contract address. "Addresses associated with the deployment" are blockchain addresses that, according to the public record, deployed, own, funded or distributed the token. That association describes on-chain activity only. It does not identify any person and is not a finding that any person has committed an offence. This page is not legal advice.
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