Counterfeit token: USDT (Tether) - Ethereum0x248450C03c5EA7a91bCB46AB9Ee0fDB632ED137f
This is not the official USDT on Ethereum.
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Key facts
- Deployed
- 12 January 2025
- Recipient wallets (aggregate)
- Not recorded
- Last seen
- Not recorded
- Reviewed
- 3 October 2026
Summary
The contract 0x248450C03c5EA7a91bCB46AB9Ee0fDB632ED137f on Ethereum presents itself as USDT (Tether). It is not the official USDT contract on Ethereum, which is 0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7. It was deployed on 12 January 2025 by the address 0x36709C05E4BB414879e0069402326216E49b1d73 in transaction 0x8c894c05a566c2e643479b687c22be25dc328da50981e46fec357925c94ec7c4. Its owner() function returns 0x36709C05E4BB414879e0069402326216E49b1d73. It belongs to an operator network of 8 published contracts. An analyst reviewed this listing on 3 October 2026.
Contract facts
- Chain
- Ethereum
- Contract address
- 0x248450C03c5EA7a91bCB46AB9Ee0fDB632ED137f
- Token name
- USDT
- Symbol
- Tether
- Decimals
- 18
- Total supply
- 7,206,900,000,000,000,000
- Deployer address
- 0x36709C05E4BB414879e0069402326216E49b1d73
- owner() returns
- 0x36709C05E4BB414879e0069402326216E49b1d73
- Deployment transaction
- 0x8c894c05...c94ec7c4
- Deployed
- 12 January 2025
- First seen
- Not recorded
- Last seen
- Not recorded
- Recipient wallets (aggregate)
- Not recorded
- Operator network
- net-0e6ff6deab
- Reviewed
- 3 October 2026
Timeline
- Contract deployed
- Listing reviewed and published
Operator network
This contract is linked to an operator network of 8 published contracts that share a deployer, owner or gas funding address.
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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