It actually baffles me that one can be so careless but also that binance doesn't automatically realize the receiving address is not a bitcoin address. In my multi currency wallets it always tells me "this is not a xxx address" .
BTC and ETH address are so very different, there should be a warning or something to stop this transaction from happening.
I just checked Binance and it shows some kind of warning when you want to send wrapped btc, for ETH it says “
You are withdrawing Binance Wrapped BTC (BBTC). Please ensure that the receiving platform supports this token or you will be at risk of losing your assets.” while for Bep20 is says “
The network you have selected is BSC. Please ensure that the withdrawal address supports the BNB Smart Chain network. You will potentially lose your assets it the chosen platform does not support refunds of wrongfully deposited assets.”
And since he intended to deposit ETH it would have been more easy for him to have noticed because on the withdrawal page the word “BTC” was used more than 6 times, so it would have been impossible for someone who wasn’t distracted to have missed something like that. Even when asked to input the amount we want to withdraw “btc” was still clearly stated there.