Subject: Electrum BIP-39 Anomaly: Disordered Mnemonic Unlocks Live Wallet – Near-Zero Probability!!
As a non-programmer with a foundational understanding of Bitcoin private keys, addresses, and mnemonics, I've unexpectedly encountered a highly peculiar and seemingly improbable, yet genuinely observed, probabilistic event. This is my first time posting in this forum, so please bear with any translation inaccuracies, as my English relies entirely on Google Gemini.
I recently stumbled upon a phishing attempt on Facebook involving a publicly displayed mnemonic seed. The image presented the mnemonic in a two-column, vertically ordered format, specifically numbered 1.7.2.8.3.9.4.10.5.11.6.12 for its 12 words. The intended phishing scam required users to rearrange these words into the standard 1-12 sequential order to import them into a wallet.
（  As this is my first time posting on this forum, I'm unfamiliar with how to embed images. Please excuse any formatting issues ）
However, [a highly peculiar problem] has arisen:
Through an accidental misreading of the image, I incorrectly interpreted the mnemonic's order as a standard sequential 1.2.3.4.5... (horizontal) layout, rather than its intended 1.7.2.8.3.9... vertical arrangement.
When attempting to import this incorrectly ordered mnemonic into various mainstream wallets like Trust Wallet, MetaMask, and SafePal, they all correctly displayed "Invalid Mnemonic."
But then, astonishingly, upon importing this very same "incorrectly ordered mnemonic" into Electrum Wallet under the BIP-39 format option, it succeeded! And what emerged was a completely new, active Bitcoin wallet with recent transaction history from just a few days ago!
This means that the original phishing mnemonic (intended to be arranged correctly) and the mnemonic that successfully imported into Electrum (which was the exact same set of words, but in an incorrectly assumed sequential order) are one and the same, merely differing in their word sequence.
This should be an impossible event, yet it has inexplicably occurred.
I hope someone can shed light on my confusion and curiosity. Many thanks!