The attack exploits how wallets and explorers shorten long blockchain addresses. Screening can flag suspicious dust transfers, impersonation tokens, lookalike counterparties, and sudden address-history entries that do not match a user's normal transaction pattern.
Back to glossary
Glossary term
What is Address poisoning?
Address poisoning is a crypto scam in which an attacker sends a tiny transfer or fake token from an address crafted to resemble one the victim already uses. The goal is to pollute wallet history so the victim later copies the wrong truncated address and sends funds to the attacker.