>>60856319
Address poisoning in crypto is a scam where someone sends you a tiny, worthless transaction (like $0.00 or some random token) from a wallet address that looks almost the same as one you’ve recently interacted with.
Why? Because later, when you’re copying and pasting wallet addresses to send your real money, you might accidentally copy their fake one instead of the real one (since they look very similar). If that happens, you end up sending your crypto straight to the scammer — and it’s gone forever.
Example:
You send money to 0x1234abcd5678ef...
A scammer then sends you $0.00 from 0x1234abce5678ef... (see the tiny difference?)
If you’re not careful, you might copy their address from your history and lose your funds.
How to avoid it:
Don’t just trust the “recent transactions” list in your wallet.
Always double-check the full address (not just the first and last few characters).
Or even better, save trusted addresses in your contacts/bookmarks.
Do you want me to also explain why scammers pick this method instead of just phishing directly?
-Chatgpt
