Etherscan Launches Lookalike Address Scam Detection
Etherscan has released a beta feature that flags address-poisoning scams — a common attack where malicious actors plant visually similar addresses in transaction histories to trick users into sending funds to the wrong wallet.
What we know
An account on X announced the new 'Lookalike Address Warning (Beta),' which highlights when addresses on the same page share deceptive lookalike characters. Address poisoning has been a growing attack vector, particularly targeting users who copy-paste from tx history. The feature is a meaningful UX-level security improvement for Ethereum users.
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