A new crypto wallet address scam that tries to take advantage of user carelessness has been on the rise, according to the MetaMask team.
In an announcement, digital wallet provider MetaMask warned users of an “address poisoning scam,” where attackers “poison” transaction histories by sending users tokens worth $0 to their wallets. The scammers will use wallet addresses generated from vanity address generators and match the first and last characters of their victim’s wallet address. This gets unsuspecting users to send their funds to the wrong copycat address.