Glossary
Address Poisoning
A scam where the attacker sends a tiny zero-value transfer from an address that visually mimics one you recently used — banking on you copying it from history.
Address poisoning exploits how most wallets present transaction history. The attacker watches your outgoing transfers, then sends a zero-value (or dust) transaction from a freshly generated address whose first and last characters match your real recipient.
If you later send funds by copying "the same address from history", you may grab the attacker's lookalike instead. The defense is to never copy addresses from transaction history — keep them in a verified contact list, or paste them from the recipient directly.