Trust Wallet Adds Address Poisoning Protection Across 32 EVM Chains

Trust Wallet has added address-poisoning protection, a screening feature that checks destination addresses against a database of known scam and lookalike wallets to prevent malicious transactions. The rollout initially covers 32 Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchains, including Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Avalanche and Base.

Address poisoning is a phishing technique in which scammers send small transactions so victims copy the attacker's address from their history and inadvertently send funds to illicit wallets. Trust Wallet described these attacks as one of the fastest-growing threats in crypto and said there have been over 225 million attacks and $500 million in confirmed losses to date.

The risk has been underscored by recent incidents: address poisoning cost two investors $62 million, and one victim lost $50 million in USDT in December 2025, prompting calls for stronger wallet protections.

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