A crypto scam check screens a wallet for interactions with addresses linked to fraud, fake tokens and phishing; Plastron flags scam exposure free across seven EVM chains, returning a Low-to-Critical risk verdict in seconds.
Crypto Scam Exposure Check
Receiving scam tokens or dust creates counterparty exposure that follows your wallet to every exchange you use.
Crypto scams operate through multiple vectors that create compliance exposure for their targets, not just perpetrators. Token dusting attacks send tiny amounts of worthless tokens to thousands of wallet addresses simultaneously — the intent is to track spending patterns, but the result is that every dusted wallet now has a transaction relationship with a scam contract address. Honeypot token schemes distribute fraudulent tokens through airdrops or DEX trades and then use the token contract's interaction history to mislead analytics tools. Phishing operations send tokens from compromised projects to attract unsuspecting transfers. All of these scam-related token interactions end up in your counterparty history and can create compliance flags at regulated exchanges. The issue is compounded by the difficulty of distinguishing victim from perpetrator at the analytical level: blockchain analytics tools see an interaction between your wallet and a known scam address and flag it regardless of why that interaction occurred. Plastron's scam detection draws from CryptoScamDB's database of over 2,400 verified phishing and scam addresses on Ethereum, combined with Forta threat intelligence and community-curated fraud indicators. The result is comprehensive coverage of the scam ecosystem that your wallet may have inadvertently touched.
How Plastron handles crypto scam check
CryptoScamDB Integration
Plastron integrates CryptoScamDB's blacklist — over 2,400 verified scam and phishing addresses on Ethereum — as part of our known-address database. Any interaction between your wallet and a CryptoScamDB-listed address is flagged as fraud or phishing exposure. This covers dust attack senders, honeypot token contracts, and confirmed phishing addresses.
Dust Attack Detection
Dust attacks send tiny token amounts from a scam contract to your address. Your wallet technically received tokens from a flagged address without your consent. Plastron identifies these interactions and categorizes them as phishing-category exposure with a Low to Medium severity, since you were the target rather than a participant. The report explains the nature of the interaction so you can contextualize it if an exchange asks.
Spam Token Filtering
Plastron applies a spam token filter to screen out misleading token symbols and contracts from your exposure analysis. Tokens with symbols longer than 12 characters, special characters in their names, or that match known spam patterns are excluded from counterparty scoring. This prevents your risk score from being artificially inflated by mass token-spam campaigns that have nothing to do with your trading behavior.
Which risks are checked
Coverage, in numbers
Measured from Plastron’s own screening corpus, rebuilt on every deploy.
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