What do you need to understand first?
Copying an address is not the final check. Your clipboard, message or account might show information you did not intend to use. Read the details at the point of approval, including the trusted device display when available.
What might this look like?
You meant to make a payment, but the screen asks to approve broad token access. That is a different action. Reject it and find out why it appeared instead of assuming every wallet prompt is needed to send.
Where is the safety checkpoint?
What belongs on your checklist?
- I understand why I am sending, without pressure or a promised reward.
- I confirmed the recipient and unexpected changes outside the message.
- The asset and receiving network match at both ends.
- I compared the full address, rather than only its beginning and end.
- The amount, fee and any withdrawal conditions match my intention.
- The signing display agrees with the request I intended to approve.
- No prompt asks for a recovery phrase or unexplained token permission.
- I know where to check receipt and will repeat these checks next time.
When should you pause?
A countdown is not a reason to skip the checklist. Close the request if you cannot explain it, and return through a route you found independently.
- Any mismatch or unexplained permission stops the payment.
- A successful test never replaces the next review.