---
title: "Masked Token Name and Symbol"
description: "Team Etherscan uses heuristics to mask certain tokens with unknown reputation as a pre-emptive measure to help prevent scams. To unmask these tokens, please update the token information."
url: https://info.etherscan.com/what-is-masked-token-name-and-symbol/
tags: ["General"]
published: 2024-07-29
updated: 2026-06-21
---

# Masked Token Name and Symbol

![](https://info.etherscan.com/what-is-masked-token-name-and-symbol/images/2024/07/image_2024-07-29_114045877.png)

To combat address poisoning attacks and prevent [spoofed tokens](https://info.etherscan.com/what-is-address-poisoning/#token-spoofing) from deceiving users, Team Etherscan uses heuristics to mask certain tokens with [unknown reputation](https://info.etherscan.com/etherscan-token-reputation/#unknownreputation) as `ERC20 ***` on Etherscan:

![](https://info.etherscan.com/what-is-masked-token-name-and-symbol/images/2024/07/image_2024-07-29_113550329.png)

### How to Unmask Tokens?

This update may also affect legitimate tokens that match our heuristics for masking certain tokens. For example:

![](https://info.etherscan.com/what-is-masked-token-name-and-symbol/images/2024/07/image_2024-07-28_002239634.png)

Legitimate token projects that wish to unmask their tokens on Etherscan should raise a ticket to [update the token's information](https://info.etherscan.com/how-to-update-token-info/) and provide more context to users.