Scam awareness

Don't Get Rugged — Learn to Spot Scams Before You Invest

Scam detection starts with contract permissions, liquidity controls, identity verification, and claims that sound too certain for a volatile market.

Rug Pulls

Teams remove liquidity, abuse admin keys, or abandon delivery after token distribution.

Honeypots

Contracts allow buys but block sells, trap taxes, or blacklist wallets without disclosure.

Phishing

Spoofed websites, fake support accounts, malicious approvals, and wallet-drainer campaigns.

Pump-and-Dumps

Coordinated promotion creates exit liquidity for insiders while risk is hidden from new buyers.

Fake ICOs

Fabricated teams, unverifiable backers, plagiarized whitepapers, and no audited delivery path.

Ponzi Mechanics

Unsustainable referral yields, opaque treasury flows, and returns funded by new deposits.

Red Flags Checklist

Anonymous team with unverifiable claimsNo credible audit or admin-key disclosureLocked sells, hidden taxes, or blacklisting functionsGuaranteed yield languageUrgent referrals and private DM pressureLiquidity controlled by insiders

Tools & resources

Use block explorers, approval checkers, audit reports, DNS lookups, social history, and liquidity-lock verification before interacting with any project.

Report a Scam

Submit contract addresses, domains, wallet addresses, screenshots, and public evidence for review. Reports should avoid private personal data.

Submit risk report