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IntermediateHow Scams Workschedule7 min

The scam playbooks

The same handful of tricks, over and over: rugs, honeypots, pump & dumps, impersonation.

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Rapid-fire breakdown of each scam type with a 10-second real example of each. End with "they all rely on you not checking."

Scammers are not creative — they reuse the same playbooks. Learn these six and you will recognize most of what you see.

  • arrow_rightRug pull — insiders hold most of the supply, hype it up, then dump everything at once. Price goes to zero.
  • arrow_rightBundle & dump — buy from many wallets at launch to fake demand, then sell them all together.
  • arrow_rightPump & dump — coordinated buying plus shilling to spike the price, then dump on the FOMO buyers.
  • arrow_rightHoneypot — you can buy but a hidden rule blocks you from selling. Your money is trapped.
  • arrow_rightImpersonation — a fake "official" coin of a real brand, person, or project to steal trust.
  • arrow_rightFake graduation hype — manufactured "about to bond!" pressure to trigger last-minute FOMO before a dump.