Scam Prevention Guides

Every coin scam leaves observable warning signs, one set per tactic. Know the tactics and you can avoid them — this covers only scam patterns and how to check for them, not investment judgment.

The typical shape of a rug pull — liquidity holds, then vanishes to near zero in an instant. You can see this pattern directly in the observation history on the detail page of a real check.

The structure of a honeypot — the way in (buying) is open, but the way out (selling) is blocked by code. The check detects it by simulating a sell.

📚 Ordered from basics to advanced — read from the top.

What Is a Rug Pull? The Structure of Vanishing-Liquidity Scams and Their Warning Signs How a rug pull works and the signals observable before it happens — unlocked LP, un-renounced ownership, holder concentration. Plus how to spot the pattern in a liquidity-cliff graph. Difficulty Easy · 2026-07-06 Honeypot Tokens — The Trap You Can Buy but Can't Sell The tactics of honeypot tokens whose chart rises while no one can sell (sell-blocking, extreme taxes, blacklists), and how to check for free before buying. Difficulty Easy · 2026-07-06 A 5-Minute Pre-Trade Check Checklist for New Coins From verifying the contract address to hard signals, LP lock, holder concentration, and taxes — a scam-risk review order you can finish in five minutes before trading. Difficulty Easy · 2026-07-06 How to Spot Fake Tokens (Impersonation Coins) — The Name Can Match, but the Address Can't Lie Anyone can issue a token with the same name. How symbol impersonation works, the habit of verifying the canonical contract address, and how to avoid being caught by same-name clones. Difficulty Easy · 2026-07-06 LP Lock and Renounced Ownership — What Green Flags Mean and Their Limits Why an LP lock makes a rug pull structurally hard, what renouncing ownership means, and why a green flag is not a 'guarantee of safety.' Difficulty Medium · 2026-07-06 Solana Meme-Coin Risk Signals — freeze/mint Authorities and Token-2022 Traps The risks created by a Solana token's freeze authority (account freezing) and mint authority (unlimited issuance), and by Token-2022 extensions (transfer tax, frozen-by-default), and how to check them. Difficulty Medium · 2026-07-06 What Large Ponzi Schemes Have Structurally in Common — Even With a Mainnet, the Fraud Shows in the Structure BitConnect, OneCoin, HyperFund… what the largest-loss frauds in history had in common was not code but business structure. Guaranteed returns, referral commissions, withdrawal control — six structural signals visible before collapse. Difficulty Medium · 2026-07-06

For unfamiliar terms, see the 📖 glossary; for scam cases that have actually been confirmed, see the ☠ confirmed-scam archive — you can compare how the tactics in these guides played out in reality.