Feed — Scam and Fraud

Mantra’s OM crash: a 90% drop is not a free lesson

Even a heavily marketed “fundamentals” token can erase most of its price in a day.

A Telegram “pre-market gem” can be a contract designed so only the operators exit.

Whether ETH is “cheap” this month is a separate question from whether the person selling you a path to buy it is honest.

Paid signal groups sell certainty. Markets do not.

If a pitch waves a Chinese “MLM licence”, check whether it is really a MOFCOM direct-selling permit — and what that permit actually allows.

A “law firm” that installs a wallet, credits a fantasy balance, then invoices a percentage is selling urgency, not a judgment.

When bot brands rotate weekly but the admin handle stays put, you are looking at packaging, not a trading edge.

A site full of broker names is often bait for people searching their own loss — not a path to a refund.

Ads promising hundreds of per cent and a “50/50” private desk are a sales funnel, not a track record.

A glossy “transit account” at a pretend bank is still an advance-fee recovery script.

A site that brands itself as a scam checker can still funnel readers toward paid or affiliated channels.

Ethical-sounding nicknames do not create a reverse button on a public blockchain.