Rugs & Scams

A bot that makes tiny repeated buys on a Pump.fun coin to keep it near the top of the feed.

A launch where the dev bought a large share of supply across many wallets in the first block, hiding how concentrated ownership really is.

A supposed or actual group of insiders coordinating launches, promotion or trading activity. The word is thrown around far more often than it is proven.

The creator wallet has sold its tokens. Usually the end of the coin, occasionally the start of a CTO.

A malicious site or transaction that empties your wallet once you approve it. Often hidden behind fake airdrops, fake mints or cloned sites.

The buyers whose purchases let earlier holders sell at a good price. If you can't tell who the exit liquidity is, it is you.

A copycat token with the same name and ticker as a real one, posted to trick people into buying the wrong contract.

Being used as a source of profit by insiders or bots, for example buying into a launch that was set up to sell into retail.

A token set up so buyers can buy but can't sell, for example through freeze authority or a malicious contract.

A wallet connected to the team or to whoever knew about a launch in advance. Insider supply is the supply most likely to be sold on you.

When an influencer promotes a coin they already hold and sells into the buyers their post brings in.

Fake links, accounts or sites built to steal wallet access or seed phrases. Spikes around every popular launch.

When the people behind a coin pull liquidity or dump their supply so the price collapses and holders can't get out. Short for rug pull.

Insiders sell gradually over days or weeks, keeping the chart looking alive while they exit.

The team doesn't pull liquidity but dumps its tokens and abandons the project. Technically still tradable, practically dead.

Launching a copy of a successful coin or product to drain attention and liquidity from it. Not always a scam, always a copy.

Software that generates trades automatically to make a coin look active and climb trending lists.

Trading a token back and forth between wallets you control to fake volume and activity.