Recently, the Meme coin fever has pumped various altcoins.
Unaware of what is going on, plenty of people aped in altcoins, but ended up in a honeypot scam and were unable to get their money back. The picture below is a recent victim of honeypot scams who sought help from Beosin.
This happens all the time, and for those who are in FOMO, it's time to calm down and raise your awareness of self-prevention. Let us debunk the tricks of honeypot scams for you.
What is a honeypot
"Pixiu" is a mythical wild animal in ancient Chinese legend. It can swallow everything (mostly jewelry) and not discharge. So "honeypot", also called "Pixiu Scam" in Chinese, is used to describe a token that can only be bought but not be sold. Because of the secrecy, even for experienced investors, it is not easy to identify a honeypot scam. Usually the price of a honeypot will rise rapidly. Therefore, people just ape in and are easily deceived. Once you bought it, it can hardly be sold.
Straying into honeypot, why users still increase their positions?
On April 25, 2023, Beosin EagleEye security risk monitoring, alerting and blocking platform found a counterfeit fraudulent project with the same name as EDU. The suspected fraudulent project contract address 0x4749a5f83F6F003440cB4B6aD1628d39E900D0c4. Token owner 0xac150dfd7991622d9f89d505504c572c8eb2282b buys and sells tokens in EDU pair 0xE3f26c1aDC28f9C85D4B8AB4a995637ad6684862 address and sends tokens to Binance hot wallets, creating the illusion that there are many people involved (shown in the figure below).
Sure enough, before the words were finished, this user bought more. He probably felt that the upward trend would continue and then increased his position.
This is the mentality of many users who follow suit to buy, but end up in a honeypot.
How to prevent a honeypot?
To prevent crypto scams like honeypot, we summarize the following points to note.
1 Pay attention to cryptos with ultra-high return. Ultra-high return usually means ultra-high risk. In the meme season, pay attention not to be the last buyer.
2 Check the background of a crypto project team, and judge the virtual currency information carefully. There is a lot of inaccurate information and exaggerated propaganda in the virtual currency market, and investors need to maintain a skeptical and prudent attitude and strictly identify the information.
3 Some scams use KOLs to promote themselves. Investors need to maintain a rational judgment and do not follow the trend blindly.
4 Do not believe in "inside information" or "confidential information". These are usually scams that set traps to lure investors into risky investments.
5 Above all, it is important to enhance your awareness of self-prevention and prudent investment philosophy.