Independent, on-chain investigations into crypto presales and the paid-promotion machine behind them. We verify the claims, follow the money on the blockchain, and show you how to run the same checks yourself. Educational, evidence-first — never financial advice. 23 guides.
Scam Watch is our independent, evidence-first look at crypto presales and the paid-promotion machine that inflates them. Every piece is built from publicly verifiable facts — the project’s own words, quoted and attributed, and the money as it appears on the blockchain — so you can run exactly the same checks yourself.
This is journalism and education in the public interest: not financial advice, and not an accusation of unlawful conduct. We separate fact from opinion, date how we checked, and offer a right of reply to anyone we write about.
AlphaPepe's presale has run 14 months across 19+ stages with an anonymous team, a minimal token-only audit, an
Bitcoin Hyper claims a $32m+ raise for a Bitcoin Layer-2 — yet publishes no code, calls itself 'a meme coin' i
IONIX Chain's presale advertises a 'CONFIRMED' listing price of $2–$5 — up to 166x its sale price — with audit
LiquidChain is on presale 'Stage 81', advertises four-digit staking APYs that change week to week, runs across
Little Pepe claims $28m raised for a memecoin promising its own Layer-2 blockchain — with a fully anonymous te
Maxi Doge allocates 40% of its supply to marketing, names no team members, and advertised triple-digit staking
MemeToro sells an AI meme-coin launcher with a built-in casino — from an anonymous team, on a months-old domai
Mutuum Finance has a real Halborn audit and a CertiK Skynet listing — and an anonymous team, an 18-month presa
Nexchain's team admitted its profile photos weren't authentic, its own sale page shows two different prices at
Pepeto claims a $10m raise, a coming Binance listing and a 'Pepe co-founder' — with no verifiable team, demo-s
Remittix claims $30m raised for a crypto-to-fiat 'PayFi' token — with an anonymous team that quietly deleted i
The complete pre-flight check for any crypto presale: verify the team, the whitepaper, the audit and the actua
Many presale dashboards display fabricated fundraising totals to trigger FOMO. Here's the free, three-step blo
Scam presales invent executive teams with stolen photos and AI faces. Learn the one-search reverse-image check
Scam projects buy Telegram members, X engagement and five-star reviews by the thousand. Learn to tell a real c
Scam factories don't write whitepapers — they find-and-replace old ones. The quotation-mark Google trick catch
Coin Gabbar's own pages describe paid listing promotion, a press-release product with refunds, and 'featured'
Presale directories and crypto 'news' sites look like independent journalism — but much of it is paid placemen
Directories like CoinSniper and CoinMooner rank tokens by 'community votes' — while selling the rank itself as
Sites like CoinVote and CoinHunt rank tokens by 'community votes' — while third-party sellers openly retail th
Rating directories like ICObench and ICOholder score and 'feature' crypto projects. What their own pages sell,
The calm, step-by-step emergency drill: revoke token approvals, move assets to a fresh wallet, refuse 'unlock
Since October 2023, crypto promotions to UK consumers must follow strict FCA rules — risk warnings, no refer-a
We only publish what’s provable: the project’s own claims quoted verbatim, checked against the blockchain and public records. We distinguish fact from opinion, note how and when we checked, and offer a right of reply. We don’t publish allegations we can’t evidence.
We’re deliberately careful with that word. We lay out verifiable facts and red flags and let you judge — a presale can be extremely high-risk, misleading or unlicensed without a court having ruled on it. Our job is to surface the evidence, not to hand down a verdict.
Start with how to check if a presale is a scam: verify the team, look for a real audit, and — most importantly — compare the on-chain money against what the project claims it has raised.