Most people who lose money in crypto lose it to scams or mistakes — not markets. Learn to spot the traps and lock down your keys. 28 guides.
Most people who lose money in crypto don’t lose it to the market — they lose it to a scam or a simple mistake. This is the section that keeps you out of both: how the common traps actually work, how to lock down your keys, and what to do if something goes wrong.
If you read just two things here, make them how to avoid crypto scams and hot vs cold wallets. The rule underneath all of it never changes: nobody legitimate will *ever* ask for your seed phrase, and no real ‘support’ team will DM you first.
Address poisoning plants a lookalike wallet address in your transaction history so you copy the wrong one. Lea
Clipboard hijacking malware silently swaps a crypto address you copied for the attacker's. Learn how it works
Fake giveaways and 'double your crypto' offers use famous names and fake live streams to steal funds. Here's h
How crypto phishing scams trick you into handing over passwords, seed phrases and wallet approvals — and the s
Fake airdrops dangle free tokens to lure you onto a malicious site. Learn how the bait works and how to claim
Fake crypto exchanges look real but exist only to take your deposits. Learn how counterfeit trading sites oper
Scammers posing as exchange or wallet 'support' are one of crypto's most common cons. Here's how the trick wor
Fake crypto wallet apps mimic real ones to steal your seed phrase the moment you set up. Learn how they spread
A honeypot token lets you buy but not sell. Learn how these rug-pull traps are built into smart contracts and
Pig butchering scams blend fake romance and friendship with a fake investment platform. Learn how the long con
Ponzi schemes and high-yield investment programs promise guaranteed returns and pay old investors with new mon
A SIM swap lets a criminal hijack your phone number, intercept your SMS codes, and break into your accounts. H
How wallet-drainer scams trick you into signing a malicious transaction that empties your wallet in seconds —
Flash loan attacks, rug pulls, oracle manipulation, and malicious approvals — the most common ways DeFi users
Cross-chain bridges have lost more to hackers than almost anything else in crypto. Here's what a bridge is, wh
How to make sure your crypto isn't lost forever when you're gone. A calm, practical guide to inheritance plann
Operational security for everyday crypto users: how to reduce your attack surface, protect your privacy, and a
If your crypto wallet has been hacked or drained, here's a calm, practical plan: what to do first, how to limi
Set up two-factor authentication on your crypto accounts the right way: why app-based 2FA beats SMS, how to en
What a multisig wallet is, how it removes the single-point-of-failure of one seed phrase, and how to set one u
Fake wallet and exchange apps are everywhere. Learn how to verify a crypto app is the real thing before you in
Smart contracts are the code that runs DeFi, NFTs and DEXs — and their bugs can cost users real money. Here's
A plain-English guide to the optional wallet passphrase — the '25th word' that adds a hidden layer to your see
A watch-only wallet lets you monitor a crypto balance and transactions without holding the private keys. Here'
A calm, practical step-by-step plan for what to do immediately after a crypto scam — how to limit the damage,
From Mt. Gox to FTX to the 2025 Bybit hack: a clear history of major crypto exchange failures and the durable
The common crypto scams — fake support, phishing, giveaways, romance and rug pulls — and the simple habits tha
A plain-English guide to seed phrases: what they are, how they back up your crypto wallet, how to store one sa
Handing over access — typing a seed phrase into a fake site, approving a malicious transaction, or trusting a ‘support’ DM. Almost every large loss traces back to giving someone else control, not to the blockchain itself being hacked.
For anything more than pocket money, use a hardware wallet so your keys stay offline, and back your recovery phrase up on paper or metal — never a photo, screenshot or cloud note.
Assume not. Unsolicited offers of ‘support’, giveaways or fund recovery are a classic second scam aimed at people who’ve already been hit. No legitimate service needs your seed phrase, and none will DM you first.