Recently, I came across many "discouragement posts," with titles like "I advise you not to play with crypto" and "After three years of trading crypto, I finally lost everything." Opening the content reveals all sorts of painful lessons, but the ending suddenly shifts, claiming they found a "foolproof" method, guiding users to follow the homepage or join a community. As a seasoned analyst, I can see through these tricks at a glance—this is the latest traffic generation tactic in the crypto circle, leveraging retail investors' rebellious psychology and curiosity. Today, I will unveil these tricks to help you avoid 90% of the scams.
The first trick: "First suppress, then uplift" to gain resonance. The beginnings of these posts often talk about their own losses, such as "I lost two million in three years of crypto trading" or "I was scammed out of five hundred thousand by a scam coin," making retail investors feel "he is just like me, a victim," thus lowering their guard. Then, the tone shifts, saying they encountered a "benefactor" or found a "mysterious system," and now they have recouped their losses or even made profits, ultimately guiding users to follow or join a group. In fact, these so-called "benefactors" and "systems" are traps set by scammers.
The second type of trick: 'cross-industry disguise' for precise strikes. Many traffic generation posts are now starting to infiltrate non-financial fields, such as 'mothers relying on cryptocurrency trading to support their families' in the maternal and infant sector, or 'post-00s achieving financial freedom through cryptocurrency trading' in the workplace sector. These posts take advantage of users' reduced vigilance under a non-investment mindset; for example, mothers focus on parenting topics and suddenly see such posts, which can easily attract them with the topic of 'making money to support the family,' thereby falling into scams.
The third type of trick: 'jargon packaging' to enhance prestige. Early straightforward terms like 'cryptocurrency trading' and 'contracts' have been eliminated, and current traffic generation posts use professional terms like 'Web3', 'blockchain applications', and 'digital assets' to package them, making retail investors feel 'this is legitimate investment, not cryptocurrency trading.' Some posts even quote celebrities like Tom Lee and Larry Fink to increase credibility. In fact, the essence of these posts is still to guide users to trade on overseas platforms or purchase worthless coins.
How to identify these tricks?
I summarized three core techniques. First, check if there is a 'traffic generation behavior' at the end. As long as the post leads to following, joining a group, downloading an app, or using an invitation code at the end, no matter how touching the content is, it is a traffic generation post. Second, check the background of the publisher. Look at their historical posts; if they are all similar 'discouragement posts' or 'profit posts,' and there is no professional analysis, it can basically be determined that they are scammers. Third, do not believe in 'guaranteed profits.' The cryptocurrency market is high-risk, and there is no method that can guarantee profits; those claiming 'guaranteed profits' are all scammers.
Many retail investors fall for scams because they are eager to make money and lack rational thinking. There are indeed many opportunities to make money in the cryptocurrency market, but there are even more traps. As a senior analyst, I will continue to share professional analysis and practical tips to avoid pitfalls. Follow me @链上标哥 to avoid getting lost! Let you take fewer detours in the cryptocurrency market and stay away from scams.
