Rug Pull vs Scam
Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.
Rug Pull
beginner
risk
A rug pull is a crypto scam where project developers abandon a project and steal investor funds after artificially inflating token value through marketing and liquidity promises.
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intermediate
risk
A scam is a fraudulent scheme designed to deceive cryptocurrency users into voluntarily sending digital assets to scammers or revealing sensitive information like private keys, exploiting human psychology rather than technical vulnerabilities.
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