Before mentioning about scam projects, let's emphasize that if you are not afford to lose, do neither join cryptocurrency market nor invest in any cryptocurrency.
1) Do Your Own Research (DYOR), instead of believing in the Project Team, Ads, Marketing, Hype, etc.
Check their Domain history with
https://www.whois.com/White paper, Team members and Tokenomics. If it is a PoW project, pay attention on their pre-mined coins.
Projects that are only listed on decentralized exchanges will have higher risk of rug pull. Not all of them will do rug pull but be careful.
It does not mean projects that listed on centralized exchanges won't scam you, won't scam exit at the end. Take care.
Pay your attention with settings for your account on Telegram: avoid to be added to scam groups by strangers, automatic download files that can contain malwares and steal your fund.
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