Binance flags are a major concern for crypto traders: Details

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Crypto Exchange’s leading Binance has issued a critical warning to the crypto community regarding the surge in fake token fraud. In a recent tweet, Binance warned crypto traders and investors of the growing threat that scammers are creating fake crypto assets that closely mimic legitimate tokens.

“Fake token scams are on the rise, and fraudsters are mimicking the legal ones and using them to create fake crypto assets to steal funds and data.

In a blog post, Binance described fake token attacks as a kind of cryptocurrency scam in which a malicious actor creates fake or fraudulent tokens that mimic legitimate cryptocurrency.

These fake tokens are designed to deceive investors and traders and believe they are buying or trading real assets.

Susbarium issued a similar warning with an unofficial token with its X account focused on Shiba Inu, specializing in protecting the crypto community and revealing fraud. Susbarium said certain groups are attempting to exploit the Shiba Inu ecosystem by firing informal tokens while making false claims about their partnership with Shib.

Safety Tips

In the blog post, Binance provided some tips for identifying fake crypto tokens, including contract address verification, using risk assessment tools, and the latest information.

Every digital token has a contract address associated with it. As a safety precaution, crypto users are urged to always obtain contract addresses from official sources. You can also use risk assessment tools to detect fraud.

Contract code analysis, swap analysis, and liquidity analysis are the most basic methods of detecting token risk, but can pose technical challenges as it requires a certain level of coding and blockchain-specific knowledge. Users unfamiliar with the technical elements of digital assets may rely on consumer tools developed to assist in risk assessment.

Staying up to date with industry trends is also a strategy to reduce fraud-related risks in the cryptocurrency space. Crypto traders can also check red flags of token metrics such as zero and very low prices, market capitalization, liquidity, etc. to find fake tokens. A real token must have a consistent and fair metric proportional to the number of holders. The last thing to do is to pay attention to informal channels.