Scalping Prevention: How to Avoid Crypto Scams and Fake Airdrops

When people talk about scalping prevention, the practice of stopping fast, manipulative trading that exploits market noise, they often mean trading strategies. But in crypto, scalping prevention is really about stopping scammers from pulling off quick, dirty grabs of your money. It’s not about limiting how fast you trade—it’s about making sure you’re not being tricked into sending your crypto to a fake platform, a dead project, or a non-existent airdrop. These scams don’t wait for you to make a move—they set traps while you’re looking for free tokens or the next big exchange.

Look at the posts here: BAKECOIN airdrop, a fake token campaign that never existed, Oasis Swap, a DEX that vanished after fake volumes, Shido DEX, a platform with zero trading and no users. These aren’t just failed projects—they’re textbook examples of how scalping prevention works in the real world. Scammers don’t need complex algorithms. They just need you to believe a free token is real. They create fake websites, copy-paste CoinMarketCap listings, and use hype to get you to send crypto first—then disappear. The same tactic shows up in PVU BSC MVB III Event, a phantom airdrop asking users to pay gas fees to claim non-existent tokens. If you’re asked to send crypto to get crypto, it’s not an airdrop. It’s theft.

Scalping prevention in crypto isn’t about timing your buys. It’s about knowing when to walk away. It’s about recognizing that a project with no team, no audits, and no community—like Neblidex, a fake exchange with no support or transparency—isn’t a chance. It’s a red flag. It’s about understanding that WSPP airdrop, which gave away 215 million tokens and then went silent, didn’t fail because of bad luck. It failed because it was never real to begin with. The patterns are the same across every scam: no verifiable history, no real users, no clear purpose. You don’t need a PhD to spot them. You just need to ask: Who benefits if I send this? And if the answer is "the person running the site," you already know the outcome.

What you’ll find below isn’t a list of trading tips. It’s a catalog of real failures—platforms that vanished, tokens that collapsed, airdrops that were never real. Each one teaches you how to protect yourself before you lose money. Read them not to chase the next hype, but to recognize the signs before it’s too late.