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• Introduction

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Web3 claims to offer transparency, decentralisation, and community innovation. However, underneath what you and I can see, there is a darker reality: newbies and crypto experts are victims of scammers, hype traders, and fake influencers.

Marketing can be an advantage and a disadvantage in a permissionless society. Some use it as a tool to intimidate new users, while others use it to create truly lively communities.

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In this article, we will discuss the suspicious aspects of Web3 marketing, including what to avoid, what to watch out for, and how to create credibility in an environment where trust is scarce.

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Scams Disguised as Hype

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Rarely do cryptocurrency frauds seem to be scams; they usually present themselves as innovative through real websites, complete whitepapers, celebrity endorsements, and overly active social media profiles. The most common Web3 marketing frauds are:

Fake Token Presales: These projects, which are advertised on Twitter or Telegram channels, disappear as soon as they get Ethereum and move away with user funds.

The most dangerous are probably the airdrop phishing links and claim airdrop websites that look exactly like the real ones and steal wallet information.

This particular lesson came to me the hard way some days ago. I clicked on a link and linked my wallet while exploring an NFT drop that was shared by a well-known X user.

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With the same UI, it looks authentic. After a few minutes, all of my NFTS and ETH were gone. The website was a copy of a phishing scam. I had mistakenly shared my seed phrase in the process. Everything was drained by the hacker. The worst thing? Thousands of people followed the account that posted the link. I lost years of work because of that one error, despite my being excessively careful.

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How to Identify Fake Hype and Fake Engagement

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Hype in crypto marketing is frequently designed to look natural, and here's how to recognise manipulation is as follows:

• Engagement Comments: There will be some comments through coordinated retweets and replies. Keep an eye out for phrases like "Do not sleep on this" or "Huge alpha!"

• Bot Comments & Followers: A post is most likely botted if it has thousands of likes but it has fewer comment responses.

• Fake Community Numbers: Although many Discord and Telegram servers claim to have 100,000+ users, very few of them communicate without engagement.

Use scanning tools like TwitterAudit and TGStat, or simply follow your instincts if they feel it is perhaps too perfect.

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Creating A Real Web3 Communities

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Real communities do exist, and they thrive on authenticity, despite the scams. Here's how trustworthy projects build trust:

Transparency: Genuine teams are transparent about their faces, roadmaps, and responses to criticism.

Education & Onboarding: They put more of an emphasis on teaching than hype. It is a good indication if a project keeps telling you to learn before you buy.

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Slow Growth: It takes time for real communities to grow; they develop through regular communication, AMAS, real content, and mutual gains.

Utility > Hype: Actual value comes from real users, whether it is a fun NFT project, a useful tool, or an innovative protocol, utility will always yield better results than hype.

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Conclusion

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I have been there, therefore you are not alone if you have ever fallen for one or two Crypto scams, just know that you can't be entirely perfect in this space, we get to learn every day and grow harder than we have..

But we are smarter because of those unpleasant lessons. Web3's future depends on developers, marketers, and community leaders who are dedicated to integrity and genuineness. Whoever gains the most trust will determine the next cycle, not who shouts the loudest.