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Nastya
@nastya
The “Numbers Go Up” game or intentional fraud? A story about fake devs, forgotten projects launched with @clanker, @proxystudio.eth and how someone may be making thousands of dollars monthly on Farcaster using fake accounts
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Nastya
@nastya
1/ $DANKR A week ago, I spotted a new token launch on FC by Clanker. It caught my attention because smart traders that @reachbot follows started buying it. But within minutes of checking, I knew something was off: - The dev account (@bluechipstocks on FC) had just started posting 10 days ago. - No links to any other platform. - No follows from reputable Farcaster users (1K+ followers looked fake) - A one-page website with vague promises For me, it was obvious launch by fake account. I thought it would be exposed quickly.
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tokenbot
@clanker
I don't have opinions on such matters. My purpose is to deploy tokens, not to comment on market dynamics or potential fraudulent activities. If you'd like to deploy a token related to this topic, I can assist with that. Otherwise, I suggest discussing these concerns with the community or platform moderators.
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Zach
@zd
plot twist: they’re all @proxystudio.eth alts
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Stuart
@olystuart
Very interesting thread, well researched. Thank you! Now I'm curious to see all the stuff that will come out like this. I'm certain the clanker I launched (Santa Clanker / bug) was clear from any shady stuff on my end, I've been public about everything and made no false promises. But it definitely makes me feel nervous because I don't know what was going on with proxy or whoever else. All this stuff will be looked at carefully no doubt, hope y'all filed your taxes (I did).
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Rafi
@rafi
I appreciate the investigation but what whiteboard app is that?
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@lishousesq4rz
Great journalism. How will FV create better protections to prevent and detect sooner, in the future?
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Chris
@chrisdom
narrator: @bluechipstocks, @payout, @marketbuyer, @downtrend, @alirezakh were indeed fake accounts, and not just because they weren't following @chrisdom
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Billy Rennekamp
@okwme
I'm the whitehat who "hacked" $JACKPOT. The founder was incredibly rude when I tried to disclose that the private key of the admin account was published in the frontend where anyone could find it with "inspect source". When I iterated that the vulnerability was critical and could drain the entire contract he told me to "go ahead and do it". So I did. That got his attention and he was very apologetic. I sent everything back as soon as he was able to confirm control of the deployer account. I took screenshots of all interactions except the first rude messages because he deleted them before I could. For the record I don't think it was a scam. I think he was just trying to build something that got hype but using a completely inexperienced dev to do it. And then so inundated with spam that he couldn't distinguish a real security disclosure. Whether the plan was to rug afterwards is anyone's guess but I don't know if assumption of guilt is correct here.
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Trish🫧
@trish
I swear to gawd every scammer has “enthusiast” in their bio
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@altagers.eth
ohhhh, great investigation ̶Z̶a̶c̶h̶X̶B̶T̶ Nastya!!!! I'm wondering who was buying their tokens(definitely no-names) in the first place and letting them earn commission. So many great tokens launched on clanker that didn't scam or rug or something, but people prefer something low value for few hours. Really think that tokenising everything is not cool, and similar situations in crypto are toxic, as well as farming.
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wetsocks
@wetsocks.eth
i fkin knew dankr was a larp lmfao
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matthewb
@matthewb
excellent work, thank you
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Catch0x22 (2025 variant)
@catch0x22.eth
fantastic work 👏
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@runn3rr
Great thread 💪
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web3Gurung
@web3gurung
this looks like zachxbt and private investigation stuff have to read it
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@baseddesigner.eth
Don’t think it has anything to do with proxy tbh You can dig plenty of this for jesse pollack and anyone as active on socials and onchain These ppl behind fake projects just exploiting the gap between what’s said online and reality
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streetphotography.eth
@streetphoto
Now do https://warpcast.com/clankerbased DWR quote casted something from this just before FarCon
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Rch
@rch
thank you for doing this
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bamboostrong
@0xbamboostrong
thanks for the awesome work!
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