So you're a hopeless degen trying to snag the next BALD/PEPE/SHIB....

Let's face it: you're not going to stop. Even if you've read all my past posts documenting my attempt at stopping Shitrugger, a serial rugpuller, you weren't discouraged. You've got 0.02 ETH burning a hole in your wallet and you'll not let anything stop you from turning it into 0.0002 ETH.

I'm here to tell you it's OK. It's not your fault. It's human nature. Hell, we've even programmed bots to repeat our same mistakes. It's just like going to a casino, or buying a $2 scratcher. I shoulda just wiped my ass with this money instead, you're thinking to yourself. And you'd be right. But you're not evil for wasting all that money you painstakingly earned via Coinbase Learn & Earn. You're just predictable. Which is exactly what the scammers are taking advantage of. You know you won't stop buying shitcoins, and all the Shitruggers out there know it, too.

I'm here to offer you some guidance, dear shitgambler, and maybe a few tips on how to avoid at least some of these scams.

First off, if you recently figured out how to bridge to the new Base L2 and are looking to get in early on some shitcoins, then you should be aware that the exact same scams that I tracked on ETH mainnet exist on Base as well. I spent a whole whopping 5 minutes on Dextools and Basescan and found a good half dozen scam coins created in the last 2 hours. And just like Shitrugger, the scammer simply:

1. creates a coin
2. adds liquidity
3. lets the trades rack up for about 20 minutes
4. pulls all the liquidity
5. sends the money to a new wallet
6. creates new shitcoin
7. rinse and repeat indefinitely

It's a shameless, simple, and downright annoying scam that has poisoned nearly every blockchain out there. BUT, it's EASY TO SPOT AND AVOID.

Calm down, shitgambler, I'll explain how to avoid this crap. It's easy and fast, I won't take up much more of your time. I know you have some swaps you'd like to make.

If you're the filthiest of degens, then you know all about Dextools. Take your greasy fingers and click on that Live New Pairs link. I know you know where it's at. Now, before you salivate and quickly buy any pair that has green anywhere on it's chart, do this:

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1. Click on one that you thought about buying. For this example, lets look at PAMPA (went live as I type this). Right beneath the name PAMPA is a link to copy it's token address. Click that, and head to BaseScan, the Base blockchain explorer.
2. Paste that token's address into the Basescan search bar.

https://preview.redd.it/qbza741alcfb1.jpg?1804&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=418a07edff50a89df9e6f1878f6953e66269caf3

1. What you're looking at here doesn't say much. It's not the smoking gun. From here you must click Contract Creator in the upper right. THATS the smoking gun. Lets see what this guy is like.

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1. Oooh boy, this guy doesn't even bother "laundering" their money by sending it to a new wallet. They just spam create scams in one spot! Shitgambler, does this look like a good purchase to you?

Congratulations, you just spotted a scam, and it took only four minutes, two websites, and zero ETH.

I'm not going to try to convince you to stop being a filthy, pathetic degen. I just want you to be a smart, filthy, pathetic degen. Most scams don't require a Master's in Programming. You don't have to have a brain the size of VB's to see what a scam is. Just check a blockchain scanner and look at the creator's address. It takes virtually no time, and ONE QUICK GLANCE WILL REVEAL IF IT'S A SCAM OR NOT.

Go bathe yourself, filthy degen.

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