Course

Crypto Scam Protection

Most coins aren’t lost in trades, they’re stolen. Learn the tricks behind scams and the habits that stop them.

14lessons
100minutes
14quizzes to pass
350XP
 

What you get out of it.

Most crypto isn’t lost in trades. It’s taken. Not by volatility, but by design. Through polished dashboards, “official” apps, fake endorsements, and countdowns that force your hand. Scams don’t look like scams until after you’ve signed - and then it’s too late. Once you give up a seed, an approval, or a deposit, it’s gone. No undo. No appeal.

This course pulls back the curtain on how those traps are built, why they work on smart people, and what to watch for before you click. You’ll see the patterns across every scam - wallets, hype groups, miracle yields, deepfakes, fake exchanges - and you’ll learn the checks that break them all.

Skip it, and every login, every trade, every click is a roll of the dice. Take it, and you carry habits that make you unreadable to scammers. The hook lands on others. Not on you.

What You’ll Learn (to see traps before they close): Spot the fakes - wallets, dashboards, and exchanges built to drain you the second you click “approve.” Cut through the hype - how coordinated pumps and fake endorsements push you to buy the top and hold the bag. See the payout trap - the “unlock fees” and “miracle yields” that only pay until your deposit is gone. Defend your keys - why every scam aims at your seed phrase or approval - and the habits that keep both locked. Use quick tests, not trust - small deposits, verified links, and cross-checks that expose scams in minutes. ‍

What you gain isn’t just safety - it’s armor: scams lose their edge, pressure loses its grip, and your habits outlast the tricks.

How it runs
  • One lesson at a time. Each one is short, and each one ends in a quiz you have to pass before the next unlocks.
  • Read or listen. Every lesson has an audio version, so it works while your eyes are elsewhere.
  • Your place is kept. Sign in and the course remembers the lesson you stopped on, on any device.

14 lessons, in order.

They run in order, and each one opens when the quiz before it is passed. A dot marks a lesson that ends in a quiz.

Cross the Bridge: Move Crypto from Exchange to Wallet (Safely)

01 Fake Wallets and Look-Alike Apps 10min
02 Pump-and-Dump Schemes Explained 5min
03 Fake ICOs and Presale Scams 5min
04 Fake Exchanges and Withdrawal Traps 6min
05 Cloud Mining Scams Exposed 6min
06 Unsolicited Crypto DMs and Emails 10min

Send Crypto Safely: Your First Real Transfer

07 Shillers and Social Manipulation 10min
08 Crypto MLM and Pyramid Schemes 8min
09 Deepfake Endorsement Scams 8min
10 Crypto Ransomware and Extortion 7min
11 Fake Investment Dashboards 7min
12 Fake Support and Impersonation Scams 6min
13 Crypto Giveaway Scams Exposed 6min
14 Malware in Crypto Tracker Apps 5min

Signed in, the ones you have finished are ticked and the next one is the one that opens. Signed out, the course starts at the first lesson.

Part of a learning path

The Crypto Map - Stop Paying Tuition to Mistakes

This is course 2 of 3 on that route. Finish all 3 and the path pays 300 $KODEX.

See the path