Rug pull detector: token scam audit before you buy

What is a rug pull?

A rug pull happens when the team behind a token disappears with investor funds. The classic mechanic: launch a token, generate hype, let buyers pile in, then drain the liquidity pool. Price drops to zero in seconds and holders cannot sell because there is nothing left to sell against.

A related scam is the honeypot: a contract that lets you buy but blocks every sell transaction. You hold tokens that appear to have value on a chart, but no trade will ever go through. Your money is gone the moment you press buy.

Both scams share a signature in the contract code. The flags are readable on-chain — if you know what to look for and check before buying.

What Darkmen tracks

Darkmen's Token Scam Audit runs a contract check against every new token the scanner picks up. It looks for honeypot code, a mint function the deployer can still call, high sell tax, whether the liquidity pool is locked, and how many holders the token has. A single honeypot flag alone is enough to classify a token as high-risk — there is no flag-count threshold to clear first.

New tokens carry meaningful scam risk by default. This scan runs automatically on every one, so you get the read on launch instead of pulling the contract apart yourself.

How the alert works

Every alert that fires for a new pool carries this audit's result — there is no separate high-risk trigger to wait for. A single honeypot flag alone is enough to mark a token scam; other checks (an active mint function, sell tax above 10%, an owner that can reclaim control, an unlocked pool, or a thin holder count) push the rating to high or medium even with no honeypot present.

What each risk level means:

• Scam — the contract is flagged as a honeypot: buys go through, sells are blocked
• High — no honeypot, but the contract has an active mint function, sell tax above 10%, or the owner can reclaim control
• Medium — none of the above, but the liquidity pool is not locked or the token has fewer than 10 holders
• Low — none of the checks above tripped

🚨 $RUGAI · SCAM · honeypot detected · Base · 4 min old

That alert includes the token symbol, chain, risk level, and which specific checks tripped — honeypot, mint, tax, and lock status each shown individually, plus how long ago the pool appeared.

Tier & channels

Token Scam Audit is a Pro feature. Pro gives you real-time alerts with no daily cap and access to all modules.

Alerts reach you through whichever channels you connect: Telegram or the live web feed. Enable multiple channels so no alert slips through while you are away from one screen.

For the full tier comparison see pricing.