Send 1, get 2 back (no.)

Send 1 SOL, get 2 back. This scam has been running for years and still works because the math only needs to work once. Post the offer to enough people and a handful will send money without thinking too hard — the scammer keeps every single deposit and the "doubling" never happens to anyone.

Fake livestreams dress this up further: a replayed or deepfaked video of a real founder or celebrity, looped 24/7, "personally" promising to double whatever you send to an address on screen. It's not live, and it's not them.

Watch for the variant where a "prize" or "giveaway win" requires a deposit to unlock — that's not tax, not a fee, not verification. It's the same scam wearing a different hat. The universal rule: nothing legitimate ever requires you to send money first to receive money back. Nothing. Not once.