A HYIP is a high yield investment program that promises enormous returns. Essentially, it is a type of financial pyramid that is dangerous for participants.

A scam is a fraudulent project or scheme that never intended to fulfill its obligations to participants. In the crypto market, the term refers to deceiving investors and siphoning off their funds.

A scamcoin is a cryptocurrency created not for the sake of technology but to enrich its organizers through manipulation or premining. Such coins carry an elevated risk for holders.

A paid poster is a user who, for payment, publishes laudatory messages about a project or negative ones about competitors. Such reviews create an artificial backdrop and mislead.

A "lohovod" is a person who lures newcomers into dubious or hyped projects while concealing risks they are aware of. The goal of such a person is to attract other people's money for their own benefit.