Trading tools are perfect targets. Users move fast, they're used to signing things, and the real products have odd domains that a fake can easily beat. Photon lives at photon-sol.tinyastro.io and Terminal at trade.padre.gg. Neither looks official, so a lookalike with a cleaner name doesn't look suspicious at all.
The five scams we see most
1. The fake Telegram bot
Same name, same profile picture, same welcome message as Trojan or BONKbot, one letter off in the handle. You deposit SOL into the bot wallet it shows you, and it's gone. Some ask you to "import" an existing wallet, which hands over your private key.
2. The cloned terminal
A pixel-perfect copy of a terminal's login page, usually reached from a search ad or a link in a group chat. It asks you to connect a wallet and sign a transaction that looks like a login, and the signature approves a transfer instead. These sites are called drainers.
3. The fake support account
You post a problem in a public chat and get a DM from "Support" within seconds. They need your seed phrase to "sync" your wallet. No real support team ever asks for it.
4. The fake airdrop or points claim
"Claim your Axiom rewards" or "Check your token allocation." The claim page is a drainer. Real tools announce rewards on their own site and accounts, and you claim from inside the product you already use.
5. The fake extension or app
A wallet or trading extension published under a near-identical name. It reads your keys as soon as you import a wallet. Install wallets like Phantom only from the link on their own site.
The 30-second habits that stop all five
- Bookmark the official link once and only ever open tools from the bookmark. Every tool page on this site shows the one official link we checked by hand.
- Paste anything suspicious into our [link checker](/link-checker). It compares a link, domain or Telegram handle against the official ones we keep for every listed tool.
- Never type a seed phrase into a website, a bot or a DM. The only place it belongs is the wallet app itself, when you restore.
- Read what you sign. If a "login" asks you to approve a transfer or set a delegate, close the tab.
- Keep a small hot wallet for trading and keep everything else somewhere the trading tools never touch. More on that in is it safe to give a trading bot your private key.
If something went wrong, move whatever is left to a brand-new wallet straight away, and revoke any approvals you don't recognize. Then report the fake to the real project so it can warn others.
Most copied tools, with their official links
Trojan
Telegram botsBig Solana Telegram bot with copy trading, limit orders and a web terminal
Axiom
Trading terminalsThe terminal most traders moved to: new pairs, perps and wallet tracking in one place
Photon
Trading terminalsThe original Solana sniping terminal: simple, fast and one browser tab
Terminal
Trading terminalsFormerly Padre. A fast multichain terminal that pays back part of your fees
FAQ
How do I know if a Telegram trading bot is real?
Open it only from the link on the project's official website, compare the handle letter by letter, and paste it into a link checker that keeps the official handles. Never trust a bot link sent in a DM or group chat.
What is a wallet drainer?
A drainer is a fake site that asks you to connect your wallet and sign a transaction that looks harmless, like a login or a claim, but actually approves transferring your tokens to the scammer.
Will real support ever ask for my seed phrase?
No. No real wallet, bot or terminal support team ever needs your seed phrase or private key. Anyone asking for it is trying to steal your funds.
Nothing here is financial advice, and we never call a coin or tool safe. We say what we checked and when.