F009.002

Rug pull

Subtechnique in the Financial Gain (F000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle

Version 0.3 · ID stable since March 5, 2026 · Data snapshot: March 8, 2026

Description

A fraudulent token whose creators drain liquidity after victims buy in, rendering the victims' holdings worthless.

Parent technique

This subtechnique refines F009 Cryptocurrency asset theft.

Other subtechniques of F009

Tags

theft crypto fraud
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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Rug pull (F009.002), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/F009.002/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_f009_002,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{F009.002 Rug pull}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/F009.002/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}