FUD Farming 101: How Scammers Turn Geopolitical Panic Into Six-Figure Rug Pulls

Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT has unmasked a tidy little syndicate—over 10 X accounts working in harmony—that’s busy minting viral panic about the US-Iran conflict like it's a shitcoin, all to steer terrified users straight into crypto scams. It’s the ultimate doomposting-to-dumping pipeline.

The grift runs on a classic, depressingly effective playbook: buy up aged accounts with a few followers (the digital equivalent of a used car with a questionable history), spam ‘the world is ending’ content to farm engagement like a yield aggregator, then swiftly pivot to shilling fake giveaways and pump-and-dump schemes. It’s a three-act play for the morally bankrupt.

ZachXBT followed the on-chain breadcrumbs, revealing all 10 flagged accounts suddenly started singing praises for the token $ORAMAMA on February 22, 2026, before ghosting it forever. This coordinated rug pull apparently harvested a tidy six-figure sum—proof that in crypto, sometimes the only thing being ‘pumped’ is a scammer’s wallet.

Almost immediately after ZachXBT dropped his exposé, all 11 mentioned accounts blocked him in unison—a move so synchronized it screams ‘single operator,’ like a bot army executing a perfect rug pull. It’s the digital equivalent of a group of strangers all suddenly turning and walking away at the same time.

The investigator posed a more chilling thought: ‘It's scary to think about the implications of it if a nation state actor operated the same scheme rather than a meme coin scammer given how easy it is to operate.’ Imagine a state-sponsored FUD farm; the yields would be catastrophic, not just financial.

ZachXBT called for platform bans and legal repercussions for this kind of coordinated manipulation, pointing out that propaganda from these networks floods X feeds daily. His advice? Do your own research—check recent posts and account details before engaging, lest you become the liquidity for their next exit.

This probe expands on ZachXBT’s previous work exposing a fake account dubbed ‘Rashid bin Saeed,’ which posted fabricated Iranian military strike lists to farm engagement for similar scams. It suggests this coordinated network might be wider than the 11 accounts spotted, like a metastasizing meme coin scam.