Investment scams#
Last modified: August 10, 2026
Investment scams promise profit, guaranteed yield, account growth, mining rewards, or risk-free trading. Many impersonate legitimate companies, including Centurion Labs. Centurion Labs does not offer investment accounts or guaranteed returns.
CenturionDEX is a non-custodial decentralized exchange interface. You control your own wallet and funds. Centurion Labs does not hold user deposits in managed accounts and does not message users to invest funds.
What it looks like#
A person in a chat group says they work with Centurion Labs and can place your CTN into a “pledge account” that earns daily returns. They show fake screenshots of balances increasing, then say you must pay a tax or unlock fee before withdrawing. The displayed balance is not a real CenturionDEX account, and the extra fee is another theft attempt.
Common investment scam claims#
Scammers may claim:
- Guaranteed profit with little or no risk.
- A private trading desk, mining contract, pledge program, or managed account.
- A limited-time allocation that requires immediate deposit.
- A fake dashboard showing returns you cannot withdraw.
- A fee, tax, or verification payment before funds can be released.
- A token listing, pool, or warning-free interface view as proof of endorsement.
Permissionless token or pool creation is not an endorsement by Centurion Labs. Token warnings are informational and can be incomplete for new or obscure assets.
Checks before sending funds#
- Verify the company and product through official channels you locate independently.
- Refuse any claim of guaranteed returns or risk-free crypto profit.
- Do not send CTN, WCTN, or tokens to unlock a withdrawal.
- Do not connect a wallet to a dashboard sent in a private message.
- Report the scam to the relevant platform and your local financial, consumer-protection, or law-enforcement authority.
If you already paid#
Stop sending funds, even if the scammer says one more payment will release the balance. Preserve payment records, wallet addresses, transaction hashes, chat exports, and screenshots. Watch for recovery-service scams that target victims after the first loss.