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   {"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"46c15fff-ab80-4764-812c-8c69a949033a","kind":"publish","page_slug":"fomo-token","published_at":"2026-09-10T23:14:59.064Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"FOMO Token","sections":[{"content":"At least five distinct and unrelated crypto projects have used the name 'FOMO Token' or the ticker '$FOMO' simultaneously. Readers and investors should identify projects by contract address, not by name or ticker alone.\n\n1. FOMO Network (Ethereum ERC-20, contract 0x9028C2A7f8C8530450549915c5338841Db2a5fEa) — the highest-profile project bearing this name, which collapsed in June 2024 and formally shut down in May 2026. A planned V2 contract (0xDd334548ef6B72B24549783BDfF7767284C19022) was announced but the project was subsequently discontinued.\n\n2. Fomo Lab (Ethereum ERC-20, contract 0xb0cfb062dE74F0410430a37305b878B7ad65903b) — an NFT-focused project that delayed its Token Generation Event (TGE) in May 2022 citing market conditions, ultimately launched a token on Ethereum mainnet on September 29, 2022, but has since shown minimal on-chain activity (approximately 290 transactions and 285 holders as of the time of research). No verifiable evidence of a formal rug pull has been found, but the project appears largely inactive.\n\n3. FomoFi (BNB Chain) — a low-liquidity token listed on CoinGecko describing itself as a meme token platform. Market cap is unreported due to undisclosed circulating supply, and daily volume has been as low as $66.\n\n4. FOMO (Solana, contract ZxBon4vcf3DVcrt63fJU52ywYm9BKZC6YuXDhb3fomo) — a Solana-based meme token with a very low price (approximately $0.00005) and no verifiable team or project documentation found.\n\n5. FOMO TOCD — a battle token associated with The Old Castle Defense (TOCD) game, listed on MEXC, unrelated to the other FOMO projects.\n\nThe legitimate fomo.family trading platform (FOMO Labs Inc.) is a San Francisco-based company with $94 million in disclosed venture funding; it has not as of September 2026 launched a native token, though prediction markets assign material probability to a token launch by end of 2026 or 2027.","heading":"Entity Disambiguation — Multiple Projects Share This Name","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"FOMO Network Token Tracker — Etherscan","type":"on_chain","url":"https://etherscan.io/token/0x9028c2a7f8c8530450549915c5338841db2a5fea"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Fomo Lab Token — Ethplorer","type":"on_chain","url":"https://ethplorer.io/address/0xb0cfb062de74f0410430a37305b878b7ad65903b"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FomoFi Price — CoinGecko","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/fomofi"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FOMO Solana Token — Solscan","type":"on_chain","url":"https://solscan.io/token/ZxBon4vcf3DVcrt63fJU52ywYm9BKZC6YuXDhb3fomo"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Will fomo.family launch a token? Polymarket","type":"other","url":"https://polymarket.com/event/will-fomofamily-launch-a-token-by"}]},{"content":"FOMO Network was an Ethereum-based project that built a community through Discord and Telegram, promoting NFTs and the FOMO token. On June 10, 2024, the token's market capitalization collapsed from approximately $28 million to near zero within seconds. Community members and on-chain investigators reported that the project's deployer wallet withdrew over 250 million FOMO tokens from the GemPad launchpad contract — valued at approximately $10 million at the time — and sold them for approximately 157 ETH (roughly $574,000 at prevailing prices). Liquidity on Uniswap was simultaneously drained, causing the price to fall from approximately $0.05 to near zero. Following the collapse, all major communication channels — including the main Telegram group, a whale group, an NFT group, and the founder's personal X/Twitter account — were deleted. Individual investors reported losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.\n\nThe project's founder, who operated online under the handle 'Toshi,' subsequently claimed that project funds were lost in a December 2024 hack. A cryptoforensic investigator quoted by Byline Times stated this explanation 'makes no sense,' noting that the deployer wallet showed continued activity inconsistent with a compromised account.\n\nThe deployer dispersed approximately $25,000 in USDT across many wallets using FixedFloat, a cryptocurrency mixing service, which investigators noted is consistent with deliberate obfuscation of fund flows.\n\nIt is important to note that no criminal charges or civil judgments specifically related to the FOMO Network rug pull have been identified in verifiable court records as of this writing. The characterization of the event as a rug pull is based on on-chain data, community reports, and investigative journalism, not an adjudicated finding.","heading":"FOMO Network — Alleged Rug Pull (June 2024)","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"FOMO Network Crash: Potential Rugpull Event — The Holy Coins","type":"news_article","url":"https://theholycoins.com/news/the-fomo-network-fomo-coin-drops-after-a-rugpull-event"},{"credibility":3,"name":"The Fox on X — live rug thread with on-chain details","type":"social_media","url":"https://x.com/CryptoFoxDen/status/1800283834820198490"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Ashley Ward (Keable, Toshi) FOMO Network Scams documentation site","type":"community_report","url":"https://ashleywardscam.com/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FOMO Network Token Tracker — Etherscan","type":"on_chain","url":"https://etherscan.io/token/0x9028c2a7f8c8530450549915c5338841db2a5fea"}]},{"content":"An October 2025 investigation by Byline Times identified the founder of FOMO Network as Ashley Ward, also known by his birth name Ashley Keable, and by the online alias 'Toshi.' The investigation reported that Ward carries two prior UK criminal fraud convictions: an earlier conviction for 15 eBay frauds involving jewelry and cameras, for which he received a 12-month custodial sentence (a judge described it as 'a carefully worked-out scam'), and a 2012 conviction for defrauding a photographer of £1,800 through a fraudulent camera sale. These convictions are a matter of public UK court record.\n\nByline Times further alleged that Ward co-founded Roo Coin in 2021, which investors also claimed experienced a rug pull, and that he sponsored Tommy Robinson's June 2024 Parliament Square protest and the September 2024 'Unite the Kingdom' rally in London.\n\nThese are allegations and investigative findings, not additional criminal convictions. The convictions for eBay fraud and the 2012 camera fraud are reported as established matters of public record by Byline Times; the characterizations of FOMO Network and Roo Coin as rug pulls are allegations that have not been adjudicated in a court of law as of this writing.\n\nFOMO Network formally shut down on May 16, 2026. In an announcement, Ward cited severe health deterioration, exhaustion of operating runway, and a family emergency. A follow-up clarification on May 17, 2026 confirmed there would be no relaunch and that the token would not return.","heading":"FOMO Network Founder — Prior Fraud Convictions and Investigative Reporting","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Tommy Robinson's Rally Sponsored by Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Crypto Rug Pulls — Byline Times","type":"news_article","url":"https://bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/tommy-robinsons-unite-the-kingdom-rally-was-sponsored-by-a-convicted-fraudster-allegedly-behind-cryptocurrency-rug-pulls/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"FOMO Network Shuts Down as Founder Cites Health Concerns — The Holy Coins","type":"news_article","url":"https://theholycoins.com/news/fomo-network-shuts-down-after-founder-cites-health-and-family-concerns"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Ashley Ward (Keable, Toshi) — Community documentation","type":"community_report","url":"https://ashleywardscam.com/"}]},{"content":"Two documented phishing operations have exploited the fomo.family brand to steal cryptocurrency from users. Neither operation is affiliated with any FOMO-named token, but they directly harm users who interact with FOMO-related content online.\n\n1. fomoo[.]family (typosquat): A fraudulent website documented by PCRisk on July 16, 2026 that adds an extra letter 'o' to the legitimate fomo.family domain. The site replicates the legitimate platform's visual design almost exactly but replaces the download call-to-action with a 'Connect wallet' button. Once a user connects a wallet, a cryptocurrency drainer activates and transfers funds to scammer-controlled addresses within seconds. The drainer is capable of identifying and prioritizing high-value assets.\n\n2. claim-fomo[.]family (fake airdrop): A separate phishing site documented by PCRisk on May 9, 2025 that impersonates fomo.family and implies users are eligible for an airdrop. Clicking 'Check Eligibility' prompts wallet connection and signs a malicious contract that executes automated fund transfers to scammer-controlled wallets.\n\nBoth operations distribute through compromised social media accounts on X and Telegram, malicious advertising networks, deceptive pop-up ads, and phishing emails. Cryptocurrency stolen through wallet drainers is irreversible due to the finality of blockchain transactions.","heading":"Phishing and Wallet-Drainer Operations Impersonating FOMO","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Fake Fomo Trading Platform Scam (fomoo.family) — PCRisk","type":"research","url":"https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/35598-fake-fomo-trading-platform-scam"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Claim Fomo Scam (claim-fomo.family) — PCRisk","type":"research","url":"https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/32842-claim-fomo-scam"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fake Fomo Trading Platform Scam — MalwareTips","type":"research","url":"https://malwaretips.com/blogs/fake-fomo-trading-platform-scam-how-fomoo-family-drains-connected-crypto-wallets/"}]},{"content":"Fomo Lab (fomolab.io) is a separate project that described itself as focused on 'bringing NFTs to the masses.' Its $FOMO token was initially issued on Binance Smart Chain before migrating to Ethereum mainnet. In May 2022, the team announced a delay to its Token Generation Event, citing adverse market conditions and a stated desire to protect existing holders. The TGE ultimately launched on Ethereum on September 29, 2022, at a launch price of $0.25, with BSC token holders receiving a migration at $0.20 (a 20% discount). As of the time of this research, the Ethereum contract (0xb0cfb062dE74F0410430a37305b878B7ad65903b) shows approximately 290 total transactions and 285 holders, suggesting minimal adoption and activity. No verifiable rug pull event or formal fraud complaint specific to Fomo Lab has been identified in Tier 1 or Tier 2 sources. The project appears largely inactive.","heading":"Fomo Lab — Delayed TGE, Minimal Activity","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"Fomo Lab Token Generation Event announcement — Medium","type":"official","url":"https://medium.com/fomo-lab/important-announcement-regarding-fomo-token-generation-event-84b13bacdf4e"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Fomo Lab Token — Ethplorer on-chain data","type":"on_chain","url":"https://ethplorer.io/address/0xb0cfb062de74f0410430a37305b878b7ad65903b"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fomo Lab ICO/IDO details — ICO Drops","type":"research","url":"https://icodrops.com/fomo-lab/"}]},{"content":"The fomo.family trading app (operated by FOMO Labs Inc., New York) is a separate, well-funded entity with no connection to any FOMO-named token. It was founded in 2025 by Paul Erlanger, Se Yong Park, and Prashan Dharmasena, all formerly of the derivatives exchange dYdX. The company raised a $2 million pre-seed, a $17 million Series A led by Benchmark in November 2025, and a $75 million Series B led by Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures in June 2026 at a reported $550 million valuation, bringing total disclosed funding to approximately $94 million. The app reported approximately 625,000 users and $4 billion in cumulative trading volume as of mid-2026. As of September 2026, the company has not launched a native token. The app allows cross-chain trading across Solana, Base, BNB Chain, and Monad from a single unified balance. This entry is included solely to help readers distinguish the legitimate platform from FOMO-named tokens and phishing sites that impersonate it.","heading":"fomo.family Trading App — Legitimate but Unrelated","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Why Benchmark made a rare crypto bet on trading app Fomo — TechCrunch","type":"news_article","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/why-benchmark-made-a-rare-crypto-bet-on-trading-app-fomo-with-17m-series-a/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures back trading app Fomo at $550 million valuation — Fortune","type":"news_article","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/fomo-series-b-fundraise-index-ventures-union-square-ventures/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fomo (platform) — Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomo_(platform)"}]},{"content":"Several structural risk signals are observable across the FOMO-named token ecosystem:\n\n- FOMO Network: Prior to collapse, the deployer retained control over a substantial token supply held in the GemPad launchpad contract. The ability to withdraw and liquidate 250 million tokens in a single transaction is a characteristic of projects where insider token concentration is not locked in a credibly immutable contract. The use of a mixing service (FixedFloat) after the liquidation is consistent with deliberate fund concealment.\n\n- Fomo Lab: Minimal holder count (approximately 285) and very low transaction volume on the Ethereum contract suggest limited liquidity and high concentration risk. The project delayed its TGE citing market conditions without providing detailed on-chain evidence of fund custody during the delay period.\n\n- FomoFi: Daily trading volume below $100 and no disclosed circulating supply are significant red flags for a token listed on CoinGecko. Extremely low liquidity renders the token vulnerable to price manipulation.\n\n- Solana FOMO meme token: No identifiable team, whitepaper, or verifiable project documentation. Consistent with the pattern of Solana meme coins issued via pump.fun or similar launchpads where the vast majority of tokens have no lasting value.\n\nResearchers at Blockfence have documented that scammers broadly exploit FOMO (the psychological phenomenon) to drive retail investment in fraudulent tokens, using fabricated lock mechanisms (such as PinkLock Finance) to create false impressions of liquidity security. While that report is not specific to any FOMO-named token, it is directly relevant to evaluating projects in this space.","heading":"Tokenomics and On-Chain Risk Signals (Across FOMO-Named Tokens)","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"How scammers used FOMO and misleading code to rug 42K victims — Blockfence / Bitget News","type":"research","url":"https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560603883893"},{"credibility":2,"name":"$32M Stolen: Over 1,300 Fake Tokens Rugged — Blockfence","type":"research","url":"https://blockfence.io/security/32m-stolen-over-1300-fake-tokens-rugged/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FomoFi Price — CoinGecko","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/fomofi"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":3,"name":"FOMO Network Crash: Potential Rugpull Event — The Holy Coins","type":"news_article","url":"https://theholycoins.com/news/the-fomo-network-fomo-coin-drops-after-a-rugpull-event"},{"credibility":3,"name":"FOMO Network Shuts Down — The Holy Coins","type":"news_article","url":"https://theholycoins.com/news/fomo-network-shuts-down-after-founder-cites-health-and-family-concerns"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Tommy Robinson Rally Sponsored by Convicted Fraudster — Byline Times","type":"news_article","url":"https://bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/tommy-robinsons-unite-the-kingdom-rally-was-sponsored-by-a-convicted-fraudster-allegedly-behind-cryptocurrency-rug-pulls/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Ashley Ward (Keable, Toshi) Community Documentation","type":"community_report","url":"https://ashleywardscam.com/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fake Fomo Trading Platform Scam — PCRisk","type":"research","url":"https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/35598-fake-fomo-trading-platform-scam"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Claim Fomo Scam — PCRisk","type":"research","url":"https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/32842-claim-fomo-scam"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fake Fomo Trading Platform Scam — MalwareTips","type":"research","url":"https://malwaretips.com/blogs/fake-fomo-trading-platform-scam-how-fomoo-family-drains-connected-crypto-wallets/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FOMO Network Token Tracker — Etherscan","type":"on_chain","url":"https://etherscan.io/token/0x9028c2a7f8c8530450549915c5338841db2a5fea"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Fomo Lab Token — Ethplorer","type":"on_chain","url":"https://ethplorer.io/address/0xb0cfb062de74f0410430a37305b878b7ad65903b"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FOMO (Solana) — Solscan","type":"on_chain","url":"https://solscan.io/token/ZxBon4vcf3DVcrt63fJU52ywYm9BKZC6YuXDhb3fomo"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FomoFi Price — CoinGecko","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/fomofi"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Why Benchmark made a rare crypto bet on trading app Fomo — TechCrunch","type":"news_article","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/why-benchmark-made-a-rare-crypto-bet-on-trading-app-fomo-with-17m-series-a/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures back trading app Fomo at $550 million valuation — Fortune","type":"news_article","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/fomo-series-b-fundraise-index-ventures-union-square-ventures/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"$32M Stolen: Over 1,300 Fake Tokens Rugged — Blockfence","type":"research","url":"https://blockfence.io/security/32m-stolen-over-1300-fake-tokens-rugged/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fomo Lab ICO details — ICO Drops","type":"research","url":"https://icodrops.com/fomo-lab/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fomo (platform) — Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomo_(platform)"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Live FOMO rug thread — X / CryptoFoxDen","type":"social_media","url":"https://x.com/CryptoFoxDen/status/1800283834820198490"}],"summary":"The name 'FOMO Token' and ticker '$FOMO' are shared by numerous unrelated crypto projects across multiple blockchains, the most prominent being FOMO Network (Ethereum, ERC-20), Fomo Lab (Ethereum, ERC-20), FomoFi (BNB Chain), and several unnamed meme coins on Solana and other chains. The dominant risk signal centers on FOMO Network, whose token collapsed from approximately $28 million in market capitalization to near zero on June 10, 2024 in an event investigators and community members described as a rug pull; the project's founder, Ashley Ward (also known as Ashley Keable and online as 'Toshi'), carries two prior UK fraud convictions and an October 2025 investigative report by Byline Times linked him to a pattern of serial scam activity. Separately, phishing operations impersonating the legitimate fomo.family trading app — including the typosquatted domains fomoo.family and claim-fomo.family — actively drain connected wallets and represent an ongoing third-party fraud risk unrelated to any specific FOMO-named token.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-01-01","event":"Roo Coin, a project associated with Ashley Ward (Keable), launched; investors later alleged it was a rug pull. Date is approximate.","source":"Byline Times investigative report","source_url":"https://bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/tommy-robinsons-unite-the-kingdom-rally-was-sponsored-by-a-convicted-fraudster-allegedly-behind-cryptocurrency-rug-pulls/"},{"date":"2022-05-01","event":"Fomo Lab announced delay to its $FOMO Token Generation Event, citing market conditions.","source":"Fomo Lab Medium announcement","source_url":"https://medium.com/fomo-lab/important-announcement-regarding-fomo-token-generation-event-84b13bacdf4e"},{"date":"2022-09-29","event":"Fomo Lab $FOMO token launched on Ethereum mainnet at $0.25; BSC holders migrated at $0.20.","source":"Fomo Lab / MyStartupWorld coverage","source_url":"https://mystartupworld.com/fomo-lab-launches-new-fomo-token-and-more/"},{"date":"2024-06-10","event":"FOMO Network token collapsed from approximately $28 million market cap to near zero. Deployer withdrew 250 million tokens from GemPad contract, sold for approximately 157 ETH (~$574,000), and drained Uniswap liquidity. All communication channels deleted.","source":"The Holy Coins / X thread by CryptoFoxDen","source_url":"https://theholycoins.com/news/the-fomo-network-fomo-coin-drops-after-a-rugpull-event"},{"date":"2025-05-09","event":"PCRisk documented the 'Claim Fomo' airdrop scam (claim-fomo.family), a wallet-drainer impersonating fomo.family.","source":"PCRisk removal guide","source_url":"https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/32842-claim-fomo-scam"},{"date":"2025-10-01","event":"Byline Times published an investigation identifying the FOMO Network founder as Ashley Ward (Ashley Keable), a convicted UK fraudster with two prior fraud convictions, and linking him to the FOMO Network collapse and prior Roo Coin allegations.","source":"Byline Times","source_url":"https://bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/tommy-robinsons-unite-the-kingdom-rally-was-sponsored-by-a-convicted-fraudster-allegedly-behind-cryptocurrency-rug-pulls/"},{"date":"2025-11-06","event":"fomo.family (FOMO Labs Inc., unrelated to FOMO Network) raised $17 million Series A led by Benchmark.","source":"TechCrunch","source_url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/why-benchmark-made-a-rare-crypto-bet-on-trading-app-fomo-with-17m-series-a/"},{"date":"2026-06-22","event":"fomo.family raised $75 million Series B led by Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures at $550 million valuation.","source":"Fortune","source_url":"https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/fomo-series-b-fundraise-index-ventures-union-square-ventures/"},{"date":"2026-07-16","event":"PCRisk documented the 'fomoo.family' typosquat wallet-drainer, a phishing site impersonating fomo.family.","source":"PCRisk removal guide","source_url":"https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/35598-fake-fomo-trading-platform-scam"},{"date":"2026-05-16","event":"FOMO Network formally shut down. Founder Ashley Ward announced closure citing health deterioration, exhaustion of operating funds, and a family emergency. On May 17, Ward confirmed no relaunch and no token recovery.","source":"The Holy Coins","source_url":"https://theholycoins.com/news/fomo-network-shuts-down-after-founder-cites-health-and-family-concerns"}]},"v":1}

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