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This meme is a screenshot of a Discord chat message from a user impersonating Elon Musk, misspelled as "real elon musck", with a distorted low-quality 3D profile picture of the billionaire. The user only sends the simple message: "send me $2". The meme uses this exchange to satirically explain how most scam memecoins and crypto impersonation schemes work: scammers pose as famous crypto-associated figures like Elon Musk, and simply ask audiences for small amounts of money with no actual product, utility, or return offered.
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Overview

This meme is a screenshot of a Discord chat message from a user impersonating Elon Musk, misspelled as "real elon musck", with a distorted low-quality 3D profile picture of the billionaire. The user only sends the simple message: "send me $2". The meme uses this exchange to satirically explain how most scam memecoins and crypto impersonation schemes work: scammers pose as famous crypto-associated figures like Elon Musk, and simply ask audiences for small amounts of money with no actual product, utility, or return offered.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to Reddit's r/meme with the title "memecoin explained", and is a screenshot of a real Discord chat interaction that was turned into a joke to call out common memecoin scam behavior.

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