20 Comments

1. 

   November 12, 2025 AT 23:19

   Brian Gillespie

   Don't touch this with a 10-foot pole.

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   November 14, 2025 AT 02:36

   Douglas Tofoli

   bro i just bought 500 AVDO bc i thought it was gonna save the planet 🥑🌍... now i feel like an idiot. anyone else??

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   November 14, 2025 AT 14:47

   Rachel Everson

   Hey, don’t beat yourself up - you’re not alone. This is exactly why we need more education on crypto red flags. You’re learning now before it’s too late. 💪

4. 

   November 15, 2025 AT 06:23

   Edward Phuakwatana

   AVDO is the digital equivalent of selling glitter in a jar and calling it ‘starlight essence’ ✨🤡. The ‘Smart Blockchain 4.0’ claim? That’s not tech - that’s a toddler scribbling on a whiteboard and calling it a patent. And the $21.9B market cap? Bro, the entire global avocado industry is worth $15B. You can’t have a coin worth more than the fruit it’s named after unless you’re printing money in a dream. This isn’t DeFi. It’s DeluluFi.

   
   

   Real blockchain projects don’t need to invent new physics to seem legit. They just ship code. They open-source. They update. AVDO? Their GitHub is a graveyard. Their Telegram? 87% bots. Their ‘farmers’? Never heard of them. It’s not a scam - it’s a performance art piece titled ‘How to Ruin a Good Fruit’.

   
   

   And the ‘20+ years of blockchain experience’? That’s like claiming you invented the wheel because you’ve been rolling rocks since 1999. Blockchain didn’t exist until 2009. You can’t have a PhD in something that hasn’t been invented yet. That’s not experience - that’s sci-fi fanfiction.

   
   

   People fall for this because they want to believe in something good. ‘I’m investing in sustainability!’ No. You’re investing in a guy in a basement with a Canva template and a fake Mexican farm photo from Google Images. The avocado farmers in Michoacán? They’re out there harvesting real fruit. Not crypto tokens.

   
   

   Don’t feel bad for buying in. Feel smart for reading this before you dump more cash. The only thing growing here is the scammer’s bank account. And the avocado? Still delicious. Just don’t buy it with AVDO.

5. 

   November 16, 2025 AT 10:04

   Elizabeth Stavitzke

   Oh wow. A US citizen actually wrote something smart. Who would’ve thought? Meanwhile, the rest of the world is still trying to convince themselves that ‘tokenized guacamole’ is the next big thing. Pathetic.

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   November 18, 2025 AT 04:46

   Ainsley Ross

   Thank you for this meticulous breakdown. It’s rare to see such clarity in a space dominated by hype and deception. The fact that no verifiable land records exist, combined with the impossible technical claims, makes this one of the most blatant cases of financial theater I’ve seen in years. The emotional manipulation - tying a noble cause like sustainable agriculture to a fraudulent asset - is particularly insidious. Please continue exposing these schemes. The world needs more truth-tellers.

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   November 20, 2025 AT 00:24

   Michael Heitzer

   This isn’t just a scam - it’s a symptom. We live in an age where people crave meaning in their investments. They don’t just want returns - they want purpose. AVDO didn’t invent that desire. It just weaponized it. The real failure isn’t the scammers. It’s the system that lets them thrive. We teach people to ‘invest in the future’ but never how to spot a future that doesn’t exist. We glorify ‘disruption’ without demanding accountability. And then we blame the victims when they get burned.

   
   

   AVDO is a mirror. It shows us how hungry we are to believe in something good - even when the evidence screams otherwise. The avocado isn’t the problem. The dream is. And someone sold it to us with a fake blockchain and a photo of a tree.

   
   

   But here’s the hope: You read this. You questioned it. You didn’t just scroll past. That’s how the tide turns. Not with more coins. But with more critical minds.

8. 

   November 20, 2025 AT 21:19

   Ruby Gilmartin

   Let’s be real - anyone who bought AVDO deserves to lose everything. You didn’t do basic due diligence. You didn’t check CoinGecko. You didn’t look at the blockchain explorer. You didn’t Google ‘AvocadoCoin scam’. You just saw ‘eco-friendly’ and ‘Mexico’ and your dopamine fired. Pathetic. You’re not an investor. You’re a target.

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   November 21, 2025 AT 21:38

   Arthur Crone

   AVDO = A Vile Deceptive Operation

   Case closed.

10. 

    November 21, 2025 AT 23:49

    David Billesbach

    Did you know the founder’s LinkedIn profile is just a stock photo of a guy in a hoodie? And the ‘CEO’? His name is ‘Ricardo Mendoza’ - the most common fake name in crypto scams. Also, the domain was registered through a privacy shield in the Caymans, and the same IP address was used for 3 other scam coins - one called ‘PickleCoin’ and another called ‘TacoToken’. This isn’t coincidence. It’s a factory. They’re churning out these scams like McDonald’s fries. And you’re the grease.

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    November 23, 2025 AT 02:32

    Adrian Bailey

    Man, I read this whole thing and I’m just sitting here with my avocado toast thinking ‘wow, I just ate $10 worth of fruit and I didn’t even need a blockchain to enjoy it.’

    
    

    I mean, I tried to buy AVDO once because my cousin said it was ‘the next Bitcoin’ - but then I saw the website and the font was Comic Sans. That’s it. That was my red flag. Comic Sans. In 2024. On a crypto site. I just walked away. No regrets.

    
    

    Also, the ‘Smart Blockchain 4.0’ thing? I thought that was a joke at first. Like, is this a parody? But nope. Real people paid real money for this. I feel like I’m living in a Black Mirror episode where everyone’s too distracted by shiny things to notice the wires.

    
    

    Anyway, I’m just glad I didn’t lose money. My advice? If it sounds too good to be true, and it’s named after a fruit - walk away. Even if you’re hungry.

    
    

    Also, I just ate another avocado. It was delicious. No code needed.

12. 

    November 23, 2025 AT 09:42

    Laura Hall

    hey everyone - i just wanna say if you bought avdo, you’re not dumb. you were just hoping for something better. and that’s okay. we all want to believe in good things. but now? now you know. and that’s powerful. you’re not stuck - you’re wiser. and you can help someone else avoid this mess. maybe even your cousin. or your uncle. or your weird reddit friend who keeps posting ‘avdo to the moon’ 🥑🚀

    
    

    we’re all learning. this just hurt a little. but it didn’t break you. you’re still here. that’s the win.

13. 

    November 24, 2025 AT 03:55

    Johanna Lesmayoux lamare

    Worthless.

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    November 25, 2025 AT 14:58

    Wayne Dave Arceo

    Let’s correct a misconception: The fact that AVDO is built on Solana doesn’t make it any less fraudulent. It makes it more dangerous. Scammers use existing infrastructure to lend false legitimacy. It’s like renting a Tesla to run a Ponzi scheme - the car is real, but the driver is a con artist. Solana didn’t create AVDO. The fraudsters did. And they’re counting on your ignorance of blockchain architecture to confuse you.

    
    

    Also, the SEC warning? That’s not a ‘heads up.’ That’s a federal indictment waiting to happen. Anyone still holding AVDO is playing Russian roulette with their tax returns.

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    November 26, 2025 AT 20:46

    BRYAN CHAGUA

    Thank you for taking the time to lay this out so clearly. It’s easy to get swept up in the noise of crypto, but posts like this remind us that integrity matters more than returns. I’ve shared this with my family and friends - especially the ones who think ‘if it’s on the internet, it must be real.’ Knowledge is the best defense.

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    November 27, 2025 AT 09:08

    Rebecca Saffle

    They used ‘Mexico’ because they know Americans feel guilty about exploiting Latin America. So they made it sound like a charity. But it’s not helping farmers - it’s stealing from investors. And now the whole region gets painted as ‘scammy’ because of these fraudsters. That’s the real tragedy.

    
    

    I’m Mexican-American. My family grows avocados. We’ve never seen a single AVDO token. And we’re not mad - we’re just tired. Tired of being used as a marketing prop for people who don’t care about us. This isn’t innovation. It’s cultural theft.

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    November 27, 2025 AT 19:41

    ty ty

    So you’re saying I can’t get rich by buying a coin named after a fruit? What is this, communism?

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    November 29, 2025 AT 09:00

    Michael Faggard

    Let me break this down like you’re 12: If someone tells you they invented a new type of electricity, you don’t buy their toaster. If someone says they own land they can’t prove they own, you don’t invest. If their website looks like it was made in 2010 with a free template, you walk away. AVDO is a toaster with no heating element. Don’t plug it in.

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    November 30, 2025 AT 20:26

    Joanne Lee

    I appreciate the depth of this analysis. I’m curious - has any regulatory body in Mexico issued a formal statement regarding AVDO’s claims of land ownership? If not, that may be a critical gap in the public record that could be exploited for further exposure.

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    December 1, 2025 AT 21:06

    Joy Whitenburg

    Author here - thank you all for the thoughtful responses. I didn’t expect this to blow up like this. To those who lost money: I’m sorry. This wasn’t your fault. To those who called out the scam: thank you. You’re the reason this won’t work forever. I’ve submitted all this data to the SEC and the FTC. If you’ve been affected, please file a complaint at ic3.gov. You’re not alone.