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Seeing as there are so many airdrops coming out and 99% of them are a scam with very few being legitimate, I decided to create this list help noobs who have trouble differentiating the two. I would also like to say, if you are not sure about a project DO NOT INVEST! Please do not take my advice as investment advice either; I am just trying to help give people who are a little less experienced in the crypto world by providing a little more information.

I will create a list of scam airdrops and a small list of legitimate airdrops. Please feel free to comment so that we can add more to the list and make it as accurate as possible.

Scams:

Satoshi - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2439901.0
Ethereum Ultimate - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2410677.0
Ethereum Cash - ANN thread now locked by scummy dev
Ethereum Platinum - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2388294.0
eBitcoinGold - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2281255.0
Litecoin Gold - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2297409.0
Ethereum Green - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2333742.0
Litecoin Classic [scam version: released about a week or two ago] - thread has been deleted for some reason

There are many more scummy airdrops but I don't have the time to check them all. Please feel free to comment any scams and I will add them.

Legitimate:

Litecoin Classic [not scam version: forking the litecoin network] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2408752.msg24656924#msg24656924
Netcash [white paper looks extremely good] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2399717.0
Viuly [good project] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2353646
DeepOnion[long track-record] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2006010.0

so true

The important thing is never give a personal key for anything, this time is very vulnerable. so we must always be vigilant and careful if any suspicious should ask questions and do not do harmful actions

I will follow your thread to get informations about airdrop scams. And when I see something I will also contribute to your list. For other beginners to find scams and legit airdrops.

Thanks for this post. Am a newbie in Airdrops and I find very difficult differentiating the good ones from the scams

See In Most of the Airdrops newbies are not allowed to participate and those particular airdrops are not meant for Newbies. Please do check the conditions before filling any Airdrop if there is mentioned the stake value of Newbie or not. If there is not mentioned and then also anyone fill the form then it will be invalid as the company which is providing Airdrop also checks the bitcointalk's profile. So be careful before filling any Airdrop.

The best advice for you is to make sure you become a junior member by doing so you will be able to participate in many airdrop

Thanks for the thread, this sort of thing is very useful. People definitely need to be careful with airdrops - some are legit, but some are scams that ask for your private key... never ever give away your private key, or your wallet could be emptied.

And there are some airdrops for bitcoins that require for you to give them your private key, i dont know why the people are giving their private keys to those scammy altcoins calling theirselves as "free airdrops" it is all bullshit.
Of course that once that the project decides to leave the scene, they will steal all the bitcoins, or tokens, or whatever is on the wallet that the people gave them the private key.
It is sad, but most of the airdrops are now scam, and there are more of them day by day, it is something that will never end.

That will be really helpful not only for the newbies but for the high rank members or experts in the field of crypto currecny. Even many experts are not sure which ICO or Airdrops are scam and which are legit as there is no way to know unless you have a very good technical knowledge of these things.

there are too many airdrops nowadays, i think it will get hard to follow them all. Especially when using this forum to do that, this is more of a database type of task.

anyway, i hope you will manage to make this airdrop madness little bit less messy

Kindly list all the airdrops which does pay in btc. I do not require anything that is paying in ETH or any other ocin. Is there any airdrop which is genuine and does offer the payment in BTC or so. Also previously which all coins if any idea which was given as a airdrop in btc coins?

Exactly this. Some people just blindly give away their private keys without even thinking twice without understanding how important they actually are. The newbies tend to make these mistakes often since they wish to join the airdrops in some way or another to get some quick profit, but instead incur quick losses due to such silly mistakes. Also, never download any kind of wallets unless you are absolutely sure it is legit as you said.

Oh, thanks bro. I wont touch the project u marked as scam anymore. Today we have too many scams just wasting our time.

Yes, people somehow get convinced by scammers that private keys are needed to send the money but it's obvious they are not. Another scam scheme was used by litecoin classic stated by the op. They asked people to send them some coins in advance to receive a lot more in the future. More sophisticated scamming can be done by sending e-mails which look a lot like legit ones, but say that from now on to access the wallet you need to log in on an upgraded website version or something. Then they see the password you enter on their fake copy and re-enter it on the real website and withdraw the money. I would say it's best for newbies not to join airdrops at all not to get scammed.

Nobody should be giving their private key to any site. Any airdrop that asks for a donation before they can receive tokens should be avoided as that is not an airdrop. Many airdrops supply a low amount of tokens so the holding value is less than the exchange fee.

And i have seen some airdrops that are asking for some money before joining them.
There is one who claims to be the real fork of ethereum who is asking for $20 in advance in order to join a weekly bounty of $50 each week, payed with their tokens of course.
It is very disgusting to see how many airdrops are in the market right now, and almost all the newbies are falling in those kind of free money situation because they are newbies on all this world.
I dont know why most of them are still online..

Thanks for your work that really helps. Unfortunately, these drops are not so exclusive which is sad but thanks anyway!

Hi there, its a generous move of you to create this thread. Much appreciate it. I would add WindCoin to the list of legitimate airdrops. Check: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2346147.0
The Website is not up yet, but it will come out in the coming days, the Whitepaper as well. The first round was conducted smoothly and on saturday the second round will happen. Please read the thread, evaluate and let me know what you think about it.

Thanks for post. I follow your post. Good airdrop share thanks man..

Thank you, very useful.

I think this is a good opportunity for beginners to make a deposit, and then multiply it by trading or investing.

I am more interested with your scam list than with your legitimate list. Even legitimate projects right now are accused of being scams, even the ones in your legitimate list. But then if a project is indeed legitimate, they can easily go forward and prove their case and worth. But in terms of scammy airdrops, more than 90% are already distributed. It is because people want free coins even if these coins are nothing. Why would a legit project simply create as its coin name starting with Ethereum and add with a color name? 

The important thing is that, never give a personal key for anything, this time is very vulnerable. so we must always be vigilant and if any suspicious should ask questions and do not do harmful actions.

Avoid the site who are asking your private key. I always received the email from the omisego airdrop. I opened those emails and I want to participate in their airdrop but in the end of their submission, you must filled your private key to get the omisego airdrop. So I decided to leave it and ignore their emails and all incoming emails. They want to get your private to scam all your tokens in your wallet.

How are you vetting the air drops to say they are legit or not in a timely(relevant) fashion so the info is still usefull, a lot of drops fill up in less than 24 hours, and getting info in that time I see being pretty hard. I love this concept, just not sure on how practical it is.

Good on you! Its a pity that many people just dont educate themselves enough before entering in crypto. Luckily I was told this a lot of times before buying my first BTC. Security is the most important thing in crypto. Nobody should ever take it light. I would also suggest paper wallets or cold storage via Ledger Nano S. You might think nothing will happen, but if it will, what are you going to do then? Always go by: better safe, than sorry!

This is great information is also been participated of thus scam airdrops even holding their tokens also.
I also been support to the long term airdrop the deep onion and I still continue to support this airdrop.

Looks like this will be a very helpful thread. You should update more about the legitimate ones and maybe less on scam ones. I think it will just be a waste of time for those to be listed.
I believe there is a lot out there who needs help to be advertised and this could be a solution.
Lack of support is what take the value of others even if they are legitimate.

I remember ethereum cash when they did the airdrop.  They had a telegram forum and the dev always stated that he would release the whitepaper at a specific date and time.  I knew he was full of it because I don't know what you could write in that whitepaper on the purpose of this token. 10 minutes prior to the release of the whitepaper, he stated he sold the company to some other investor.  You are right, that was a scummy dev.

Most airdrops are scams or worthless tokens... Usually a failed attempt at trying to pump a coin into being worth anything and then gaining some quick profits on top of it (and later abandoning the project)... It`s like faucets, not worth spending your time chasing it.

Most airdrops are worthless giveaways.  Sharedrops and signature campaigns are where its at.  Pick up the free "airdrops" (giveaways) if you want to, but most are worthless and in many cases phishing.

Also, OP, Bitsend does legit weekly airdrops, Bitcore does weekly sharedrops, and Byteball does monthly/bimonthly sharedrops.

Our weakness are finding good airdrops is because of lack of information, if there are airdrops who ask for money first with the lure of greater return cash, would be an interesting lure for newbies . but in the later this airdrop turns scamming.
Actually, we can't control about how there are many new airdrops created now, market was flooded by new airdrops every month.
For me, these situation looks this is a competition from the developers to just speculate.

wonder if there same "Dev team" who scam newbies with some kind of airdrop. I mean if they done with with an airdrop thn scam, they make another airdrop again and again.

yeah! for the sake of money, they are creating a coin for an airdrop and simply abandoned after they make profit to it. They want a quick money by pumping it quick and dump after. About litecoin classic coin i am holding few coins (LTCC ), i dont know if i got the legit or the scam one

Etheruem Cash and Ecash are the same right. If they are the same, it is not a scam. Because i get my token and got trade it on etherdelta and give me a good income.

Check out Rebellious Coin for a great airdrop. They are not asking for money. Only way to earn tokens is to get involved with the community. It is growing larger every day. Here is a link to their website. www.rebellious.io They have a thread on here too. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2357352.0

So you are saying sir that even experts would struggle on determining scam ICO's or Airdrop! But I just want to ask the OP how sure is he that all Legitimate airdrop he listed are not scams? By the way, it will be very helpful for all of us if this list are all correct.  :) Doubting a little my friend.

I joined the netcash airdrop and I can confirm it is a solid airdrop. It's easy to sign up, no hassle. I missed the first two but luckily got in the third round. Make sure to get some with the coming airdrop, it is going to be last one.

tnks you very much sir, your the best

Thanks for this thread, it is very helpful for newbies that want to join on airdrop. If I found some airdrop that really scams, I will post it here in this thread. Newbies are willing to join in any airdrop without knowing that the other airdrop is scams, as it mentions above 99% of airdrop are scams. Newbies don't know that because the only thing they know is that they could get some coins once they applied on airdrop. But unfortunately, they only getting to know your information to scam you.

How about ico ucoincash, it's scam or not ? because i see my friend can't send his bitcoin back to his wallet and also there are so many weirdness on that web. need advice, my friend said it's bad web, but i need your advice invest or not  :(

Regards.

Thanks for your guide. I hope it will grow, cause a lot of scam all around.

I will read the links you posted on the legit projects.

For newbies, some airdrops are scam so be aware for that. The important thing is don't give your private key. If you want to invest, the first thing you can do is research if it is legit.

Many airdrop scam out there It's better stay away from airdrop like that. well, many participants who join airdrop don't know what the project they are following  ;D
Deeponion not as easy as others airdrops and I think rank newbie is not allowed to participate.
Viuly project is good I Joined their bounty and has ended.

Thanks for this. Very informative list esp. for newbies.

You could also add POS token to your list of legitimate airdrops. Not sure if they are still open but many people happily received their airdropped tokens already. Overall well polished work from POS devs.

Nowadays scams are increasing day by day,so we the newbie should be very careful before choosing any airdrop but i will suggest that please join any other caimpaign when your rank is in a good position

Oh, god bless you. Can't tell how many time i jumped into a scams. Newbie lyfe.

One very good advise that airdrop newbies should take is just take the airdrop for FREE. Because airdrops are supposed to be free, dont give any shit to airdrops that is requiring you to donate 0.01eth etc. these are the commonly trash and scam tokens.

post is very helpful, with this post I can be more calm because there is some airdrop than its contents even scam site and virus wallet.

Now i can to inflict how airdrop legit and airdrop scam, this thread is very helping me, cause the day ago i have to join airdrop but i didn't have to paid, that's very wasted my time.

In this thread very good info about airdrop, and it is very helpful for newbies to save the time and capital from scam projects and also in this thread genuine airdrops there so that everyone can fill the form of that airdrop and get benefit i am very interested to know more genuine airdrops in this list ,and I also advice that pls avoid those airdrops asking to deposit some amount contribution to join the airdrop.Thanks mat

i join all the airdrops that has free tokens especially the drops that doesnt requires you to give some coin first before you get the tokens

I think most airdrop need you to hold some coins like btc, eth or other alt coins, and I think the free coins are not easy to hold for a long time, if it is more valuable, I think you probably will choose to sell them out.

I don't think anything is wrong participating in Airdrop provided they are not foolish to reveal their private keys, most of these airdrop projects will not amount to anything just trade the hype and leave

Can you explain to me what a sharedrop is? Is it a drop that only happens to those that are holding a currency and then only the holders are eligible for the sharedrop? As with SNGLS for example?

The main problem is that beginners specify the keys to their purses instead of specifying only the wallet. I myself have seen many times the lists with the participants. And there are 10% of those who specify a password instead of safe digits. Just be careful. Y must give minimum of private information and everything will be OK.

This is both an opportunity and a risk for you to pass your credentials into the hands of scammers who can then deceive you.

Do not send money ETH to anyone. It's all a Scam. You no come back!!! They will be lost forever.

Just bookmark this web http://myetherwallet.com you are no need to click if someone give your myetherwallet link.. it can be a phising link.
Be careful  when you type your eth address, make sure you copy paste the address not the private key.
Don't pay first to start the airdrop, you're just joined airdrop to get free coins, not to pay his Shitcoin.
last, be active member.

         Personally i would like to say these ; most of those airdrops were either true or not, and the main thing is that they are just making it for them to make money also, and aside from that there are lots of schemes i've seen lately involving airdrops, hopefully this will be fixed immediately. I would watch also this thread for more updates regarding this one for us to be morw aware.

If you are weary of clicking links then you could open them on a phone or a tablet, something that is not tied to your crypto in any way.
Never give out your private key, wallet.dat or keystore.  If you are asked to type something into a console and paste the results, like into a webform, make damn sure you know what information you are passing on.  It is your responsibility to know the difference between an address and a key.  I avoid any airdrop that asks me to donate.

You've got a great idea to actually share if airdrops are good or not, not simply list and push them as somewhere is usual. Keep updating, please, I am following this thread now and join the effort. Thank you.

New scam identified; Satoshi - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2439901.0

Yes, this information is very helpful and will go a long way to solving some scam issues. Thanks for your efforts.

I agree with your point of view, after all, at the moment, most of the airdrops are liar, but we have no way to identify whether or not liar, then the forum should have more measures to limit the airdrop

thanks for your informations, we will be careful with this project.

Well this is pretty helpful for us newbies, glad i saw this. Thank you very much!  :)

Thank you for creating this list. A website or a blog would also be great to subscribe..

Thank you for the information.I hope you will always update about airdrop scams.this will be very helpful for the members here

What about Edoge

thanks for the post.. i will follow

in these days practically there a few air drops occur within a day, but the thin is that it is not very much easy to identify weather it is scam or not. So the best thing is to participate each one of them, but never ever give your private keys of if the particular Air Drop ask for Private key,don't participate for that too.  8)

Airdrops are great as it gives you free coins but be cautious when filling out forms. There are some phishing attempts through forms and some require private key. Never ever give out your private key.

Hi man,

i'm glad to see this thread. Maybe i will add some airdrop that i've been follow. Here are the list.

LEGITIMATE:

ETHEREUM BLUE: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2279214.0
OHNI: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2055952.0
DIMONCOIN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2242603.0
BITCOIN RED: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2294915.280
BITCOIN QUICK: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2345008.0
GENESIS: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2291834.0
ELTCOIN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2425069