For us, the only weapon for this scam is to,
- Educate ourselves. There's no such thing as free
BTC. Not even people who are very rich such such Elon Musk and Bill Gates will give anyone free money. Don't be greedy.
- Report those malicious websites to Youtube/Google, and to it's domain registrars so that it will be taken down.
- You can used this websites to check for scam bitcoin addresses,
https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/ and
https://scam-alert.io/ - Stay alert and be vigilant.
- Frequent this board:
Scam AccusationsYeah a good way around scams, and not just crypto scams, is education. If it sounds too good to be true or asks you to send money, then your scam sensor should immediately start tingling.