Air Drops - How to tell if one is Authentic or a Scam?

[Aurelion]

Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?

[Swoshinima]

Just to be on the safe side it's enough not to give ANYBODY your private key or UTC / JSON file.

If that is ensured, you just can't loose any money.

To know if an airdrop is a good one, you should pay attention to the developer team, like for instance if they show themselves or not.

Another good indicator are many posts on the topic. If the official ann (announcement) thread has only 2 pages after some days, it's very likely it won't have success.

[mk4]

Uh. You can easily tell if one is legit or a scam just simply by checking if they actually sent you the coins. Legit air drops don't ask for your private keys. Usually they just ask you to send a small amount to them or sign a message then send it to them to confirm that the wallet is indeed yours. NEVER. GIVE. OUT. YOUR. PRIVATE KEYS. It's just like giving a hacker your social media account's password.

[Mozdalifa17]

Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?

No one can tell. So try to study by yourself project aim and idea to see is that a copy/paste project or just a hype or something bring new developments to crpto world . also try to search what developers and coders say about it don't take only view read more and then nothing to loose by registering in airdrop . and remember some projects will fail in one month time other will continue like a rocket (see the story of XMR ,DCR ,ONION ..etc)
Thank you

[Moonshine4321]

I have not figured out a way to tell besides, signing up and waiting, even some that are legit at first will have problems and not deliver, time is really the only answer as far as I can tell.

[mac__d]

It's really hard to tell which ones are real 

[gaelius]

hi, there is some websites repertoring the good ones, otherwise try to find information abouter team...website, community etc.

[chukaday]

You shouldnt have to send anything like money or private keys to the dev. Maybe some information about eth address and email but thats about it. Also see how active the devs are in the ann because that is a telling sign.

Recently Ethereum Dark ann seems like it is now a scam because devs are barely online and there seems to be zero development ongoing. Be careful out there, otherwise you will be left salty and holding a bag.

[KKbit]

Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?

When you join an airdrop, there is a free distribution of tokens, so you wont loose anything besides your time.

If you value your time like I do, you should look for airdrops that seem to have a good team behind it, that deliver and its active, you should look into the project itself, if it looks promising, if it is inovator or it is a copycat like most of them created lately.. then stay away from those.
 

[mk4]

It's really hard to tell which ones are real 

hi, there is some websites repertoring the good ones, otherwise try to find information abouter team...website, community etc.

The thing is, airdrops should be FREE. So there's literally zero risk in trying to determine if a certain cryptocurrency's airdrop is legit or not, as like I said earlier, you would probably only need to sign a message to confirm that the wallet is indeed yours. You can literally just join every single airdrop in existence and you wouldn't lose anything but your time.

[gonza2112]

It's really hard to tell which ones are real 

hi, there is some websites repertoring the good ones, otherwise try to find information abouter team...website, community etc.

The thing is, airdrops should be FREE. So there's literally zero risk in trying to determine if a certain cryptocurrency's airdrop is legit or not, as like I said earlier, you would probably only need to sign a message to confirm that the wallet is indeed yours. You can literally just join every single airdrop in existence and you wouldn't lose anything but your time.

Yes, the only thing I think they could use is the email that you use when filling but alone it has not much use

[Mpamaegbu]

Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?

Yes, I do have. It's the DYOR advice: Do Your Own Research. Besides, the telling sign that an airdrop is a scam is a developer asking you for more revealing information such as private key or you sending coins first before you could receive from them.

[cakra]

well, right now it's a lot of airdrop. always be careful when someone asks for a private key. enough with a wallet only. be careful also if anyone asks to send some money.

[btcprospecter]

I find it hard to tell what ones are legit but if you do a little research and digging you can usually find out. If something seems too good to be true then it probably is.

[coinspam]

Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?

If they ask for your Private Key, it's a scam. Can't believe how stupid some people can be to give their private key to someone but hey, there's lots of stupid people in the world!

[Coin.Master636]

You can't ever be 100% sure... But you can try things like background checks of the droppers.

• Check why they are doing it.
• Check if they didn't just copy a popular one.
• Check if they try to stay hidden or if they are open about everything.
• Check forums with discussions about the droppers.
• Never, ever give your private key to anyone. Neither your UTC/JSON file.
• If it's really too good to be true, just try it. In the world of cryptocurrency, you never know ;-)

[gmf1000]

Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?

Tbh, airdrops are free... So, as long as it only required your eth address / bitcointalk forum nickname, you have nothing to loose even if it is a scam...
In case you don't want to waste your time apply for scam airdrops you could study their project, is it good, unique, and have a good chance to succeed in the future... But it takes time, you know...

[cryptolab]

are those airdrop has actually value?

[word1211]

hello are there any airdrops still going on???

[Troysen]

Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?

a legit airdrop doesn't ask your private info like private key or asking for money. And also there are legit airdrop but unfortunately its not succesful so we didnt get anything