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

[joshmontford]

Airdrops are like everything else, you need to do your own research. It's good to go through this forum and see what people are talking.  So, your own research and the community are your best bet.

[Miracle_Man]

For security I do not participate in those air drops that require downloading their wallet. Because they can have viruses

[Throne187]

Hello all, need some knowledge from you. Still new to ETH and tokens.
I applied for quite some airdrops, but didnt add all the tokens, now i cant even remember them all.
Now what i think is that if some of them become successful in time they get added and will be visible in MEW without me doing anything right?

[Faiyz]

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

Well , I guess its hard to figure out what airdrops are legit or scam, but I suggest you to do first your own research for the project that have airdrops, focus on their team behind that project and the concept of the project too. Then it is for you to decide if you can get the airdrops or not.  It is risky .

[luckydag]

airdrops are usually scam, very few are of good quality.
it is necessary to examine the project team to understand that it is a quality project.

[khufuking]

First you can never tell if an airdrop ico is scam or not . But there is a lot of things to do to prevent yourself from getting scammed !

You can  Just join any airdrop and get your free coins ( If it turn out as scam you will lose nothing except 1 min of your time ) , But for deciding if you want to put real money on it you need to do this .

-Wait and follow the ico and see how deva stick to his/her words ( sending airdrop etc)
-Wait some more time and see if deva have a real plan for his coin/token and what is his roadmap .
-wait again some more time and see if deva was serious about his roadmap and actually started to follow it .
-After doing all this you can now start to analyze the information you have and based on it you can decide if you wanna put your hard earned money in this ico !

[Beicin]

Well, you can try checking for some red flags. If they ask for too much information (personal info) you should probably stay away from the airdrop... If they ask for any kind of private wallet, back off immediatelly and spread the word about the airdrop being a scam so let others know.

[billysunday2000]

I would caustious when it comes to down loading a wallet for an obscure coin you never heard of before.
Could have trojan malware.  But it is also to point out that most anti-various software will flag anything that is new or does not have very many users etc.  The new air drops that are riding on the Ether or Waves platform are safe they do not have there own wallet issues to worry about.

[Cryptobosslady]

Is really hard to tell which is legit or a scam. Time will tell

[_Dawid_]

In spire of things like research, white paper, developers, community etc. you also need to feel that is it real. If it is scam you will sense kinda that you have got coins in fact for free.Also if you will find very futuristic project or just odd it also the sign that you should check it better. Too ambitious projects will be interesing for investors but not available to create any time soon. If the character of its is not serius it could(but not alwys) be scam, if you see that someone is creating the blockchain for something without sense it wont works.

[floooch]

If something seems too good to be true then it's most probably a scam.
Also never download a new wallet if too few infos are available or you're not 100% sure it's legit.

[yusuf98]

I think if you want to follow airdrop. anything related to the account, do not give a wallet account that many contents. or better create a new wallet / use a swallow that is not full of its contents.

[rbt]

I would caustious when it comes to down loading a wallet for an obscure coin you never heard of before.
Could have trojan malware.  But it is also to point out that most anti-various software will flag anything that is new or does not have very many users etc.  The new air drops that are riding on the Ether or Waves platform are safe they do not have there own wallet issues to worry about.

My own experience with a new wallet: Avst flagged it, but Kaspersky not Anyway, for me it not worth the risk to install a new wallet.

[Warren Buffert]

Overtime there have been a lot of airdrops. In the past weeks it was extreme, watch out for airdrops that fill like 1000+ spots in an hour and don't have a roadmap.

[Sadlife]

I think the first you should do is to research the ICO that your investing at, you should know what your getting at sometimes the founder of this ICO's fail because they dont know how to run a company or organization, no clear idea, no marketing idea or how to sell the coin, no reputable organization or company behind the project, bad devs or most of the team only few and if they can't manage to increase the price they give up and it turn into a scam.

[texasman86]

not all airdrops are scams... but ones with no whitepaper whatsoever should be glaring red flags.. If you are not giving up personal information, you really can't lose, however - since you are paying nothing for the tokens/coins.

[Darker45]

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

Airdrops presenting themselves as mere airdrop is nothing but shit. Leave it and use your time to do some other more productive things. Airdrops should present themselves not just another set of shit tokens. There should be a project, complete with a vision and a plan. They should also present a detailed roadmap. Look at the token supply as well and how much of it is given through the airdrop.

[RedX]

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

Well if it turns out to be a scam, you have nothing to lost in the first place because you just registered your email and mew address or whatever. You did not invest any money and received it for free. And also some scamcoins  get listed on exchanges and can be profitable so I just take that opportunity and see what happens.

[niisarearning]

Most of the airdrop really worked for me it’s all about concept and listing in the market atleast in etherdelta some of the airdrop happens in waves platform should have listed in waves Dex . Don’t give your private key or Json file for any airdrop Dev.

[swoolzze]

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

My advice for you to tell which is the airdrop scam or the airdrop legit is to search for the details. Research for the information about this airdrop and know who is the one behind that airdrop. Be sure to secure your privacy when filling up the registration about the airdrop. If there is a easy task to join the airdrop without giving your private keys, i'm sure this is legit if also the creator is very trusting. If there are airdrop that want to get your personal information or any private information it can be a scam.