Can something free be a scam?

[Hudora]

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you  really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

Today we have to admit that practically all airdrops are scammers. I have already collected a lot of coins and rewards from them, but their prices are very low. As a result, I spent a lot of time and effort, but the amount of remuneration remains very small.

[kjn311]

I also believe that we get coins in airdrops not for free. After all, to get a reward, we have to spend a lot of time and energy. In addition, not every airdrop can give the right reward, the number of scammers in the crypto market today is too large.

[AlisaWhishie]

It is scam because they offer you free coins or tokens for signing up and sometimes tweets (airdrop tasks) but finally you dont receive anything, because it was only for collecting data. So this is lie from the start, they can also steal your tokens If you have them a lot.

It was not only for collecting data, but for free marketing as well. Airdrop hunters seem to do so little for a project, but in reality they make th biggest part of followers count, which really helps impress the potential investors.

[Sponsoredby15]

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you  really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

It is already considered as a scam because airdrop today is like a bounty campaign already that you need to do a certain task like joining Telegram, Linkden, Facebook share and Twitter which consume so much time and get nothing from it.

[invo]

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you  really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

yes, most of the airdrops are scam, they are just wasting your time, inviting you to become part of their community and promise you to receive a free token after you follow the procedures, but in the end you wont receive anything from them.

[gunhell16]

giving your data and doing the task can be called a scam.
A promise payment should be done once you did the job,
It is not always a matter for money.
time is important and it can be a scam.

[Bitrecords]

Most likely, this is fraud. Airdrops, which offers you free tokens, leads to free support from many people who believed that they would be provided with the promised coins by a team that dined in airdrop. After all, after the ICO dines, they will slowly disappear in the radar, or they will make absurd excuses about the distribution.

[Docbee]

Yes, most things offered freely without task may likely be a scam i have come across many free offers online which all end up to be scam.

[tom14cat14]

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you  really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

I think you misunderstood the meaning of the word scam. As for me when people say that the project is a scam means that the project don't even have the prototype or a platform

[erox]

This is a Scam because they use you for free to promote their projects. They're stealing your time.

[team87]

A crime or fraud can use various ways to persuade us to be lied to. No one is free in earning money, it certainly costs a little or a lot! It will only waste time and harm you. News that might not be worth consuming in our minds !!

[idioma1]

Can't say it is free as you devoted smth much more valuable, your time

[happietappy]

I think FRAUD is the appropriate word IMO cause you were promised a reward for your effort. One probably wasted one's time and brandwidth and they is a saying that "Time is money"... so it's ok to say one wasted money... That's SCAM

[bitcoindusts]

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you  really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

When someone offers something free, and you do not have to do anything for it, there is always the possibility of fraud. We need to understand - with participation in bounty or airdrops, we do not get a coin for free. After all, we are doing a lot of work, we are wasting our time and energy.

There's a lot of sense here. First up, you are right that airdrop or ICO bounty participation is never free to begin with.

Something called "free" should not entail any reciprocation of any sort at all. If it even asked for your name or a signing up process, then the term free becomes irrelevant. Even to so called "free taste" in the supermarkets aren't free at all. Giving out your name, signature and mobile number means you are paying them back with information vital for them to collect but instead of paying for researchers they gather them using the so called "free taste" approach which is much more cheaper to execute.

[Kurokonobasuke]

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you  really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

It is still a subject for scam because people on bounty progrms and airdrops are giving service and time to promote a particular peoject. The thing being scammed is the service and it is not always literally money which is being done so.  It is simply projects which are not paying their employees for accomplishing their tasks.

[trickyriky]

Not all of it are scam.
But you must be careful before join any project.
Free token without doing nothing can possibly becoming a scam.
Be aware of it.

No one token can be free. If you are offered it - you can become the victim of the scammers. By the way, some people think that Bounty awards are free. No, they are not - you have to work too much to earn them.

[testadimerlo]

The only dangerous thing is to give your private key. Don't make that mistake!

[kickdapa]

The scam means not only mone taken, If someone promises you to give rewards for doing some tasks and if they left you without rewards, then that is a scam too! Now, think yourself, Airdrop is not free as it looks, it is given by confirming some tasks! I think you get your answer. Cheers!

[atjiat]

The scam means not only mone taken, If someone promises you to give rewards for doing some tasks and if they left you without rewards, then that is a scam too! Now, think yourself, Airdrop is not free as it looks, it is given by confirming some tasks! I think you get your answer. Cheers!

I, too, have not seen such a situation, where the fraudster acted for fraud, and not for the sake of money. In any case, users lose money, who were deceived, and not vice versa .

[AdamSv]

Not all of it are scam.
But you must be careful before join any project.
Free token without doing nothing can possibly becoming a scam.
Be aware of it.

No one token can be free. If you are offered it - you can become the victim of the scammers. By the way, some people think that Bounty awards are free. No, they are not - you have to work too much to earn them.

Yes,I agree in your opinion,no one can be insured against fraud,and Yes nothing happens just like that and that would get something you need to work, work and work again.