Can something free be a scam?

[jtbcoins]

Well, why not? If you are asking about airdrops - there is a lot of scam. They can give you nothing. Airdrops almost always have an investors. So they can give you coins and than they scams.

[Bilipus]

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 will only be caled a scam when you invest time and effort on it.

[carlisle1]

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,

maybe in airdrops arent scam because they dont even have a capital,but in ico theres is..either in signature campaigns or other sort of campaigns were our time,effort is our capital,even that there's no penny involved still we have our capital,so it will be considered as scam..maybe you dont give a damn trying to join one,thats why its easy to you to tell that.

[michael shikany]

Generally speaking, airdrops are not a hoax.
However, most of the tokens are cheap and have no value, so they are less likely to take part.

[xanaxxx]

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 you can get scammed by providing your personal data or the access to your email or wallets can get stolen, which will result in losing the other cryptocurrencies you're having.

[rudox]

If a project is free then there is no need for the project team to scam anybody. The worst case is that you will waste your data, energy and time. No money will be loss.

[Olajide Olaoluwa]

It can be a scam. And one of the easiest ways to bribe you so that you can help them in the scams is airdrops. Many will issue free tokens during airdrops so that one can believe in them and even make others participate but in the end it equals to scam

[Minecache]

The fraud of these projects is only that they are promised a high price for this token, but in the end it is useless. Yes, there are a lot of such projects now. Therefore, you must be very careful and careful when choosing ICO. Airdrops give a lot of different coins, but most of them are worthless.

[Kennyflex]

Most times, free things are always a scam because some times, they request for private keys of an account and that is a fraudulent act because they said its free

[AoniOn]

It's not about fraud. Just now in the ICO poured a lot of newcomers in the field of business and most often they lose. Because they do not even know how to invest in the project, how to develop it and etc.

[DiniazRosa]

Everything can be scam, especially free stuff. Scammers trying to steal ours money, coins or even private information. SO i think we need to check everything free carefully.

[spyerf]

just make sure its a good project and do your research. it literally takes 5 mins of your busy crypto life

that's right, it's just wasting our time on crypto, whereas there's still a lot we can do in crypto or in the real world to really make money. think clearly, is it possible for them to share tokens for free when nothing is taken from us unless they are generous rich people.

[BethLogins]

Airdrops wont be a scam unless they did something wrong with the people,asking email address is really unecessary with airdrops,IDs and private keys shouldnt be asked with these free airdrops because they will only try to steal your investments and that is for sure,no ICO and airdrops will ask for your private keys ! Protect yourself from these schemes so that you wont be losing your money.

[Armstand]

just make sure its a good project and do your research. it literally takes 5 mins of your busy crypto life

that's right, it's just wasting our time on crypto, whereas there's still a lot we can do in crypto or in the real world to really make money. think clearly, is it possible for them to share tokens for free when nothing is taken from us unless they are generous rich people.

Nothing is free even in airdrops we risk our personal information so as much as possible, be prepared and careful in joining in everything. We should at least try to do research.

[左]

Airdrops wont be a scam unless they did something wrong with the people,asking email address is really unecessary with airdrops,IDs and private keys shouldnt be asked with these free airdrops because they will only try to steal your investments and that is for sure,no ICO and airdrops will ask for your private keys ! Protect yourself from these schemes so that you wont be losing your money.

How do you know they are really distributing all the coins to XXXX amount of users? How do you know they are not secretly holding half of the supply claiming it's distributed to legit people?

[bitcoin.beda]

Yes, even it is free it is dangerous giving information to them as hackers will be given an idea to access your accounts. As sometimes they also ask for your password which some users give the password from their other accounts.
Then if you give your data and IDs can also be used on retrieving your account because of the personal data given.

Even if its free it still dangerous to give your data to them.

[mardaed]

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,

If you don't put any amount of it so there is no reason that it is a scam, though some of the airdrops are almost no value as some of it are just after with your information.

The most important thing that you should remember is to never reveal your private key and any info regarding your money. This is the best way to stay safe.

[glanmarc]

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,

Sometimes there are websites that wants to enter your private key just for an airdrop. And there are many pishing sites in which they will steal your funds in.your cryptowallet.

[cewekimut]

Airdrop gives us a free token. Not all airdrops are scams. We should be smart in choosing or selecting the true and right airdrop. We can see many advertisements of free gift from airdrop. Basically, a good ICO will give their airdrop in transparency and good bounty campaigns. They will announce in some media as their website, forum, and others. But once more, be careful in following the airdrop. Do more research before starting to join the airdrop.

[Aeneous]

I have always said, if it seems too good to be true and sounds too good to be true then it probably is because there is nothing that is free in this life. Some people might do giveaways out of the goodness of their hearts but a lot of people actually carry out scams with it.