How to find if airdrop is fake

[Hopetruel]

In the cryptocurrency world, airdrop refers to a procedure through which a blockchain project distributes free tokens to community members, As a way to spread awareness to the relevant audience of potential investors and eventual enthusiasts, coin teams will, from time-to-time, do airdrops. if the project or the bounty isn't fake, most likely that the airdrop will be well distributed

For that I have participated in so many  airdrops and didn't really to differentiate between the real and fake ones. In my own view, only a fake airdrop will ask for Wallet's private key.

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[miyaka26]

Beware most of all if they are requiring the participants to download and run something from your computer or phone, scan, update your computer and have a decent antivirus to prevent viruses that can steal wallets and information, asking some payments before participating is most likely a fake airdrop different from referrals and bonuses because airdrops are token freebies from an ICO company for such a small and easy task.

[AdoboCandies]

Sometimes some airdrops are not there in coinmarketcap but sometimes they do but if the airdrops are ain't there you can search on some ico rating sites like ico reward ico track and etc. and some of the airdrops have no websites but if they do some of them are fake, my only tip is check their social media sites like facebook or twitter and look if they have many followers and second also ask their manager on the telegram because they will know if it is real or not.

[lifesgood10]

There is no stable way to figure this out to be honest with you
Obtc Airdrop never created a website nor exposed their team and it was an immense success
Hashcard has website whitepaper and team abdbyet scammed everyone

So it depends
Just dyor and stay safe

[tisoy1]

I think many airdrops are fake, they are not paying. You can only knew if it is not a scam if they pay tokens as their promises.

[kenharry]

It is very difficult to find out if an airdrop is fake. One need to research the airdrops to find out the genuine ones. An airdrop will stimulate your apetite expecting money that will not be forthcoming.  Airdrops are unreliable.  They are mostly scams and not recommendable.

[StarofBTC]

I think many airdrops are fake, they are not paying. You can only knew if it is not a scam if they pay tokens as their promises.

Truth be told, so many people just put up some form of airdrops from projects and ask the gullible ones to drop their information, but what they are indeed doing is to gather all these information and sell to the highest bidder who will use it to distribute their spam.

One of the reasons some people get their mails spammed from the likes of airdrops, unknown ICOs and bounties is because their email address was bought by those who perpetrate themselves as project owners doing airdrops.

[SirLancelot]

In the cryptocurrency world, airdrop refers to a procedure through which a blockchain project distributes free tokens to community members, As a way to spread awareness to the relevant audience of potential investors and eventual enthusiasts, coin teams will, from time-to-time, do airdrops. if the project or the bounty isn't fake, most likely that the airdrop will be well distributed

Even airdrops from fake projects can still be distributed in the long run and you still end up bag holding it anyway. The thing is that, the same way you find out if a project is fake, is the same way you will know if it is an airdrop worth being a part of.

Normally, doing your due diligence on a project requires you to weigh the team capabilities, see if there is a product, and check if it would be relevant to bring in demand while checking what the roadmap is like before even considering it; otherwise it would be a waste of time.

[kier010]

if airdrop requires more information like KYC or private keys then it is possible that it is a scam. airdrops are free if they want you to send eth for the cost of sending the reward it is possible also to be scam.

[75Gs]

If the project that make the airdrop doesn't look convincing I think it is false for. to follow for I'd rather join the airdrop project that makes the bounty and the sale of ico, it looks more convincing to me.

[celakkenyang]

Good experience. I am not interested in participating in the Airdrop program. when viewed from the airdrop token value, airdrop only gives tokens with a value of $ 5- $ 10.

[fabuloveu]

This tip based only on my experience how find if the airdrop is fake

few months ago i encounter a fake airdrop using a telegram bot.
An airdrop bot pretending as a real airdrop of coin already listed on CMC
first i search on coinmarketcap from there i saw the legit site..
second i search the telegram group chat
and ask the admin there if its legit airdrop or not and they said its not legit an airdropbot using the name of their coin

another fake airdrop i see last month is bitair also asking for selfdrop to buy their token
i search the bitair website and i find it.i see the twitter account from there website
and i notice on there last post was november 2017 if im not mistaken,
and bit air ico sale was ended last november.

both of this type of airdrop scam i noticed they both collecting a member for their telegram channel and collecting follower on their twitter account.and asking for selfdrop

i hope this post can help some newbie to avoid to be a victim of airdrop with selfdrop

any other tip on checking if airdrop is legit?

The amount of fake Airdrop is so alarming. I dont always participate in Airdrop anymore as i see it as a means to get info without any benefit. Even those ones that give tokens. The token is always useless.

[vitek146]

Hard understand what airdrop scam or legit,first need see if the project have good site,some telegram groups and other social profiles,and for me when to recieve airdrop need go to telegrambot i choose leave becouse think in bot 50% scam.

[Casmiro]

Now this is an awful lot of airdrops which does not produce. Even I find it ineffective when it must work the airdrops. then I choose to leave the airdrops. 

[bapangkiran]

It's very difficult to determine the airdrop is fake or original because many people make the airdrop that resembles the original airdrop, so in my opinion only a few people can see the fake airdrop or not. It made me not follow the airdrop anymore because I was afraid of being fooled by fake airdrop.

[zhuiyongliang8]

I don't have any way to know about the fake airdrops, and it's best to check their program in detail so we don't get stuck in fake airdrops. It's really hard to find a good bounty event or an ICO project to join or invest in.

[kingzonehtx]

Newbie is often fooled by their lack of knowledge and experience. However the newbie should not worry, look for a group airdrop on the telegram and follow them. The airdrop programs have been tested.

[yeahright]

I really do not like doing airdrop. I find it wasting time and I do not get anything from it. because now the whole rogue airdrop steals the participant information. I like to do bounty. The campaigns give me a good profit. I need capital to invest

[Ekanenf]

There is no way you could tell if a certain Airdrop is a fake or not, you'll just know it at the end. You couldn't see something like a killer would tell you that he will kill you in that moment, right? that goes the same to your question OP. So, it would be a must that we should always be wise and choose only the airdrops we are going to join and not just randomly joining.

[global110]

Thank you for sharing, it's helpful.
To me I don't think airdrops should be asking for kyc or self drops. Once I noticed these two, then am out.
Personally, I have done kyc for an airdrop which turned out to be scam. ANATOMY airdrop precisely.
So one should just be careful and trust God not fall victim.
Thank you.