Are airdrops safe?

[Bisbee]

Recently I noticed that after participating in some airdrops in which they asked for an email, dozens of advertising letters began to come to me and I saw that my email was on many mailing lists. Therefore, I try not to participate in airdrops anymore, but if the project looks promising and has good reviews, then I can participate in its airdrops.

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[TanakabZX]

You can't be expecting to earn up to 50$ in airdrops, they are called airdrops because you are only getting just a tip of the coin or token, mostly they worth around 4 to 5$, people should know this already, if you aren't satisfied with earning few dollars then stop airdrop hunt

[qiwoman2]

There seem to be some decent little airdrops coming from the main professional airdrop sites. I found 3 nice airdrop sites and have decided that every day from today, I will participate in three airdrops daily and see where this takes me. I consider airdrops like crypto micro jobs and most of the time, the tasks are fairly easy and as I have a Youtube channel as well, I have decided that once a day I will make an airdrop video showcasing the various airdrops I am doing for the day and if people sign up for free, well I get a little extra too. Can't hurt to do the groundwork. I might even make a facebook group if I see it's doing well and I can earn a little extra. You never know in the next bull run which projects you collect coins or tokens for might moon, especially if they are small-cap coins with promise. What I think of mainly is that we need to be organized and do the jobs that we can do well and run with it. Some of the airdrops might be worth a lot more in the future.

[10BTCaDay]

You can't be expecting to earn up to 50$ in airdrops, they are called airdrops because you are only getting just a tip of the coin or token, mostly they worth around 4 to 5$, people should know this already, if you aren't satisfied with earning few dollars then stop airdrop hunt

I think that now people earn $ 1-2 from one airdrop. I think this is maximum. this is no longer an effective way to make money

[Crypt0BHunter]

I think it calls not airdrop but fraudulent action, that hiding under the word calling airdrop, like phishing atac

[Vishnu.Reang]

Most airdrops do not worth your time because the reward is usually garbage. Any airdrop asking you to sign with your private key in order to claim it is probably scam. Well, some legit airdrops do exist like the recent XLM airdrop by KEYBASE which demands you have an account with keybase and github before 9th September to be eligible. 

Earlier, there was an airdrop by XLM for the Bitcoin holders. In order to qualify, you had to sign a message using the Bitcoin wallet. I participated in that airdrop and received the XLM tokens from it. Similarly, there were a few other airdrops for Bitcoin holders, including GBYTE, Bitcore.etc. But in none of the cases they asked for the private key. A signed message is different from providing the private key.

[daniel002]

Please be aware of those airdrops that are suspicious, because they will scam you. If you see that the project has no website or if they have website but looks like kids can code this website then don't join those kinds of airdrops. They will just offer you such airdrop with no payment.

[tabas]

Signing a message is a different thing. And about the safety of airdrops, there are airdrops that are safe and you don't give your full information to them.
They pay peanuts and why give your most important information?

[conected]

join airdrops that only as about your address.
most of the airdrops are just collecting info about you that turns into a scam.
just avoid giving them your email address or ID's

You should avoid any Airdrops that require you to submit your identity, for example KYC. I really will not follow Airdrop that requires KYC, they just want to take it our identity then if they use it for crime then our identity will be tainted. While the results we get are not in accordance with the energy we have spent.

- But until now, airdrops did not create value and income for participants, most of them were projects that did not require identity verification while projects that offer real rewards to everyone involved, all require KYC, and they will use our identities to do something in the future, which will be a mystery. However, many wise people have used the identities of others to earn more rewards in the airdrop, limiting revealing their identities, but I don't like these methods much, I prefer to engage in bounty and trading

[MMA Rats]

Airdrop is safe, but I don't see the point in taking part in them now, because they pay very little and the time spent is not worth it

[mamesso]

overall airdrop is very safe, and you don't have to pay a fee to sign whatever they ask for, because basically airdrop is free. Never send anything they ask for, because they might be committing fraud.

[Chuky92]

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

Airdrops are meant to be safe because they entails simple tasks to create awareness about the project in different ways , but nowadays scammers have looked for ways to exploit it so as to scam participants. Any airdrop that asked for your private keys or tell you to sign a certain message by providing you with a link to follow is highly fraudulent. Also, any Airdrop asking you to send a certain amount of ETH or as the case maybe looks questionable too.

[shoreno]

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

Airdrops are meant to be safe because they entails simple tasks to create awareness about the project in different ways , but nowadays scammers have looked for ways to exploit it so as to scam participants. Any airdrop that asked for your private keys or tell you to sign a certain message by providing you with a link to follow is highly fraudulent. Also, any Airdrop asking you to send a certain amount of ETH or as the case maybe looks questionable too.

i have never seen an airdrop that requires signing a message  although i have seen user that ask that before on this forum . i think they need some proof of owner ship and they will be use it on other sites  . airdrops dont also ask for your private keys but its the public keys ( your wallet address ) are the ones that they need so that they can send you a reward although some need you to fill on thier site or download another wallet  . airdrops are free  of charge so they are safe .

[poodle63]

join airdrops that only as about your address.
most of the airdrops are just collecting info about you that turns into a scam.
just avoid giving them your email address or ID's

You should avoid any Airdrops that require you to submit your identity, for example KYC. I really will not follow Airdrop that requires KYC, they just want to take it our identity then if they use it for crime then our identity will be tainted. While the results we get are not in accordance with the energy we have spent.

- But until now, airdrops did not create value and income for participants, most of them were projects that did not require identity verification while projects that offer real rewards to everyone involved, all require KYC, and they will use our identities to do something in the future, which will be a mystery. However, many wise people have used the identities of others to earn more rewards in the airdrop, limiting revealing their identities, but I don't like these methods much, I prefer to engage in bounty and trading

Well back then airdrop doesn't require such complicated things and the rewards is a generous amount but it is changing right now. So many random people are creating airdrop with shitty project ended up just making the crypto market full with their useless coin.
airdrop I must be honest is the most effective way of gathering people's data so people really need to think twice before joining an airdrop.

[Ranly123]

Airdrops is safe if we are talking about investment but it could be dangerous for your personal data privacy. You could be hacked from your data and be used for criminal purposes. So we should be careful about using our personal data by joining airdrops.

[leatutz]

Please be aware of those airdrops that are suspicious, because they will scam you. If you see that the project has no website or if they have website but looks like kids can code this website then don't join those kinds of airdrops. They will just offer you such airdrop with no payment.

No payment! it isn't problem, if stole your information by KYC or forced to enter phishing website that is the problem. No one want to join suspicious website even also low code. Although I don't like if KYC need for airdrop participate, for me this is the scam signal.

[BillGoldberg]

No, I've never seen any airdrop campaigns require you to sign your address to make sure that you own it. That right there is a red flag for me. Airdrops may ask you for your email address and it may backfire at you if they start selling your data to other projects, and you'll get tons of emails regarding that.

There are projects that are focused on incentivizing their members, I guess we can say that it's kind of an airdrop where you reward people supporting and helping you out. A fashion blockchain company is using the Ethereum blockchain to reward their members who shop and later cash it out. Final word is that you should be cautious of what they ask you for, especially if they ask you to do KYC or such things.

[Mt. Dempo]

in my opinion there is no harm in following airdrop, airdrop is safe, free, and sometimes profitabl , but that needs to be noticed, and dont give something that does not make sense. Usually the requirements to follow Airdrop only provide data according to ID card, wallet address, and social media

[FrozenBit]

Unsafe, airdrops are now mostly scam and they want to collect participants' information. You will get nothing from airdrop except for tokens that have no value

[cryptonx]

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

It has been a while since I have joined an airdrop. From my experience, none of them has asked me to sign anything. Airdrops are supposed to be free and you do not need to send anything to them. Anyone asking you to send first are scams.

thats right, and never drop your private key or secret key to any airdrop project buddy
because i ever heard somebody said that he must drop our private key in airdrop project, for sure you should not join a kind of airdrop project like that