How to protect yourself from fake giveaways.

[ABCbits]

At least Twitter have "verified accounts" for account with public interest, not that people bother to check whether blue badge is exist.

How to protect yourself from fake giveaways: Don't join giveaways.

Doesn't apply for those who are greedy or desperate

[ScamViruS]

I have been seeing more scammers on telegram there is only one thing to verify these telegram groups or even twitter and facebook, go to their website as you say and make sure it is the correct URL and find their social media usually in the bottom. If you are not sure about the website go to coinmarketcap if the project is listed there you can find some info there even chats, etc.
I use adblocker (Ublock origin) too and anti-phishing protection like cryptonite by metacert.

You are right. But the newbie doesn't see them. They greedily send the funds without saying anything to anyone. They cannot judge reality. I hope this thread warns them. They will start scrutinizing such scams.

[Kaliecious]

actually simple determine it's a fake or original giveaway. when they ask you to send a sum of money or a coin to get the giveaway it can be sure that it is fake.
Another way is to see whether the account is verified or not, the activity of the account and when the account was created

[bakasabo]

actually simple determine it's a fake or original giveaway. when they ask you to send a sum of money or a coin to get the giveaway it can be sure that it is fake.
Another way is to see whether the account is verified or not, the activity of the account and when the account was created

Once I was asked to sent 0.002 ETH to exchange, to unlock ability to deposit tokens (got them from bounty) and be able to withdraw something else than ETH and BBOD token

What do you think, was it a scam exchange? Probably yes, probably no. But I've sent the amount, unlocked deposit option, traded tokens and withdraw them.

[ScamViruS]

actually simple determine it's a fake or original giveaway. when they ask you to send a sum of money or a coin to get the giveaway it can be sure that it is fake.
Another way is to see whether the account is verified or not, the activity of the account and when the account was created

Once I was asked to sent 0.002 ETH to exchange, to unlock ability to deposit tokens (got them from bounty) and be able to withdraw something else than ETH and BBOD token

What do you think, was it a scam exchange? Probably yes, probably no. But I've sent the amount, unlocked deposit option, traded tokens and withdraw them.

I can't even call this exchange trusted. Because seeking funds for a deposit address is not a good rule. This rule can lead to bad thoughts about them. So far I have not seen any exchanges that want funds to generate a deposit address. And if an exchange has such rules, then of course I will ignore them.

[Goodvalony]

PROTECTION is better than prevention. before you make any move to send somebody money or join any campaign, please do your review perfectly. Make sure you are able to confirm the source and how legit the platform is. people are getting scammed on daily basic. Most especially the new ones here in crypto, be carefull out there.

[bgaf]

actually simple determine it's a fake or original giveaway. when they ask you to send a sum of money or a coin to get the giveaway it can be sure that it is fake.
Another way is to see whether the account is verified or not, the activity of the account and when the account was created

This is quite simple.. some scammers are very good in deceiving other investors and users. There are some who do a legit one at first by giving away real coins as the first part of their giveaway then later on they will try to scam it slowly if the community already trust them. Usually they will make few giveaways to those who are very active and scam one by one new users then those who have been paid will fight for them and scrutinized those who have scammed in which those who fall on the last time will be the only one who got victimized. I saw many of these happened in the past especially during 2018.

[Pmalek]

They think, since they are offering 10x 5x profit, why not join the giveaway...

That right there is the root of the problem. No legit project will promise such returns on investments. If they do, it's very likely a scam.
Even banks that offer only 1-2% interests on investments don't make such promises. That is why governments/insurance agencies offer insurance up to a certain amount in case of unforeseen problems in the future.

If anyone promises you a 100, 200, 500% return on your investment, report it and find something else.   

[fortunecrypto]

I stopped doing giveaways and airdrop with hundreds of fake coins and shit coins my wallet cannot keep anymore because I cannot keep up with having a lot of shitcoins in my wallet, but there are some people who are very good in finding good airdrops or maybe they also have tons of airdrops and just lucky to have these good airdrops.

[ScamViruS]

I stopped doing giveaways and airdrop with hundreds of fake coins and shit coins my wallet cannot keep anymore because I cannot keep up with having a lot of shitcoins in my wallet, but there are some people who are very good in finding good airdrops or maybe they also have tons of airdrops and just lucky to have these good airdrops.

Yeah. Currently all airdrop and giveaways are fake. Scamming people with these idea, is nothing more than waste of time. Many people have been giving private key while participating airdrop. Many newbies lost their funds. Scammers are still using that old system to scam newbie.

[20kevin20]

Yeah. Currently all airdrop and giveaways are fake. Scamming people with these idea, is nothing more than waste of time. Many people have been giving private key while participating airdrop. Many newbies lost their funds. Scammers are still using that old system to scam newbie.

It'll always work. One way or another, these fuckers will always find a way to scam somebody. If they will stop doing it in the crypto world, they'll do it in real life.

Whenever I want to join a giveaway/an airdrop and they start asking me for more than just my address, I close the tab. No KYC, no personal info, no seed. If you ask me for any of it, you can also fuck off. I don't want anyone to link my ETH address to my full name/email/other personal data.

Be aware: some giveaways may provide you a shitcoin worth $5 for free, but is your identity worth $5?

[ScamViruS]

Yeah. Currently all airdrop and giveaways are fake. Scamming people with these idea, is nothing more than waste of time. Many people have been giving private key while participating airdrop. Many newbies lost their funds. Scammers are still using that old system to scam newbie.

It'll always work. One way or another, these fuckers will always find a way to scam somebody. If they will stop doing it in the crypto world, they'll do it in real life.

Whenever I want to join a giveaway/an airdrop and they start asking me for more than just my address, I close the tab. No KYC, no personal info, no seed. If you ask me for any of it, you can also fuck off. I don't want anyone to link my ETH address to my full name/email/other personal data.

Be aware: some giveaways may provide you a shitcoin worth $5 for free, but is your identity worth $5?

Yes. Many people do not know these things. They agree to do kyc for an airdrop of little Amount. They do not know who and where they are providing their personal data. Your personal information more important than $5. These personal data scammers can use them for various legal activity. 

[libert19]

If you have to enter your private key, give money or give private details then it's not a giveaway. Trusting your gut feeling helps, not all scammers use the same tactics.

[Krislaw]

My method of detecting scam giveaways
- Always verify from official channels of the coin
Make sure you join official channels from the official project's website
- Run away from giveaways that requests for funds or sensitive infos
Giveaways like this usually promise big rewards in BTC or ETH or great coins. And at the end of the day, they ask participants to send some amount for verification.

I will rather participate in a genuine giveaway with low reward than waste time on fake giveaways.

[KrisAlex18]

There are so many scammers in this virtual world, they will do their best just to steal your money, they have so many ways to do that, so you better be careful and do not easily believe to anyone. They will offer you something, they sometimes do promises about earning money, investments and tradings, they sometimes send you a link, that is what they do scam people. Before entering your personal data on the link that a people give to you, try to do research about the website, there are some websites that looks like so legit but if you search about it, it seems like zero reviews which means it is not legit, you may be scammed on that website.

Always choose someone who you give your trust, for you to avoid being scammed.

[orlandoblim]

The most effective shield of me to protect from shit giveaway is not having greed. I just ignore almost giveaways from most projects and just pay attention to the project I'm interesting. Many people just try to get all giveaways they meet not for any benefit.

[skarais]

~~~

This is a classic reason why we as forum users should be on the avoid for people we dont know. Trusting strangers is a bad attempt to protect ourselves from fraud. I think everyone will care and will avoid being a fraud if they can be known from the start, but sometimes there are some people who are trapped and cheated because that person is too good and I think that only too good people are easily fooled by others. If this statement is true, then dont make yourself one of those people who are too good because you will have a greater chance of being deceived.

[Pmalek]

A giveaway is pretty straightforward.
You apply, you post your wallet address, and you receive something in return. That's it.
It is not a giveaway if you have to complete 10 tasks prior to getting your reward. That is leaning towards a bounty, a payment for a service.

Have you ever been in a supermarket and you see those food stands? They often give customers a chance to taste their cheese or sausages, etc. That is a giveaway. All you have to do is walk by, the people greet you, and offer you some cheese. 

If you have to take part in a questionnaire, watch a 5-min video, download their cheese app, and make one order online before you can taste the cheese, it is no longer a giveaway.     

Just convert that to the digital world and you should be fine.

[USBitcoinServices.Com]

The best way to avoid fake giveaways is to stay away from them. From my own experience, those giveaways are a big waste of time, in the end you will regret how much time you wasted supporting them. It is better to create value helping members here answering their questions if you have the experience or knowledge.

Don't be their next victim, avoid bounties or giveaways. You won't earn that much money. If you have in mind the idea that time will bring value to those useless tokens/coins, you better forget that.

[AniviaBtc]

The best way to avoid fake giveaways is to stay away from them. From my own experience, those giveaways are a big waste of time, in the end you will regret how much time you wasted supporting them. It is better to create value helping members here answering their questions if you have the experience or knowledge.

I have the same thought, why waste your time for a giveaway when you can just work and earn it, if it really is a giveaway then they should have given it to you the second you join their clique.

You need to learn how to determine the difference between the real and fake giveaways, but you also need to understand that there's no people who will give free btc that he will not benefit it himself. Also not all celebrities do understand what bitcoin is and not all famous personalities do have a prior knowledge towards how bitcoin works in the market. Don't easily trust those legit accounts because there's a possibility that their account has been hacked by those hackers and they are showing scams to fool people.