Avoid Airdrop Scam on Trust Wallet via Links

[Bushdark]

There are lots of different scams that is taking place and we need to be very careful and watchful so that we are not going to miss the updates that will prevent us from doing the wrong thing that will make us to lose funds due to our ignorances. I have received some of these airdrops before and I never bothered to click on any link that could direct to another website for no tangible reasons. Since I never did any airdrop to warrant any. Scammers and hackers are now using different medium to steal funds and if we are not alert, we can become a Victim without awareness.

[JeffBrad12]

Recently I had the same type of nfts showing in my wallet with more dollars written on it it was just a scam as you had already told me in your post, But from where these has been sending and what is the benefit of sending these? How can hackers get through it?

I guess they are just sending it randomly in hopes that someone would be fool enough to try to claim the money thus they got the money from that person.
after all minting NFT is as easy as clicking at some buttons, thats why they are so motivated to do it.
but i'm sure people with right mind would always consider something that comes out of nowhere also too good to be true to be just scam, so most of them are just gonna outright avoid it.
thats the thing with blockchain these days, there are also many dusting tokens, scam tokens that lure you into interacting with their smart contract function and steal your money, people need to learn these basics honestly.

[Fatunad]

Recently I had the same type of nfts showing in my wallet with more dollars written on it it was just a scam as you had already told me in your post, But from where these has been sending and what is the benefit of sending these? How can hackers get through it?

I guess they are just sending it randomly in hopes that someone would be fool enough to try to claim the money thus they got the money from that person.
after all minting NFT is as easy as clicking at some buttons, thats why they are so motivated to do it.
but i'm sure people with right mind would always consider something that comes out of nowhere also too good to be true to be just scam, so most of them are just gonna outright avoid it.
thats the thing with blockchain these days, there are also many dusting tokens, scam tokens that lure you into interacting with their smart contract function and steal your money, people need to learn these basics honestly.

Making yourself being too dumb and having no sense about scam attempt and just tolerate out that feeling that easy money is possible and that what makes people drive to believe that it does exist and possible
until they would really be able to realize that it was too late and they had already been scammed already. Lots of methods and ways that had been exploited and known out but since not all people do made out their research and there's still lots of newbies who do fuel and feed out these hackers and scammers then the cycle would continue. It is really just that normal that if a certain method had already been known or bust up then they would come up with something new on which its never been that known but eventually these things could really be that stopped or be avoided if you are really just making use of your own common sense on which it would really be that a common approach that you should really be that sensible on whatever offerings that turns out to be too good to be true then its 100% scam. Airdrops and dropping those suspicious links is nothing new
but surprisingly on which the are still people who do really fall out with this kind of method.

[serjent05]

We must always vigilant when someone is sending us link where we need to connect our wallets directly to the site.  If we can, we must use an isolated system and a new wallet to the site to be secure.  We can do this by having a dedicated mobile, or device for this kind of airdrop.  We can also create a virtual system to isolate any malware or virus the site can inject and if they turn out to be a positive scam and hacking attempt, at least the attack is contained in a simulated and separate system.

But if we want to avoid setting up a virtual system, we can always avoid these links of airdrops.

[Silberman]

We must always vigilant when someone is sending us link where we need to connect our wallets directly to the site.  If we can, we must use an isolated system and a new wallet to the site to be secure.  We can do this by having a dedicated mobile, or device for this kind of airdrop.  We can also create a virtual system to isolate any malware or virus the site can inject and if they turn out to be a positive scam and hacking attempt, at least the attack is contained in a simulated and separate system.

But if we want to avoid setting up a virtual system, we can always avoid these links of airdrops.

Just avoiding those airdrops seems like the easiest choice, as taking all of those precautions is indeed possible, but that means that you are assuming already those links belong the scammers, which they do, and in that case the best course of action is to have nothing to do with them as you never know if they could find a way around your security measures, or as I have seen sometimes on the past in which people connected wallets without funds and then the hackers asked for a wallet that had been used and had money in it, and the victim was dumb enough to connect their wallets and then lose their money this way.

[demonica]

I received several random NFTs in my different wallets, and most of the time I just ignored them since I knew it was a scam but when I receive a scam NFT on my Solana wallet I just burn it so that I can get a small amount of SOL. There are a lot of airdrop scams not only in trust wallets, and you can see it everywhere and I always see them on Twitter and some of them might even tag you that you have won their raffles even though you never joined in the first place. It usually happens to me and I just block them so that they won't be able to tag me or see them on my feed.

In addition, never ever connect your wallet on random links or websites and always verify if the airdrop is true or not, and don't be greedy for the sake of a few dollars. Cause sometimes when we become too greedy, it could lead to a problem rather than a good result

[Yamifoud]

In addition, never ever connect your wallet on random links or websites and always verify if the airdrop is true or not, and don't be greedy for the sake of a few dollars. Cause sometimes when we become too greedy, it could lead to a problem rather than a good result

The best thing to do is not to join Airdrop anymore because these scammers once you see your wallet address, give them an interest. Those wallet addresses that are exposed can possibly be their target and they'll find a way to get in touch with us and fulfill their evil plan. But yeah, if we are also clever enough and know how to determine a scam attempt, they will fail. But for those greedy people, I was certain that they would fall into the trap.

It is something we need to be more vigilant about and think about several times before making a decision. We can't underestimate scammers as they are also knowledgeable about the market.

[gurunanakji777]

To be frank, this is the reason I avoid pursuing free NFTs and participating in Airdrops, as linking your wallet always carries some level of risk. If someone still wants to take a chance, it's advisable to connect with a brand-new, empty wallet to minimize the potential loss if anything goes awry.

[gabbie2010]

This isn't new and likely these airdrops are done automatically when  these malicious actors see if you're have an active wallet being involved on airdrops as well. Good thing crypto wallets these days have that feature to hide these lousy tokens on your wallet so always update it and exercise the necessary procedures to secure your wallet.

Unfortunately many hunters are still falling into this trap despite of old tactics of the scammers.
Scammers are also adopting the trend so if you will not care on clicking links you might become a victim. Hackers and scammers are all over the cryptospace, this is not new to see them hunting the hunters so if you are into airdrop don't be greedy to participate on airdrop, better to do your own research first.

Well majority of those hunters that fell for this phishing trick are newbies who are into crypto and in their bid to earn, infact some of those newbie are so headstrong despite a stern warning to desist from clicking those links, of course scammers knew that there many gullible and greedy crypto enthusiast thus capitalize on that to perpetuate those scams, I had long time ago stop airdropping especially when it has to do with clicking a link Infact I received some offer through my email advertising some airdrops I immediately deleted those type of messages.

[Hildentine]

Yes i am agree about this in this time many free nft are coming in wallet and there are mention link and say go to link and collect reward but they hack your wallet that is big scam i advise to everyone not trust any free airdrop links etc without prove that is real don't click if anyone click without research definitely they loss there wallet..