What to do with spam and scam tokens on my wallet?

[laichienduowcroi]

All those unfamiliar tokens are scams; please don't attempt to trade them because the website you're trying to use for trading is very likely to steal all the funds in your wallet.

[Yamifoud]

The more activity there is on an address, the greater its potential for receiving spam tokens. That's what I also experienced at the same address, even though I never shared it with anyone or shared it on the forum. quite a lot of scam tokens are starting to come. Moreover, if whales' addresses continue to be active, then they will also be targeted. always hide incoming spam tokens and don't try to sell them, it's just a trap for dusting.

This is what I have experienced since playing airdrop and GA, the more we share wallet addresses, the more spam tokens we receive, and what makes me tempted is because the estimated price in the wallet is very large. Not a few have fallen into Batman's trap from this fraudster. So now even though I participate in the airdrop, I separate my main wallet from the wallet used for the airdrop, and the assets I store in the airdrop address are not much, just enough for gas costs, the rest I keep in the main wallet. Because I saw quite a lot of other friends who were victims of token spam, once hit, our assets were all drained without anything left. The wisest advice is true, as you said, never want to sell, it's better to just ignore it.

And that gives an advantage to the scammers and the more we bother ourselves seeing it, the more it attracts them (scammers). It is better to just ignore and let these useless coins/tokens stay in our wallets rather than give these scammers a way to scam us. We are very uncertain about their plan but they usually attack those people who are weak and greedy. Indeed, airdrop and bounty participation seem to be a reason for this but we don't need to blame. As long as we don't entertain strangers claiming that it was their coins, nothing surely happened to us and our funds are still safe.

[aseprebel]

All those unfamiliar tokens are scams; please don't attempt to trade them because the website you're trying to use for trading is very likely to steal all the funds in your wallet.

yes I agree and if I could add an opinion, First and foremost, do not interact with these tokens. This means do not buy more of them, do not send them to anyone, and do not click on any links or messages related to them. Interacting with scam tokens can result in financial losses or security risks.and If you've come across a scam token, you can report it to relevant authorities or platforms. This may not directly help you recover your funds but can help prevent others from falling victim to the same scam.

[cheezcarls]

Hi, please tell me, I have information that my wallet (BNB Smart Chain) has 9 tokens stored on it. Of them 2 tokens are normal: BNB and LUNA, the other tokens were sent to me by scammers. And now they are stored on my wallet. How can I get rid of them? How can I stop such "left" tokens from being sent to me? What do you do with such tokens? I tried to see these tokens through PancakeSwap and Trust Wallet, but they are not displayed there.

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Until now, I still have these in my wallets. If I were you, just leave it as it is and do not interact with it like attempting to swap, transfer, etc.

They are likely called as honeypot tokens. Your wallet would likely be infected once you attempt to interact with those scam tokens being set to your address. If doing so, most likely you experience being auto-drained every time you deposit any crypto there and cannot be reversed.

Much better not to do anything with those scam and spam tokens and you’ll have no problem whatsoever. Just my two sats.

[Adbitco]

This is mostly common with bsc network and you can't get rid of it, sometimes it depends on the type of wallet you are using, let say you can only see this type of token if you scan your wallet through bscscan. It's a pure waste and occupies the wallet, if you aren't careful enough you could fall victim for intending to swap it without knowing that they are just there as spam token to hack you if try to swap them.

[Yatsan]

I consider those tokens of the likes in my portfolio as dead coins. As much as I want to dispose those tokens, I choose to just leave it there to remind me not to be too confident of the coins I am building my interests with. Well, to some it won’t be that easy but to get frustrated of what happened won’t do us any good thing but will rather just stress us out. Nothing is assured in this industry especially with profit. There are just inconsistencies and some things are just not going into our plans and assumptions. But if you no longer have the drive to just hold and hope for improvements then find a way to sell it if that would give you sense of peace of mind, even if it means that would be a permanent loss.

[Mpamaegbu]

What to do? Well, for me I just act like those tokens don't exist in my wallet. I'm a very skeptical person when it comes to freebies. Even when I got into airdrops and the project sent the tokens I was never in a hurry to sell. I would just sit back awhile and watched other participants react or take action. This is because I'm of the opinion that free lunch doesn't exist. Something must give in. OP, ignore those tokens whenever you get them to avoid regret. Hiding them in the wallet is the way to go since we can't completely delete them.

[fapar]

What to do? Well, for me I just act like those tokens don't exist in my wallet. I'm a very skeptical person when it comes to freebies. Even when I got into airdrops and the project sent the tokens I was never in a hurry to sell. I would just sit back awhile and watched other participants react or take action. This is because I'm of the opinion that free lunch doesn't exist. Something must give in. OP, ignore those tokens whenever you get them to avoid regret. Hiding them in the wallet is the way to go since we can't completely delete them.

It’s one thing when you participate in an airdrop and receive tokens for it, and quite another thing when some contract sends you these tokens. In 2016-2018, I remember when there were all sorts of airdrops with fraudulent contracts that set a huge price for gas. Now some blockchain-explorers even mark such tokens as “spam”, that is, an ordinary user can already rely on such information and ignore them. I also remember attempts to create contracts for burning such spam tokens. However, with the need to pay network fees and the cost of gas, they immediately became irrelevant. As an example, I'm talking about the ETH network.

[Mpamaegbu]

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Now some blockchain-explorers even mark such tokens as “spam”, that is, an ordinary user can already rely on such information and ignore them.

I honestly wish they can go extra mile to enable features that will empower us the wallet owners in preventing unsolicited receipt of tokens until we add their contract address. Something that's commonplace online where users can block/unblock who to add or not add them to groups or call them. Yes, about the airdrop example I used; it's just to let you know to what extent I scrutinize stuff like that.

[GeorgeJohn]

What I have to tell you is we have scammers who penetrate to other peoples wallet and enters to their coin, so I believe that before you do anything can happen to your coin through this particular wallet address you have to change it, because if you allow it or been greedy to yourself to make away with those coins sent by scammers you will totally or automatically get scammed, one certain time I notice such in my wallet especially in my trust wallet I couldn't hesitate to trash such wallet address knowing that scammers can trapped whatever in that wallet when I clicked in coins sent by them.

[ahyadinnn]

almost every day there are spam tokens in my wallet, but I don't do anything and leave the tokens in my wallet, usually the tokens I get are very expensive but it's just a fake price so it's better for me to just leave it and not exchange it or send it to another wallet, because it's very dangerous.

[ShinyStarPrincess]

Hi, please tell me, I have information that my wallet (BNB Smart Chain) has 9 tokens stored on it. Of them 2 tokens are normal: BNB and LUNA, the other tokens were sent to me by scammers. And now they are stored on my wallet. How can I get rid of them? How can I stop such "left" tokens from being sent to me? What do you do with such tokens? I tried to see these tokens through PancakeSwap and Trust Wallet, but they are not displayed there.

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Let them BE NEVER, and NEVER sign the contract of any of those

[DabsPoorVersion]

You may treat those altcoins as non-existent or if you are really bothered by having any other altcoins that does not have any value, you may create a new wallet and transfer your funds to the new wallet. Some of those coins might be from the airdrops you participated before and if they don't have a market, there is no way for you to remove them or delete them from your wallet. Or maybe you can try sending them to another wallet, but it would be a waste of gas and time as it does not have any value.

[AakZaki]

And that gives an advantage to the scammers and the more we bother ourselves seeing it, the more it attracts them (scammers). It is better to just ignore and let these useless coins/tokens stay in our wallets rather than give these scammers a way to scam us. We are very uncertain about their plan but they usually attack those people who are weak and greedy. Indeed, airdrop and bounty participation seem to be a reason for this but we don't need to blame. As long as we don't entertain strangers claiming that it was their coins, nothing surely happened to us and our funds are still safe.

Yes, the last method that needs to be applied is as I said before, just hide all the trash coins which are a trap to drain the contents of our wallet. Ignore it and continue the transaction without paying attention to the unclear coins. Never try to sell or connect with unknown Daaps, it will be dangerous. People who are greedy and only see the numbers on their wallet will usually be tempted and try to sell it, even though the price display of hundreds to thousands of dollars is just an appearance and doesn't mean anything if the coin is a trash coin.

[Silberman]

You may treat those altcoins as non-existent or if you are really bothered by having any other altcoins that does not have any value, you may create a new wallet and transfer your funds to the new wallet. Some of those coins might be from the airdrops you participated before and if they don't have a market, there is no way for you to remove them or delete them from your wallet. Or maybe you can try sending them to another wallet, but it would be a waste of gas and time as it does not have any value.

Altcoins that you got from airdrops or from a failed investment are not really a problem, as you know exactly where they come from, and while a bother to look at them every time you open your wallet, as they clearly indicate your past mistakes, you can still deal with them with ease and ignore them, however the real issue are the coins that are being sent by scammers with the hopes you interact with them and they can steal all your coins, and while the easiest way to deal with them is to ignore them as well, it is never a nice feeling to know that a scammer has you on their sights.

[Rupok]

Hi, please tell me, I have information that my wallet (BNB Smart Chain) has 9 tokens stored on it. Of them 2 tokens are normal: BNB and LUNA, the other tokens were sent to me by scammers. And now they are stored on my wallet. How can I get rid of them? How can I stop such "left" tokens from being sent to me? What do you do with such tokens? I tried to see these tokens through PancakeSwap and Trust Wallet, but they are not displayed there.

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I want to know the exact same thing, I have lots of scam tokens in my wallet.  I think most scam tokens come from forums, airdrop websites or giveaway threads.  But I don't understand at all how they hack wallets with scam tokens.  Although I know these are methods used by scammers.  But I want to know if there is any method to remove these tokens from the wallet.  Almost constantly my wallet keeps coming up with scam tokens.  Almost most investors are facing this problem now. Can anyone tell if anyone's wallet has been hacked with scam tokens so far?

[sulendra12]

Just move on and forget it, even though you change your address then you just delay yourself to get the same thing because in the future you will get the same stuff if they would find your address later.
As long as you don't interact and visit their websites assets then you are good to go. Sure, they make your wallet become unorganized with so many trash tokens but in the end you have just to accept it because it's really common.

[abel1337]

Hi, please tell me, I have information that my wallet (BNB Smart Chain) has 9 tokens stored on it. Of them 2 tokens are normal: BNB and LUNA, the other tokens were sent to me by scammers. And now they are stored on my wallet. How can I get rid of them? How can I stop such "left" tokens from being sent to me? What do you do with such tokens? I tried to see these tokens through PancakeSwap and Trust Wallet, but they are not displayed there.

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I want to know the exact same thing, I have lots of scam tokens in my wallet.  I think most scam tokens come from forums, airdrop websites or giveaway threads.  But I don't understand at all how they hack wallets with scam tokens.  Although I know these are methods used by scammers.  But I want to know if there is any method to remove these tokens from the wallet.  Almost constantly my wallet keeps coming up with scam tokens.  Almost most investors are facing this problem now. Can anyone tell if anyone's wallet has been hacked with scam tokens so far?

It's hard to know where do the senders got our wallet, maybe they are doing it for random but the chance of it coming from a wallet address database/collective might be high and those scammers are the one collecting those. Try researching about honeypot tokens and various information on how hackers can hack your wallet will show. If your wallet are full of those unwanted coins, try changing wallet and be careful on spreading it on the public.

[Dr.Osh]

What to do? Well, for me I just act like those tokens don't exist in my wallet. I'm a very skeptical person when it comes to freebies. Even when I got into airdrops and the project sent the tokens I was never in a hurry to sell. I would just sit back awhile and watched other participants react or take action. This is because I'm of the opinion that free lunch doesn't exist. Something must give in. OP, ignore those tokens whenever you get them to avoid regret. Hiding them in the wallet is the way to go since we can't completely delete them.

well, pretending that scam coins don't exist is the best thing, because even when we move the wallet we have, there is no guarantee they won't send it to the new wallet, unless OP really wants to move his assets to an exchange, or several exchange where it is also risky. It's best to ignore all these coins. Even now I don't know how many coins like that I have in my wallet.

[coin-investor]

Hi, please tell me, I have information that my wallet (BNB Smart Chain) has 9 tokens stored on it. Of them 2 tokens are normal: BNB and LUNA, the other tokens were sent to me by scammers. And now they are stored on my wallet. How can I get rid of them? How can I stop such "left" tokens from being sent to me? What do you do with such tokens? I tried to see these tokens through PancakeSwap and Trust Wallet, but they are not displayed there.

So you have 7 mine is 10 and there are more coming in one of my addresses alone, I just ignored these spam tokens some of the tokens are marked spam already so I need not do anything, on one of my wallets with so many spam tokens coming in I just changed my address by sending the good tokens that are left to a new address, I have to spend a fee but I have a peace of mind.

Awareness is the key if you are going to a DEX to trade these spam tokens will not show up only if you entered their contract address, scammers are skillful they do these to track addresses and imitate the tokens that are in your wallet in the hope that you will use the fake token to trade, so extreme caution is necessary on wallets where you keep your important tokens.