This is what I call the real airdrop scam

[Webetcoins]

That's what I noticed when I joined the mini-bot. I have been receiving invitations from friends and family to join this because everyone thought it had good potential, but when I joined a couple of days ago, I was shocked when I checked the "Airdrop" page only to find out that it is mandatory for a user to make a 0.5 TON transaction before they become eligible for the airdrop, I mean, what the hell? Since when did airdrops from mini-bots start asking for money to get an airdrop? We are already spending so much time and effort to promote the projects, isn't that enough?

Well, I have asked everyone I knew who was involved in this project to not do this because it's wrong. They are not supposed to ask money from us to get an airdrop because we are working for those tokens, it's not for free because we are spending our time and promoting their project all around the internet.

Would someone consider they are getting money for free when someone asks them to promote their channels and get paid for it? No, you are working for someone to get that money.

[Septex]

Actually, I think these airdrop projects will be a big scam going forward. At first few projects they will pay without any fee but later on every air drop will start a big plan to make transactions slowly and from there scam huge amount of money. In fact, it is very foolish to expect jobs that are very easy and make money overnight to not be scams. Where a person needs merit and hard work to get money and is paid just because of tapping, there is no more intelligence left to know that it is a big scam. At the beginning people will be greedy and at the end of the day will grab big amount of money. People's precious time will be wasted.

[mdzahed134]

Actually, I think these airdrop projects will be a big scam going forward. At first few projects they will pay without any fee but later on every air drop will start a big plan to make transactions slowly and from there scam huge amount of money. In fact, it is very foolish to expect jobs that are very easy and make money overnight to not be scams. Where a person needs merit and hard work to get money and is paid just because of tapping, there is no more intelligence left to know that it is a big scam. At the beginning people will be greedy and at the end of the day will grab big amount of money. People's precious time will be wasted.

Absolutely right, you know NOT & DOGS was massive successful airdrops ever i have seen in Telegram mini airdrop, actually these two airdrops bring trend in TG airdrops, and these two projects paid a big amount of profits, who guys miss those airdrops, now they're crazy to participate in every airdrops, even they didn’t research to spend money as transaction fees in every airdrop, of course if mostly will be SCAM, so our valuable time will be wasted with money.

[crwth]

It is important to stay vigilant in a situation like this because you will never know what is at stake or the possible outcome of a specific project. Many people could promise something but say otherwise. It’s always good to research something before anything else.

I think it still would be okay, as long as you made free money and Gave nothing that would hinder you.

[Hyphen(-)]

Imagine, after many tasks were done over time without knowing, suddenly when the effort is about to bear fruit the project is requesting for more, perhaps something many people will not be able to afford/sacrifice. What a waste of time! Xempire mandates you to make a TON transaction before you are eligible to airdrop and when I tried to check where the gross approach was heading, I discovered you have to part ways with a whole 0.5 TON, who does that? For what you are not even sure of the price or receive something up to the 0.5 TON's worth? This is pathetic.

This is terrible and it is what most of the Telegram-based airdrops are bringing on now as the task for airdrop eligibility, this process is just a way of milking money from participants and the project might not even pay well which result to complete waste of time and money.

I have seen one of the airdrops on telegram named Rocky Rabbit; the project also demanded 0.5 Ton for airdrop eligibility, and they end up given them dust, most of them couldn't even make back the money they spent of Ton transaction, is this not rubbry?
Although, I only believe people that trust them to give them both time and money because no airdrop should be trusted because they can scam everyone anytime, and no one would be held responsible.

[ekotyo24]

It can indeed feel very disappointing and frustrating when, after spending a lot of time and effort, you are asked to do something bigger or more expensive than expected, especially in the case of crypto projects like Xempire. If it turns out that it requires 0.5 TON to qualify for the airdrop and there is no guarantee of profits commensurate with the costs, it is natural that this is considered a fraudulent or unethical step.

In the crypto world, things like this are not uncommon. Many projects leverage airdrops to gain exposure or participation, but then insert conditions that are burdensome or mislead users. Asking people to part with a certain number of coins without any certainty of return value can indeed be considered a trap. In situations like this, maintaining a skeptical attitude and being careful with any requirements that arise becomes very important, especially in an environment that is not yet clearly regulated.

[FortuneFollower]

It is important to stay vigilant in a situation like this because you will never know what is at stake or the possible outcome of a specific project. Many people could promise something but say otherwise. It’s always good to research something before anything else.

I think it still would be okay, as long as you made free money and Gave nothing that would hinder you.

It depends on the faith put into the project.
If it's credible, you will trust it and put your funds into it.
If not - it's the end of the road you share with it.

[JellyJ]

Because rest assured scammers are going to join into anything popular these days. Be careful always

[nakamura12]

That's not an airdrop in my opinion. It is more likely a task or challenge where you have to complete a task which  the task also require you to spend money or make a transaction before receiving the token or whatever they give to the participants. For me, an airdrop should be a simple task like follow account on twitter, share/repost posts and other task like that and you only need to spend money for transaction fee if the airdrop doesn't require task to complete but you only need to claim it on their website.

[milewilda]

That's not an airdrop in my opinion. It is more likely a task or challenge where you have to complete a task which  the task also require you to spend money or make a transaction before receiving the token or whatever they give to the participants. For me, an airdrop should be a simple task like follow account on twitter, share/repost posts and other task like that and you only need to spend money for transaction fee if the airdrop doesn't require task to complete but you only need to claim it on their website.

Time flies
Time changes
Things changes

Supposedly airdrops should really be that free of charge going back into those good old days but now majority of them will really be requiring up such tasks. Yes, you could still deal up with it for free
but expect that you might not get eligible for the airdrop or you would really be that getting something which is really that too small since you havent been able to do such tasks. Anything which is really
that related for you to be eligible or doing something for the sake of getting those tokens then it is really that considered be part of the airdrop. This is why its really that important that you should really
make yourself that at least wary about those probability or situations, so that you wont really be that expecting too much.

The wrong thing about other people who do engage with airdrops is that they've been expecting too much. They were thinking that they could get thousands without spending some money for gas or making transactions.
Even if you do make use of money but still it wont be a guarantee of success. This is why people who are really that trying out to spend money to maximize profitability then its not something that they could assure
into. So its really that still talks about risks taking on the moment that you do make out such decisions.

[Yucky]

As soon as I see an airdrop which requieres participants to send any quantity of money for them to become elegible, in my mind can only think it is a scam and I need to stay as away as possible from it.
Actual airdrops, like those from some years ago, like Uniswap, did not require one to send money first to be elegible, it was enough by participating within their ecosystem, providing liquidity and interacting with their smart contracts without giving away our private keys.

These kinds of scams only will taint the name of Telegram and alternative currencies even further, as Telegram is the application of choice which is used by scammers to run their schemes.
And you are right, sending up to 0,5 Ton not even knowing the amount of the airdrop will be worth a fraction of the initial investment is stupid and reckless.

Any airdrop which demands any amount to be deposited to claim is purely a scam. At least by now a lot of airdrop participants should be aware of this. The reason is said so is because the previous airdrop that paid other participants did not demand anything so participants should not be overwhelmed by all the tricks on telegram.

Again, I think all the airdrops they are participating in should be shared on their channel stating that they won't demand any fee for claiming the token. The project should be in charge of guiding the participant to avoid any form of scam by sharing possible ways they can get scammed on Telegram. The last message I got that had to do with a scam was that the person told me he would be buying my airdfropped token, lol and that i should send it first to him he would send me my USDT.

Indeed, you know a good scam when they force farmers to make ton transaction on claiming. It can be okay to have a tax that requires ton transaction, but it's based on personal choice, not a must. Probably at the beginning of the project, it should be stated that you will need ton to claim, so people know if they are interested or not, making it a must, like a major criteria for getting the token, people have been farming, is just plain scam.

Imagine such criteria before you can claim all the hard work you've gone through and all your internet allowances you've used to farm the project.
And the sad thing is that some folks go ahead to make those transactions in anticipation and hope of what comes out of it. Indeed, if an airdrop asks for ton, it simply means they are looking for your money. Because having to do the task, building their community, building their social media platform, should be their aim for this project, and rewarding the community for three to six months' of hard work should be the reward of the community, not asking them for the money they have offline. I mean, people are doing this project to have money, why take from them? Why? It's just scam.

And all this airdrop should be looked into. They should be stopped because they are harvesting from poor masses and people that innocently farm with high hopes.

[itorai]

Actually, I think these airdrop projects will be a big scam going forward. At first few projects they will pay without any fee but later on every air drop will start a big plan to make transactions slowly and from there scam huge amount of money. In fact, it is very foolish to expect jobs that are very easy and make money overnight to not be scams. Where a person needs merit and hard work to get money and is paid just because of tapping, there is no more intelligence left to know that it is a big scam. At the beginning people will be greedy and at the end of the day will grab big amount of money. People's precious time will be wasted.

with the many airdrops nowadays, it is necessary to choose which ones are trustworthy, which really pay even though the tasks performed are simple, even so it is difficult for us to know in choosing a really good airdrop for us to visit, so as not to waste time, that is what needs to be thought about for now.

[rachael9385]

Actually, I think these airdrop projects will be a big scam going forward. At first few projects they will pay without any fee but later on every air drop will start a big plan to make transactions slowly and from there scam huge amount of money. In fact, it is very foolish to expect jobs that are very easy and make money overnight to not be scams. Where a person needs merit and hard work to get money and is paid just because of tapping, there is no more intelligence left to know that it is a big scam. At the beginning people will be greedy and at the end of the day will grab big amount of money. People's precious time will be wasted.

with the many airdrops nowadays, it is necessary to choose which ones are trustworthy, which really pay even though the tasks performed are simple, even so it is difficult for us to know in choosing a really good airdrop for us to visit, so as not to waste time, that is what needs to be thought about for now.

Yes you are right, few hours ago, hamster kombat airdrop was listed and the price wasn't that bad. But what spoilt the airdrop was that after all the tasks and all the claims the participants did, some of them received penny from everything they did. However most airdrops might not be scam but makes it them useless is too much tasks and some takes almost half a year to be listed. Some participants also give up before the listing date.