First you can never tell if an airdrop ico is scam or not . But there is a lot of things to do to prevent yourself from getting scammed !
You can Just join any airdrop and get your free coins ( If it turn out as scam you will lose nothing except 1 min of your time ) , But for deciding if you want to put real money on it you need to do this .
-Wait and follow the ico and see how deva stick to his/her words ( sending airdrop etc)
-Wait some more time and see if deva have a real plan for his coin/token and what is his roadmap .
-wait again some more time and see if deva was serious about his roadmap and actually started to follow it .
-After doing all this you can now start to analyze the information you have and based on it you can decide if you wanna put your hard earned money in this ico !
Topic: Air Drops - How to tell if one is Authentic or a Scam? - page 2. (Read 1014 times)
airdrops are usually scam, very few are of good quality.
it is necessary to examine the project team to understand that it is a quality project.
it is necessary to examine the project team to understand that it is a quality project.
Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?
Well , I guess its hard to figure out what airdrops are legit or scam, but I suggest you to do first your own research for the project that have airdrops, focus on their team behind that project and the concept of the project too. Then it is for you to decide if you can get the airdrops or not. It is risky .
Hello all, need some knowledge from you. Still new to ETH and tokens.
I applied for quite some airdrops, but didnt add all the tokens, now i cant even remember them all.
Now what i think is that if some of them become successful in time they get added and will be visible in MEW without me doing anything right?
I applied for quite some airdrops, but didnt add all the tokens, now i cant even remember them all.
Now what i think is that if some of them become successful in time they get added and will be visible in MEW without me doing anything right?
For security I do not participate in those air drops that require downloading their wallet. Because they can have viruses
Airdrops are like everything else, you need to do your own research. It's good to go through this forum and see what people are talking. So, your own research and the community are your best bet.
Good airdrops are rare now. If the dropped coin is already traded on exchanges, than I guess this airdrop deserved attention. Most of others are just another sheetcoins, which doesn't have any background. But even such coins can be very profitable as eBTC and ELTC2.
The main risk is when you have to install a wallet to get some coins. I prefer to be safe and just skip those.
The main risk is when you have to install a wallet to get some coins. I prefer to be safe and just skip those.
Anything with an e in front is a scam except for eBTC. Lots of copycat coins trying to jump on the airdrop bandwagon but will probably just dump the coins and abandon the project.
Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?
If I see some airdrop announcement thread firstly, I check how much effort they put in it. If it is just copy-paste from some other airdrop or just some random text or something like that I automatically skip it. But if their thread looks legit to me and that they actually put some effort in it, then I check out reply to the thread to see what other people are replying. Then if everything seems okay, I check their website and other links they provided. Also be very careful, if thread seems scammy don't click on any links, especially do NOT download their so called "wallets". And lastly check which information they want you to provide.
If it's only your ethereum address and bitcointalk profile link that is okay, with that they can't do you any harm. But if they ask for more personal information then be sure that they are legit and that their airdrop is authentic
Be safe and check twice!
airdrops are free... So, as long as it only required your eth address / bitcointalk forum nickname, you have nothing to loose even if it is a scam,
Just never give out your private keys and UTC file you are good,
I don't seen it as waste of time though
Just never give out your private keys and UTC file you are good,
I don't seen it as waste of time though
airdrops are free... So, as long as it only required your eth address / bitcointalk forum nickname, you have nothing to loose even if it is a scam,
Just never give out your private keys and UTC file you are good,
I don't seen it as waste of time though
Just never give out your private keys and UTC file you are good,
I don't seen it as waste of time though
My goodness -- Does anyone else notice the latest trend here on Bitcointalk? Some newbie member posts a silly question about airdrops (such as how to tell if they are real), then half the responses are newbie members asking for information on airdrops. It's almost like everyone coming into the crypt world just thinks they are going to get millions of dollars worth of free coins. No investing, no research, just free stuff. 
Also, apparently nobody considers using the search function on these forums anymore. Or even use Google for that matter.
To answer the OP:
Q - How do I tell if an airdrop is authentic
A - If you received coins it's probably a good bet that it is authentic
Important to note: An airdrop in which you ask for a handout for doing nothing, can't be a "scam." You didn't give them anything, so if they don't give you anything, you are in the same spot you were before asking for a free handout. You haven't been "scammed."
The obvious: Don't ever give anyone your wallet credentials or private keys. Nobody should have to reiterate that here in a thread like this because it is beyond obvious.
Also, apparently nobody considers using the search function on these forums anymore. Or even use Google for that matter.
To answer the OP:
Q - How do I tell if an airdrop is authentic
A - If you received coins it's probably a good bet that it is authentic
Important to note: An airdrop in which you ask for a handout for doing nothing, can't be a "scam." You didn't give them anything, so if they don't give you anything, you are in the same spot you were before asking for a free handout. You haven't been "scammed."
The obvious: Don't ever give anyone your wallet credentials or private keys. Nobody should have to reiterate that here in a thread like this because it is beyond obvious.
I feel ok with the Ethereum and Wave token airdrops, but I won't download a wallet to get an airdrop coin.
This is also a great point. Don't ever download anything or sign up for an account somewhere that isn't well-known. And for heaven's sake, if you do sign up for an account, don't use the same password as your other accounts. Make sure you're using a unique password for just that site so they can't phish your info.
It's not only about giving or not giving out your private key (which you obviously shouldn't). There are other dangers of participating in airdrops including infected wallet software, infected website, email & password harvesting etc...
Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?
I have seen two types of airdrops, maybe there are more, a new coin that decides to give the coins to people and forked coins that gives to you an equal amount of the airdropped coins than the ones you had in your wallet, both have some cons, in the first case if a condition is attached to the delivery of the coins then that is fishy, in the second case the airdropped coins are delivered fairly but most of the time the new coin wants to destroy the original and that is bad for your investment in that coin.
To go along with what a lot of people are saying here, as long as you're not giving them any information other than the delivery address, there's no way you can get scammed. Even if the airdrop ends up being worthless, who cares. It doesn't mean you were scammed, it just means you wasted some time on a useless token. Take as many airdrops as you can get, there's no harm in participating as long as you keep your information private.
I feel ok with the Ethereum and Wave token airdrops, but I won't download a wallet to get an airdrop coin.
Does anyone have advice on how to distinguish authentic airdrops from scams?
When you join an airdrop, there is a free distribution of tokens, so you wont loose anything besides your time.
And besides that as many people have already pointed it out its very easy to figure if the airdrop is scam, at least easier than to spot a scam ICO.
new here, been searching for airdrops 
There's a search function in this website that allows the user to search for a specific input in the whole website. Search for airdrops.
basic and clear indication is if someone is asking your private key for your wallet, then there it is, %100 scam. never give your private key to someone.
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