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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

be careful of frauds that often occur in crypto ... many ways they do to cheat crypto users ... don't let us give something that can be self-destructive just because of a big offer and in the end we don't get anything from it even we lose because it has become their victims ... and in my knowledge while participating in various airdrops, just asking for KYC and following their social media accounts ... that's all I do if I follow airdrop ...

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Quote from: iyah adrian on July 27, 2019, 06:03:13 PM

Yup, KYC for airdrop must be avoided. Because in my opinion it doesn't make sense, if we want the free one to participate in airdrop. But we have to send data ourselves only to get something that doesn't know the exact value. It's the same as we sell our data.

This can't be generalize, it also depends on the coin or the project, there are projects that are fully compliant and they will require all recipients of their coins to comply with the KYC, such as investors, bounty hunters, and airdrop, that's something to be look as well.
For those that you don't trust, never give such details of your KYC, I think some investors also join in airdrop and bounty hunting.

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Everything is not safe where they require personal information or keys from you. Remember this. Do not share this information. It ends very badly.

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Signing is safe. But, don't ever give any privkey or email when you are trying to join that airdrop. Even better if you use a brand new address since generating one is not that hard anyway.
Airdrop usually ends up selling your data somewhere else and you will get so many spam emails from that even some case there's phishing email so you need to really beware and only choose airdrop from some kind of reliable developers team.

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As you know there are various airdrop running everyday but i think 99% airdrops are scams and should not join and i suggest don't waste time on airdrops and don't share your keys or any other data they can hack your pc or wallet .

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I have participated in few drops in time past, they only request of your public wallet address which the coins will he sent. Any request for sensitive information like private key should be turned down.

dataispower

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Some airdrops are safe but be very careful with links provided for you to sign in order to prove ownership of wallet address especially with MEW. Some scam airdrops used fake MEW URL to get private keys of crypto enthusiasts and cleared their wallet. This happened to a close friend so it's not a mystery.

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

Noone can make a transaction for you only you can so no.
You don't need to make a transaction to do an airdrop they only need your address and they will give you the airdrop if you meet the criteria like following tweets or just by asking for an airdrop. If there is anything else then it is a scam. The only transaction being made will be the one to your wallet when the airdrop takes place.

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Some airdrops are not safe especially those that comes with Google form. Some of this types of airdrop always adding a scam website to the form and ask users to click on connect their account via private key. Even last year a friend of mine was victim of such. So let's be careful of airdrops and be sure of the links we click.

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

If you do and airdrop do not need to throw your documents and also enter the private key to the wallet , as they can just steal your money!

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Quote from: marilynmanson21 on July 27, 2019, 04:05:59 PM

I always avoid all of airdrop that come from my email especially from Spam Inbox, because it has a high chance that most of them are phising and i'm afraid i will lose my assets on my wallet because of that. I prefer joined airdrop that come from the website of the project itself.

If it coming from our email which we never registered for that airdrop, that's absolutely phishing attempt. Participating in airdrop now only makes us get nothing. However I never heard legit airdrop in last 6 month except XLM airdrop through blockchain wallet.

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

Never ever download that required software in order to get a specific receive address which you will use for filling the Google spreadsheet. Malicious software has a backbone code which freezes the antivirus and steals the wallet information from crypto desktop wallets. If you already discovered unusual behaviour on the personal computer, it is already too late. First thing after waking up to do is to cut the internet connection in order to prevent the data leak to the specific server.

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Most airdrops are of no value, and many of them are scams to steal your account or wallet. Some require you to create an account and then use the information you create to log in to the exchanges, users who share the password will be able to lose the account. others require you to provide a private key.

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I always avoid all of airdrop that come from my email especially from Spam Inbox, because it has a high chance that most of them are phising and i'm afraid i will lose my assets on my wallet because of that. I prefer joined airdrop that come from the website of the project itself.

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Quote from: justinjja on July 26, 2019, 12:29:30 PM

The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.

Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?

You have to aware airdrop event never make you reach, even most of them end up in scam event. Which is mean is not save for you to give all of your sign message to them, you will face a high risk when you deal with scam project. When you found your wallet have been hacked by someone else its feels like you have much money in your house but you never at home or even you are more often in outside the house while there is someone who already knows that you save a lot of money in the house. Only now you still feel that sign message is a private key that is not important because you don't have a lot of bitcoin or some altcoins in it but later a few years from now I believe you can afford to have some bitcoin and altcoins.

MikeyVeez

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It is safe until you give someone your private key or ID card.
So if some airdrop requires it, be aware, in most cases it is a scam and you will not receive anything.

martina14

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No it will never be safe if you will do what they are asking like KYC.
Remember that in everything we do in this field of currency we are not safe.
Make sure that your wallet passwords and keys will not be in sake.
also your KYC or identity.

anjho.ace

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AIRDROP IS ALWAYS SAFE if you will stay safe.

1. DO all the task and put your wallet address is always good to do.
You are in danger if you will input your private keys.
2. Never do KYC for some dimes of AIRDROPS.

Rimueng tuha

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In my opinion, airdrop will be safe if we do not provide personal information about the account or anything related to our assets to the airdrop provider. Indeed we must be careful when choosing safe and reliable airdrop. We shouldn't sign transactions that are unclear or just full of doubts because I think it's just a trap to drain our assets. We must ensure every step and decision that we make so that we avoid fraud.

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Real airdrop never asks for wallet sign or anything like that. If the participant put a wrong wallet address then that's his mistake. The airdrop has nothing to do with it. If any airdrop asks for signing message then you should be warned it could be a phishing attempt to steal your funds. Stay safe.

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