Quite a cheeky way to make use of Trust Wallet features. The scammer exploits the NFTs display tab of the application to lure the users to get deceived within their own site. What on the first hand a good idea from the wallet developers, is utilised by someone to scam many cryptocurrency users.
This is a wake up call for any wallet developers to combat by what all of their could do to mitigate users getting deceived by what is possible in this space. It would be hard since the scam methods and schemes are ever-evolving, but to reduce users getting scammed/phished they should do something to educate basic security to make them safe. It is a good thing that they are aware of this scheme and have already informed their users.
Topic: Avoid Airdrop Scam on Trust Wallet via Links - page 3. (Read 385 times)
Beginners beware of Airdrops that will redirect you to their website through the provided link around the shiny coins you see on your wallet, where you will be required to fill in informations in other to claim the reward, follow the instructions as provided above and avoid their website as it leads to scam if any information is provided.
This has been one of the most common ways of getting access to one’s Wallet by phishing. All these airdrops and testnets like always requires you to connect your wallet to a particular site, some might have paid off in the past but most are definitely not worth the hassle. Do not connect your wallet to any website no matter how trust worthy they claim to be.
If at all you would like to engage in airdrops which you should know is no longer worth your time or risk anymore then I would suggest you use a different wallet entirely from your personal wallet where your coins are stored. If there is even a way to use a different device then kindly do that, because most of these sites instill malware like Clipboard Malware which would not only affect that particular wallet but also the entire wallets on that device
An airdrop hunter should always be careful when they are working on a task and are asked to connect their wallet through the link provided. Always use a new wallet to hunt airdrops, and to be honest I am also one of those people who occasionally follows airdrops and I also always use a new wallet or a wallet specifically for hunting airdrops.
Ive seen a lot of nfts scattered on my wallet that I didnt signed up or joined. Obviously these are scam one that are sent by those thieves. I am frustrated with this since your wallet is being spammed by different nfts. Before only tokens that has funny names and literally scam tokens, now even nfts are being used. As lonh as your wallet is active these scammers will try to send frees to lure into a scam so better avoid that.
Beginners beware of Airdrops that will redirect you to their website through the provided link around the shiny coins you see on your wallet, where you will be required to fill in informations in other to claim the reward, follow the instructions as provided above and avoid their website as it leads to scam if any information is provided.
This has been one of the most common ways of getting access to one’s Wallet by phishing. All these airdrops and testnets like always requires you to connect your wallet to a particular site, some might have paid off in the past but most are definitely not worth the hassle. Do not connect your wallet to any website no matter how trust worthy they claim to be.
If at all you would like to engage in airdrops which you should know is no longer worth your time or risk anymore then I would suggest you use a different wallet entirely from your personal wallet where your coins are stored. If there is even a way to use a different device then kindly do that, because most of these sites instill malware like Clipboard Malware which would not only affect that particular wallet but also the entire wallets on that device
This is the risk of participating on all of those airdrops introduce to the public since we don't know if the owner want to launch a good project or they are just there want to scam people by those malware attach on their platform. Maybe for that we should create more dummy wallets so that we can avoid getting huge damage once we got penetrated by those scammers. We also need to avoid those airdrops which is obvious shady to lessen the chance that we will encounter those issues.
It surprises that still yet some people are hunting after airdrops when they should be busy with other things of relevance to their crypto portfolios, maybe I will have to assume some actually don't know the risk involved and how hackers are using such medium to attack them, maybe airdrops could be the best recommendation for begginers to have an avenue to learning but they should forget about the reward than knowing how to begin with the whole process in learning about cryptocurrency transactions and wallets.
Airdrop is a hunting field for scammers, all airdrop hunters is also being hunted by the scammers. Researching for airdrop need much more effort then researching for investment. Anyone who doesn't have the time to be invested in researching Airdrop better just stay away for it. As my experience there is only 1-2 airdrops that actually worth some money in a year, the other will end up as shit coin, and most of them is scammer, take the actual investors money and just drop their project.
There's no free lunch.
Just avoid airdrop especially there's a token or NFT send into your address, don't click anything to receive, but just avoid or delete it. I have a wallet that also get send with this fake shitcoins or NFT, until now all of my coins are safe since I didn't click to receive it.
You can move this thread to altcoins discussion.
Just avoid airdrop especially there's a token or NFT send into your address, don't click anything to receive, but just avoid or delete it. I have a wallet that also get send with this fake shitcoins or NFT, until now all of my coins are safe since I didn't click to receive it.
You can move this thread to altcoins discussion.
Why not avoid airdrops? I mean, they had decent value back in those days. However, I have read many negative reviews about them in recent times. There are some good airdrops, but they are not very frequent, and even when they do occur, they are generally valued at no more than $10 or $20. While they have a low initial worth, they might offer a good return in the long run. However, since most users pursuing airdrops are looking for instant redemption, waiting for the long run may be practical. In understanding, it is better to stay away from any airdrops, as there are multiple options available to obtain free tokens.
Beginners beware of Airdrops that will redirect you to their website through the provided link around the shiny coins you see on your wallet, where you will be required to fill in informations in other to claim the reward, follow the instructions as provided above and avoid their website as it leads to scam if any information is provided.
This has been one of the most common ways of getting access to one’s Wallet by phishing. All these airdrops and testnets like always requires you to connect your wallet to a particular site, some might have paid off in the past but most are definitely not worth the hassle. Do not connect your wallet to any website no matter how trust worthy they claim to be.
If at all you would like to engage in airdrops which you should know is no longer worth your time or risk anymore then I would suggest you use a different wallet entirely from your personal wallet where your coins are stored. If there is even a way to use a different device then kindly do that, because most of these sites instill malware like Clipboard Malware which would not only affect that particular wallet but also the entire wallets on that device
This is the risk of participating on all of those airdrops introduce to the public since we don't know if the owner want to launch a good project or they are just there want to scam people by those malware attach on their platform. Maybe for that we should create more dummy wallets so that we can avoid getting huge damage once we got penetrated by those scammers. We also need to avoid those airdrops which is obvious shady to lessen the chance that we will encounter those issues.
Beginners beware of Airdrops that will redirect you to their website through the provided link around the shiny coins you see on your wallet, where you will be required to fill in informations in other to claim the reward, follow the instructions as provided above and avoid their website as it leads to scam if any information is provided.
This has been one of the most common ways of getting access to one’s Wallet by phishing. All these airdrops and testnets like always requires you to connect your wallet to a particular site, some might have paid off in the past but most are definitely not worth the hassle. Do not connect your wallet to any website no matter how trust worthy they claim to be.
If at all you would like to engage in airdrops which you should know is no longer worth your time or risk anymore then I would suggest you use a different wallet entirely from your personal wallet where your coins are stored. If there is even a way to use a different device then kindly do that, because most of these sites instill malware like Clipboard Malware which would not only affect that particular wallet but also the entire wallets on that device
Trust Wallet users should be on alert over this recent way of scam introduced on trust wallet via link address.
NFT are not the bad actors in scam, people make use of them to launch attack on users by introducing infiltrating malwares, phishing sites, malicious links and downloads through the introduction of new NFT to intending and potential investors in cryptocurrency, you can see what appears on the scam alert hinted with the use of trust wallet, user's should be careful.
https://twitter.com/TrustWallet/status/1691044904489865216?t=nXtbSD_aiUuAgjncZ3ZWyw&s=19
Beginners beware of Airdrops that will redirect you to their website through the provided link around the shiny coins you see on your wallet, where you will be required to fill in informations in other to claim the reward, follow the instructions as provided above and avoid their website as it leads to scam if any information is provided.
NFT are not the bad actors in scam, people make use of them to launch attack on users by introducing infiltrating malwares, phishing sites, malicious links and downloads through the introduction of new NFT to intending and potential investors in cryptocurrency, you can see what appears on the scam alert hinted with the use of trust wallet, user's should be careful.
https://twitter.com/TrustWallet/status/1691044904489865216?t=nXtbSD_aiUuAgjncZ3ZWyw&s=19
Beginners beware of Airdrops that will redirect you to their website through the provided link around the shiny coins you see on your wallet, where you will be required to fill in informations in other to claim the reward, follow the instructions as provided above and avoid their website as it leads to scam if any information is provided.
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