Can something free be a scam? - page 33.

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

Everything could happen and scam is our risk as player, how and when happen is important knowledge we should have. Scam can happen if the product are fail ( has no value ) because of what? developer team doesn't have enough preparation to face reality market. When it happen? no body knows that and as player, prepare for the worst by using stop loss is better. About free ( no coast ) it doesn't matter because become scam not see from this factor. Keep practice and learn from experience can safe us from scam.

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Not a good info if this way, if it continues will make this community has no trust again.

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

if someopne require you to fill up some personal data you should doubt that thing , airdrop usually giving your address but not your personal thing so that could be a scam . And maybe the point of scam in any airdrop is that giving you a coin wasting you a time and the coin has no value that could be also the reason why they are asking about the airdrop is a scam.x

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which is from free to scam it is airdrop. not ICO.
surely you already know what is airdrop, free coins are distributed which in the end is not listing in the market or can be said coins that don't have the price. airdrop usually only use us to promote their coin via twitter or facebook, which usually don't pay us or coins are paid no price.
if ico coins are not free, we have to buy. although ICO may also be a scam.

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Maybe it can be said yes because something free it will not be the same as what we ourselves because getting something free is easy but with most of the free it sometimes there is a scam and Airdrops may not look like a scam because they only give away free coins if you get a free coin lest you give your e-mail address

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No, I don't think so, two of the airdrop that I participated in is already in the market, and I am in good profit, I don't think they are a scam because you only invest small effort, some of them are only asking to refer your friend only.

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

of course it can happen, do not ever be tempted by a project that offers such a big reward by asking a number of eths that can be given to the project if we do not know about the future goals of the project. there are also projects that just take the opportunity to gather people so that the project is seen to have the support of many people to attract the attention of investors to invest in it.

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Quote from: icalical on March 27, 2018, 04:01:21 AM

Well, imho, scam is not necessarily take away your money. If you give something (your time, your personal data, anything, your signature) because you are promised to be rewarded, but in the end the person/entity is breaking their promise, it might be called scam/fraud.

And BTW when you give your data freely they might sell it to some people, and many people willing to pay for personal data.

You made the point clearly they are collecting data and selling to the required people. Who will take your data new ico launching they might need targeted audience. By collecting email address associated ether address will send malicious link to access your wallet . There is lots of type scamming are there.

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Quote from: icalical on March 27, 2018, 04:01:21 AM

Well, imho, scam is not necessarily take away your money. If you give something (your time, your personal data, anything, your signature) because you are promised to be rewarded, but in the end the person/entity is breaking their promise, it might be called scam/fraud.

And BTW when you give your data freely they might sell it to some people, and many people willing to pay for personal data.

I highly agree. A scam does not only mean it will take away your money. Once a certain project or ICO presented themselves as a good project even if they are not, they are already a scam. Once they create tokens which the people can buy and sell, even if this token has no real value in the future because of their lack of plan and vision, it is already a scam. Moreover, it does not mean that since the project or ICO did not get any money from you, you will not consider it a scam. Who knows, it might have gotten a huge amount of money from other people?

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Yes you know that many free tokens are a big scam. Giving free token is one way to attract people to buy especially if it's cheap but their project is really no purpose and their goal is to sell shitcoin only. There are also called pump and dumps after the price up they will sell all their hodl token then run and abundant the project they started.

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

I think if we give the email address and eth address, it would not be a problem. but the point is the dev is run away with the money from an investor and not continue the project as he promises before. this is for every project that needs investor because every project needs money to run the project so if the dev is run with the money then how the project will continue and the project itself will be failed project without any one wants to continue.

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

when we are asked to provide personal information and we do the tasks assigned to get the prizes that are promised but the fact the gift is not given is a scam. for me time is money!

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they could offer something for free and a big profit. when we have to enter our wallet address, they may just want to steal.

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Yes, even free airdropped coins can definitely be a scam.

For example, imagine someone comes out with "Heaven Coin" a coin that promises that when you get enough coins to create a "Heaven node" you get to go to heaven and meet Jesus. They airdrop a bunch of coins and people start trading.

Maybe you didn't invest anything, but you trade your Heaven Coins on an exchange. Maybe you even tweet about it.

Now you are part of the scam. You created volume on the exchange and made it look like a legitimate project. Even if you didn't sell anything, you helped create the appearance of a decentralized project - which WILL suck in some foolish investors. You are part of the problem.

It is important morally to avoid scams. We are all in this world together and just because someone is a fool doesn't mean we all don't lose when someone steals that fool's money.

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Quote from: awazieik on March 27, 2018, 10:09:37 AM

Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

Not every scam has to do with your money . Some of these sites that ask for your email , telegram id and wallet to get an airdrop or bounty sometimes don't fulfill their promise but use your information to sell other schemes; i have seen these a lot.

This is the reasons that we need to be careful not to share your own details. Some just wanted to scam users for their own benefits. We can say scam even it's free because we do an effort spend our time. Many airdrops but we have to be careful most of it are tuly scams.

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

of course everything could be a fraud. I myself do not really understand what the actual purpose of airdrop. but if you are an investor or a bounty hunter, you should be careful. because there is no law in this crypto world. so you have to be smart if you want to succeed.

everything here in this currency are done with carefulness that all of us must gonna do and yet this is hard at first to do for and we all know that for what we are doing here in this currency are taking back also on what we may ever have to receive profit here.

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Quote from: irmasany on March 27, 2018, 10:11:43 AM

Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

free project to be a scam how do you mean, free project it is airdrop. then what are you discussing besides airdrop? I think you should be more clear for us to discuss

With free ICO I meant projects which distirbute their whole coin supply for free (Like MTC). But yea you are right, these things are basically a airdrop...

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

free project to be a scam how do you mean, free project it is airdrop. then what are you discussing besides airdrop? I think you should be more clear for us to discuss

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

Not every scam has to do with your money . Some of these sites that ask for your email , telegram id and wallet to get an airdrop or bounty sometimes don't fulfill their promise but use your information to sell other schemes; i have seen these a lot.

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Quote from: jakecoins on March 27, 2018, 03:47:46 AM

Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,

yes many Airdrops are scams.
they uses the Word Donate for More Tokens to be receive.

and while in some ICO. they letting the Investor invest and Sell their tokens for a high price but in the end of Exchanger's price
the price of the Token being sold by the Altcoin is a Shit coin

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