Hello, I have a question for you that regards crypto scams. In the years since I started to invest in bitcoin, I have come to understand that there are different types of crypto scams and fraudulent activities depending on whether we are in a bull run or a bear market cycle. For example just as we are looking at reaching a new bitcoin ATH soon, I can imagine that certain opportunistic scams may become more prevalent as bad actors try to capitalize on the hype and mania. Also, I think that in the bear markets there will also be another kind of scam where scams try to take advantage of the fear and desperation some investors feel. Due to the changing landscape of crypto scams between bull and bear cycles, what are some of the typical scams to watch out for in each market condition?
Good question OP.
In every bear market, scammers knew that people will try as much as possible to find means of surviving the hard time and also find means to accumulate some crypto for long term hold, so they go along with free tokens through airdrops and testnets.
They are also active on those legit airdrop channels for example on Twitter and they will try to blend in as if they are also helping people to take advantage of some new crypto projects, they start dropping link to fake airdrops and testnet tasks...hoping that someone clicks on the links.
Thing is, people will always be desperate to find means to survive the bear market, that's where the scammers will get the best of them.
In every bull market, hype and fomo is another good advantage of bad actors to take advantage of people, they will create turns of fake or scam projects hoping that it will catch the attention of newbies and new investors then they will dump on them after.
It doesn't matter which season we are in, scams in crypto space are growing higher and they will always try to take advantage of people, where money is flowing into, it's sure that scammers will be there also.