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jr. member
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August 10, 2021, 09:08:45 AM
#48
There is not a particular definition for scam but there are several measures to be checked before investing or joining any project, one of them is Team experience , you can check their previous work experience in linkedin, observe their work very deeply and also check their profile must be old, this can prevent you from mazor scam projects but there are still many steps to be checked.
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July 30, 2021, 10:22:45 AM
#47
To determine whether a project is fraudulent or not, the best protection against this fraudulent tactic is to thoroughly research the individual team members of a project before I invest and in addition to determining if the development team is real, it is also important to try to see if their qualifications match. Do the founders have the experience they claim and is it relevant to the project they manage.
and many scammers put up fake biographies for their projects and are dominated by big names and also with superstar developers to convince investors so it is necessary to do very detailed research thoroughly on the project to be followed so as not to be deceived.
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July 30, 2021, 03:06:19 AM
#46
Yes, before joining a project You must look at the White Papers and see their team LinkedIn profile correctly. You will get some information about the project to some extent. What do people do with this project and what have they done in the past? All in all, it is important to get the right information.
Plagiarism checking of whitepaper will make sure you avoid the scam projects. But this is a difficult thing to do because of lack of such softawre available.

Also when you do background check on the team members, make sure to properly do a check on their education background and if possible contact the college or university about their alumni. Many times scammers will make profiles just as placeholders but these are rare on LinkedIn but it never hurts to check.

Before joining any bounty, do good research and assume that you are going to invest in it.
It is better to assume that you will not be getting paid for your work. It is what the reality of the bounty hunting in this forum has been for years now.
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July 24, 2021, 12:01:13 PM
#45
I am new in crypto sector.
Your account is almost a year old Are you still new  Huh


I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.

Before joining any bounty, do good research and assume that you are going to invest in it.

Yes, before joining a project You must look at the White Papers and see their team LinkedIn profile correctly. You will get some information about the project to some extent. What do people do with this project and what have they done in the past? All in all, it is important to get the right information.
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July 24, 2021, 05:23:35 AM
#44
I am new in crypto sector.
Your account is almost a year old Are you still new  Huh

I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.

Before joining any bounty, do good research and assume that you are going to invest in it.
legendary
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July 24, 2021, 02:33:27 AM
#43
..and as long as you are campaigning for alts project it is inevitable to join a scam project unintentionally.
You said it mate better than anyone.

If someone is hoping to become a bounty hunter they should get this statement planted in their brain and that they will be frustrated at the number of projects that end up not paying for reasons whatsoever.

Working for project and then one fine day you wake up to find that it was a scam is a horrible experience. Not to mention the reputation demeaning that happens with it and the only person to blame is yourself.

Still most people dont read these threads and therefore the supply of bounty hunters never end. Tongue
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July 23, 2021, 06:23:41 PM
#42
Believe it or not, it is very difficult to point out a scam project just out of the box, yes, they may be some red flags that can give a clue if the project had the qualities of a scam or not but most times some scam project will have all the qualities of a great project but in reality it will turned out to be yet another scam project,  and as long as you are campaigning for alts project it is inevitable to join a scam project unintentionally.
Yes, this is true and scammers do really make look realistic projects now compared int the past which makes it even  more harder to trace or know in  early phase  and this is why there are lots

who do still get victimized and its still continuing  even up to  these years and its becoming more harder to know and this is why i dont really trust up new projects nowadays.

I have long quitted ICO or bounty hunting because of this matter.Scam project can be mostly be known in the end of the line.
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July 23, 2021, 06:14:09 PM
#41
Believe it or not, it is very difficult to point out a scam project just out of the box, yes, they may be some red flags that can give a clue if the project had the qualities of a scam or not but most times some scam project will have all the qualities of a great project but in reality it will turned out to be yet another scam project,  and as long as you are campaigning for alts project it is inevitable to join a scam project unintentionally.
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July 23, 2021, 05:44:17 PM
#40
Projects are created with many promises but you need to have a calm mind to think deeply. No achievement can be easily gotten so if you check the CV of developer team and see no past impressive record, don't take risk.
legendary
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July 21, 2021, 01:17:42 PM
#39
Define a scam project?

1. Anonymous team
2. Unrealistic roadmap
3. Copycat ideas

and lots of more and its not hard to determine which one is fake and which one is legit but be careful that there are projects do look good
but do end up on a scam in the end. So you should really do your assignment on making up some in-depth research which it isnt
really time consuming but if you are really serious on your investment then you would definitely do it.
Those are some of the cases that must be considered more important in projects with anonymous teams and should also be suspected at least can be displayed, for me doing this task is very important if any of us want to invest because new projects can not be guessed whether this will success or not will even be a scam as you say it.

And of course, from all of this, you have to take the risk that sometimes a project that looks good in the end can turn into a scam.
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July 21, 2021, 10:51:15 AM
#38
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
Do tests with them.  I have a habit of forming and applying them to bounty projects which are always messy to go to the website, go to telegram, inquire and use visual evaluation, go to the project's media (twitter, facebook)  ) continue to feel, communicate with the admin in the group or even exchange and appraise the role of the campaign manager.  The more projects you observe, the more you will realize which projects have a "real" rate of fake, fraud.  The more tests you do, the more you value your own labor and reduce the risk to others.
Many of us hardly have enough expertise to fully know whether the information in WP is fake or real or copied.  So I ignore WP.
sr. member
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July 20, 2021, 01:51:48 AM
#37
Project Hampuz, IrfanPak, and many other managers receive low-rank accounts by participating in social media and articles campaigns.
keep in mind that those managers can't guarantee the payment or the tokens value, especially if the tokens are not escrowed. so don't blindly join any campaign even if the manager is reputable, since some of them might never pay you or the manager itself.
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July 19, 2021, 05:35:47 PM
#36
Define a scam project?

1. Anonymous team
2. Unrealistic roadmap
3. Copycat ideas

and lots of more and its not hard to determine which one is fake and which one is legit but be careful that there are projects do look good
but do end up on a scam in the end. So you should really do your assignment on making up some in-depth research which it isnt
really time consuming but if you are really serious on your investment then you would definitely do it.
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June 13, 2021, 02:12:55 AM
#35
Not necessary,,, I see community members as two distinct people.

Token buyers and Users.
I get your point. But I still dont agree that the two groups of members are mutually exclusive. There will be overlapping because everyone had to "buy-in" to get a portion of the tokens - the similarity with equity comes from this. But they dont have any legal control over the project - the dissimilarity with equity comes here.

Well there are some projects that have well written whitepaper but still end up scam, Always check team members if its legit or real person. Most of the time a project with real team will have less chance of scam.
That well written whitepaper may very well be copy pasted from another project. So checking that is always going to be a proper method to determine scam or not.

Team members true, but advisors are the ones who need to be contacted personally on linkedin and so. Create an account on linkedin if you are serious about it and check their accounts, PM them about the project and their thoughts on in.

Sometimes you might find a surprised reply that they never heard of the project till date and they were using the advisors name on their site without permission. Grin another sign of a scam.

Also check the "phone number" and "address" usually posted in the footer. Recently I cam across a group of websites which were MLM scams and were using different domain names but the same phone number on all the sites.
sr. member
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June 08, 2021, 11:51:50 AM
#34
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
actually when it comes most airdrop and bounties you really need a patience mate because it takes too long sometimes before they distribute the rewards for every participants. Of course yes there's a message from them that after the campaign and etc they will give those rewards but you know mate there are factors that really caused delays for the distribution and you need to understand it.. Perhaps if you use to update them through telegram just to have information for sure you have peace of mind, because in fact that's commom now when it comes to projects wherein they always provide telegram chat for all participants..
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June 08, 2021, 01:39:10 AM
#33
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
Check project team and Whitepaper these are plagiarized or Original. If thous are Orginal then check project Roadmap, project Feature. Check that they are able to work according to their roadmap or not. This is the first step in verifying the project.
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June 07, 2021, 02:10:10 AM
#32
The only way to know if the project is scam is through an extensive research. Check the website, whitpaper, roadmap and the team. Having a transparent team using their real names and backgrounds are much better because its an indication that they're genuine. There must be a working product that solve real problem, in short the coin must have utility.

Since you already have experience on bounties and airdrop probably you already have an idea of what likely a scam project is. High rewards or a too good to be true offer are also shady.
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June 07, 2021, 01:55:16 AM
#31
The most frequently used way to identify a scam project is to look at the developer team, track record, scale of their business, any documentation material related such Whitepaper, Roadmap, Website etc. but sometimes projects with good plans and preparations also still had possibilty to be completely faild or abandoned. and end up with completely fails. I prefer to choose some project that already running and is in a position that many people are interested in.


This would make most companies still operating in the crypto sector scams.

1. Anonymous teams more majority than others. Track record impossible to look at because you don't know who they are.
2. Scale? Everyone started from zero. Bitcoin scale was 2 people sending each other bitcoin.
3. Documentation? Defi projects now don't even do a whitepaper.

I agree, look into these things but having them all and being impressive about it costs a few thousand dollars on fiverr:)
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June 06, 2021, 10:34:14 PM
#30
If you really want to build anything positive out of bounties, you need to go through white paper before joining. See their tokenemics, Road map and the project team. Think that they have real solutions for a real-world problems. Always check articles related to the subject. Compare with competitors.


Well there are some projects that have well written whitepaper but still end up scam, Always check team members if its legit or real person. Most of the time a project with real team will have less chance of scam.
jr. member
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June 06, 2021, 02:31:44 PM
#29
If you really want to build anything positive out of bounties, you need to go through white paper before joining. See their tokenemics, Road map and the project team. Think that they have real solutions for a real-world problems. Always check articles related to the subject. Compare with competitors.
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June 05, 2021, 01:40:25 AM
#28
Joining in the bounty or aidrop will be similarly with gambling or speculating with the future of project and how reputation of developers. There are so many greedy developers and they will not let the hunters or airdrop participants to take the advantages from their tokens. This is the fact and i have even seen so many times the legit projects were scamming the hunters.
You can 't define it easily because sometime the developer act like they were a trusted parties but the fact was the opposite thing.
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June 04, 2021, 07:45:33 PM
#27
The most frequently used way to identify a scam project is to look at the developer team, track record, scale of their business, any documentation material related such Whitepaper, Roadmap, Website etc. but sometimes projects with good plans and preparations also still had possibilty to be completely faild or abandoned. and end up with completely fails. I prefer to choose some project that already running and is in a position that many people are interested in.
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June 04, 2021, 03:12:23 PM
#26
Project team's reputation is the most important factor you need to consider before investing or joining into a bounty or airdrop. Then there are some easy ways available in like when a team lies about their raised funds and they keep saying that their project is going to launch soon again and again.
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June 04, 2021, 10:39:53 AM
#25
It does not matter. my point was, if you have a use for it and you can also support the project, then by all means go for it. Then the price does not matter. For example if you used Steemit and you do not care about the price but want to use Steam dollars to boost your content, then at least you have something to use it for. Most alts are pure speculation, no utility this was my point.
But supporting a project does mean that the backer has some interests in it. Very few people would back something just out of pure emotional connection. VCs do that for profits because they have the skills to identify a possible profitable project from a non-profitable one.

I get your point but most of the users here have come to back projects to get paid. One of those could be by becoming a part of the project in future but I dont see that being the most common case for VCs or retail investors.

SBD is a good example for how alternative use to money can be obtained by using the same altcoin. This is lacking in most altcoins - an inherent method to develop a supply/demand gap. That drives the price and keep the market active.

Not necessary,,, I see community members as two distinct people.

Token buyers and Users.

Token buyers have a financial interest in it, but they are not even thinking in the same mind as investors (who do not buy the token but put money in the development).

Users of course would love to see a good price but a bad price does not stop them from using it. Think of Bitcoin as the easiest example. They do not see themselves as becoming controllers (unless you are Elon) but they are happy knowing they help make up the whole big Bitcoin economy simply by using.
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June 04, 2021, 01:40:40 AM
#24
It does not matter. my point was, if you have a use for it and you can also support the project, then by all means go for it. Then the price does not matter. For example if you used Steemit and you do not care about the price but want to use Steam dollars to boost your content, then at least you have something to use it for. Most alts are pure speculation, no utility this was my point.
But supporting a project does mean that the backer has some interests in it. Very few people would back something just out of pure emotional connection. VCs do that for profits because they have the skills to identify a possible profitable project from a non-profitable one.

I get your point but most of the users here have come to back projects to get paid. One of those could be by becoming a part of the project in future but I dont see that being the most common case for VCs or retail investors.

SBD is a good example for how alternative use to money can be obtained by using the same altcoin. This is lacking in most altcoins - an inherent method to develop a supply/demand gap. That drives the price and keep the market active.
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June 03, 2021, 12:02:23 PM
#23
Bitcoin is the same! If I could not use it, if I could not benefit from it other than trading, I would stay away.
Bitcoin is different on the other hand and we are talking about shitcoins on here where theres no relevance or actual usage into their existence.

When it comes to selection of projects that you are tending to engage on then there are several factors that you should consider.

Relevance and not to engage with copy cats should be put up in mind. Choosing projects is hard as hell but using up your own common sense
and bit of research would do the job.

It does not matter. my point was, if you have a use for it and you can also support the project, then by all means go for it. Then the price does not matter. For example if you used Steemit and you do not care about the price but want to use Steam dollars to boost your content, then at least you have something to use it for. Most alts are pure speculation, no utility this was my point.
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June 02, 2021, 03:45:29 PM
#22
Assume they are all scams. And then, I always say this and this is important.
The best way to prevent getting scammed is not take part in them at all. I agree with your point.

It is a bad thing that many VCs and retail investors have previously tried to back crypto projects and realized the truth that they cannot go head to head with a mainstream project of similar idea and that is what leads to the bankruptcy and failure of the crypto projects. The projects tried to publicize themselves doing airdrops and so on. But this has become a place for scams and free labor for the bamboozled bounty hunters.

Right now, the only thing that can be done to book future profit is buying bitcoin. No diversification into altcoins, if you have money to spare go to traditional fiat markets and buy some stocks, bonds, metals.

Yes,,, because if you assume they are all scams then you do not take part in any.

But my point which was more important was to see projects and coins as an opportunity to learn something new and do something new. If you do not have a use for the coin,,, stay away. If you cannot use it and cannot support it other than to trade it,,, stay away.

Bitcoin is the same! If I could not use it, if I could not benefit from it other than trading, I would stay away.
Bitcoin is different on the other hand and we are talking about shitcoins on here where theres no relevance or actual usage into their existence.

When it comes to selection of projects that you are tending to engage on then there are several factors that you should consider.

Relevance and not to engage with copy cats should be put up in mind. Choosing projects is hard as hell but using up your own common sense
and bit of research would do the job.
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June 02, 2021, 10:03:21 AM
#21
Assume they are all scams. And then, I always say this and this is important.
The best way to prevent getting scammed is not take part in them at all. I agree with your point.

It is a bad thing that many VCs and retail investors have previously tried to back crypto projects and realized the truth that they cannot go head to head with a mainstream project of similar idea and that is what leads to the bankruptcy and failure of the crypto projects. The projects tried to publicize themselves doing airdrops and so on. But this has become a place for scams and free labor for the bamboozled bounty hunters.

Right now, the only thing that can be done to book future profit is buying bitcoin. No diversification into altcoins, if you have money to spare go to traditional fiat markets and buy some stocks, bonds, metals.

Yes,,, because if you assume they are all scams then you do not take part in any.

But my point which was more important was to see projects and coins as an opportunity to learn something new and do something new. If you do not have a use for the coin,,, stay away. If you cannot use it and cannot support it other than to trade it,,, stay away.

Bitcoin is the same! If I could not use it, if I could not benefit from it other than trading, I would stay away.
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June 02, 2021, 04:59:39 AM
#20
It's not easy to find out which project will turn out scam, all you can do is be more selective in choosing the bounty you want to participate in and you can make a bounty list like what you choose to follow, for example, Who is the BM handles the bounty, what amount of prizes (don't be too tempted by large amounts), but whatever it is will not guarantee you can avoid bounty scams.
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June 02, 2021, 01:53:33 AM
#19
Assume they are all scams. And then, I always say this and this is important.
The best way to prevent getting scammed is not take part in them at all. I agree with your point.

It is a bad thing that many VCs and retail investors have previously tried to back crypto projects and realized the truth that they cannot go head to head with a mainstream project of similar idea and that is what leads to the bankruptcy and failure of the crypto projects. The projects tried to publicize themselves doing airdrops and so on. But this has become a place for scams and free labor for the bamboozled bounty hunters.

Right now, the only thing that can be done to book future profit is buying bitcoin. No diversification into altcoins, if you have money to spare go to traditional fiat markets and buy some stocks, bonds, metals.
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June 01, 2021, 11:29:16 PM
#18
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
Welcome to the crypto.
You should participate in the airdrop or bounty that already created by the trusted project developers. If you were joining in the various bounties or airdrop that created by the anonymous developers and you may end with earn nothing.
You must need learn a lot about how to identifying the potentially scam airdrop or bounties. You are still new in crypto and that's way it's a common thing.
What you need to do to adapt with the environment of crypto. There lots of scam projects. Be careful. Try to see a quality of project based on the its code, track record of team and various things.
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June 01, 2021, 07:02:28 AM
#17
Assume they are all scams. And then, I always say this and this is important.

Support a project you actually really like. Where the tokens you would actually not just want to hold but also to use. If you have no use for it, and will never use it, then do not go for it.

No use = will never succeed even if not scam.
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June 01, 2021, 03:25:54 AM
#16
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
Who are you fooling? you're new in crypto sector but had already joined Many airdrops and bounties? lol that must be a Joke  Grin

you are claiming to be a Newbie because you don't wanna be blamed of your stupidity of still joining scam projects.

and definition of scam projects ? you should have known that already being a victim for many times lol.
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June 01, 2021, 01:58:50 AM
#15
You have to avoid joining projects that are available for promotions, always be picky and you will have less disappointments along the way, make sure you follow reputable bounty manager as well and do good research on the project too before promoting, about airdrops just forget it because it's not going to worth the hassle even if they pay it's going to be penny
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June 01, 2021, 01:40:53 AM
#14
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
Your question in the title and the OP dont really match but you are asking something similar.

In short there is no method to clearly mark a project as scam but there are methods to detect if a project is a possible scam. You will need to do some basic research on the project's owners, website, whitepaper, advisors.

Owners: can be fake images posted. But difficult to detect even with reverse image searches. They may have posted stock images as well.

Website: May be a recently registered website. Check their roadmap and tally their dates with the website. Usually a scam project will take the timeline way back than when the website was launched.

Whitepaper: May be copied from other sources.

Advisors: Many times we have seen well known crypto VCs getting their faces posted on scams and saying that they are advisors of these projects. Very simple way to solve this, log in to linkedin and send that VC a private message about the project and if they know about it. Most VCs who are active enough will reply and reveal if they did invest anything in that project or not.

But dont waste time on airdrops - I call them shitdrops for a reason.
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May 31, 2021, 03:44:05 PM
#13
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
And this is where you should really make your own research and make verification in all of possible things that you could check before proceeding on joining
bounties even though it wont be that precise or make assurance but at least risk chance is lessen.

Check for:
•Project Roadmap ( Check if its realistic or not)
•Devs neither anonymous or not
•Realistic bounty pool or reward

This is why bounty hunting is already a shit nowadays but there are still people whom do love on dealing up with these things.
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May 31, 2021, 02:52:14 PM
#12
There are some scam projects that you can burst upfront with just some research but unfortunately there are also some projects that looks so well developed but have some bad intent at mind already, there is no fixed way to identify scam projects but you can limit your risks by investing only what you can afford to lose
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May 30, 2021, 02:35:51 PM
#11
Nothing comes easily, if you really want to make something good out of bounties you have to get rid of your doubting spirit and keep going on because at one point in time you will be so lucky that your reward will cover for all those times you've spent thinking you wasted your time
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#10
jusk ask about garanties , like did they have reviews at the forums, like that
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May 30, 2021, 10:29:24 AM
#9
1. You wrongly asked on the trading discussion board about the airdrop and bounty sector this should be moved to a more appropriate board.

If airdrops and bounties are your complaints why do you continue to promote them? You should think about how not to rely on bounties anymore because this is very difficult if they pay on time, you should focus more on useful posts compared to bounty reports that are full of spam, because indeed bounties and airdrops are always a scam and they only rely on promoters from every work.
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May 30, 2021, 10:03:50 AM
#8
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
Never join in any of airdrop or those bounty again. Better to rank up and focus on join in any signature campaign which pay with bitcoin or atleast make sure the bounty amount has been escrowed before joined on there. This kind of scam isn't new thing as therr are bunch people fall for it too.
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May 30, 2021, 09:29:26 AM
#7
The simplest solution is not to take part in bounty campaigns, because it's literally a wild west where everyone does what they want - and what's weirdest about this whole thing, no one is responsible for not keeping what they promised. I am not claiming that all projects are the same in the sense that they have bad intentions, but if I were to study 100 projects in detail, I doubt that more than 5 would be legitimate and with honest intentions.

The question is who has so much time to spend it just on research, and then again risks not being paid in the end after months of work. OP is an obvious example of a failed bounty hunter, so perhaps his example will deter others from following the same path.
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May 30, 2021, 08:19:05 AM
#6
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.

You should research first before joining in any form of bounty here in cryptocurrency business dude.
There are a lot of scam campaign that arise here in this field of business, and in Airdrops the majority are really scam only
few are true and legit just like what happened recently in UNI if you know about that. Rather than that I don't see other airdrops
program conduct like what Uniswap did before.
legendary
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May 30, 2021, 07:48:41 AM
#5
The easiest to identify a scam project is first, "TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE", there are a lot of projects that are the best in flowery words, promise there promise here. So, if you will start seeing some projects that like a guy promising a star to his girl, it will start to become fishy. So, you will start to do your research there and confirm.
hero member
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May 30, 2021, 07:20:39 AM
#4
Projects are created with many promises but you need to have a calm mind to think deeply. No achievement can be easily gotten so if you check the CV of developer team and see no past impressive record, don't take risk.

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Scammers are everywhere, on every platforms so please read those tutorials. Aims at the platforms you use most regularly.
hero member
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May 30, 2021, 05:12:28 AM
#3
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
Check the team and try to search the names on different social media or just google them out. If it happens that there's no way to know the name of those people involved in that team.

You should check the whitepaper, have it read for a while, and assess if it's a promising project. Well, the Internet is going to be your weapon in figuring them out, you need to take time searching for those factors.
legendary
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Once a man, twice a child!
May 30, 2021, 04:39:07 AM
#2
Welcome to the world of disappointment with bounties reneging on payments to hunters. It's a common thing in the crypto space. Here isn't an exception. However, your first step to avoiding such from happening to you, is to stay clear of bounties whose managers you don't trust. Don't trust what you read from BM's threads here without verifying their trust. Also, avoid bounties run by newbie accounts without proof of escrow. Read reviews on managers for past bounties they managed. You can get genuine reviews by visiting the telegram channels and groups of BMs. If members therein complain of unpaid rewards for bounties which were concluded several months ago, then you know you should avoid such managers and the bounties they run.
jr. member
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May 30, 2021, 03:25:21 AM
#1
I am new in crypto sector. I was participated many airdrop and bounties. but most of them were scam. They didn't pay their promoter.
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