How to find Fake Giveaways or scam airdrops on Twitter?

kawetsriyanto

legendary

Activity: 2422

Merit: 1140

duelbits.com

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 05:42:33 AM

These two hastags still cannot guarantee anything but, will help you to find genuine giveaways or airdrops.

Indeed. It surely doesn't guarantee at all. Even I don't know whether it really works or not. But yes, at least for you, it may be a bit helpful.
Well, actually there are no specific ways to determine fake giveaways or fake airdrops. You can do your own ways or follow other suggestions. But the point, how you can find the signs or proofs whether it is fake or real ones. However, if you want to avoid the fake ones, you mustn't join giveaway or airdrop that you don't really know the projects. While if the giveaway or airdrop was announced officially by a trusted crypto project, ex: a giveaway from a top exchange, then it is no problem to join. As long as you find the information from the official site or social media channels of the project.

BitSat19

member

Activity: 476

Merit: 62

Quote from: JohnBitCo on September 10, 2020, 05:43:50 PM

Quote from: AakZaki on September 07, 2020, 10:53:38 AM

Quote from: ?? on ??

Some the research even don't give us the idea if the airdrop coins are real or scam. Since the coins are not on exchange we cannot really tell the future of the coins.
The only thing good about the airdropped coins is they are free and we do not have to spend money to get them.

yes airdrop is free and there is no need to spend money to be able to follow it, only time and effort is needed to do some of the tasks given.

Several studies were conducted to prevent losses due to the airdrop. It's quite important to do this, if the research doesn't provide a picture I think you should go into more detail.

Currently choosing airdrop and bounty must be more specific and must be more detailed. lots of scam projects that hurt a lot of people.

People get hurt from these scam bounties in the form of spending their time in this activity. There is less monetary scam as those fake companies do not take direct money from those who work for their bounty. Therefore people who have extra time should go for the bounty hunting because in most cases it will be useless tp spend time on it.

I believe right now we have some good number of fake and scam giveaways and airdrops around us so better leave them and never give them any try is best option because I check few sites which believe currently we have nearly 90% to 95% giveaways and airdrops are fake on twitter and youtube so never encourage them just leave them is good for all peoples and try to give others this lesson is also good because any lost of money in this is not good.

JohnBitCo

sr. member

Activity: 2030

Merit: 356

Quote from: AakZaki on September 07, 2020, 10:53:38 AM

Quote from: ?? on ??

Some the research even don't give us the idea if the airdrop coins are real or scam. Since the coins are not on exchange we cannot really tell the future of the coins.
The only thing good about the airdropped coins is they are free and we do not have to spend money to get them.

yes airdrop is free and there is no need to spend money to be able to follow it, only time and effort is needed to do some of the tasks given.

Several studies were conducted to prevent losses due to the airdrop. It's quite important to do this, if the research doesn't provide a picture I think you should go into more detail.

Currently choosing airdrop and bounty must be more specific and must be more detailed. lots of scam projects that hurt a lot of people.

People get hurt from these scam bounties in the form of spending their time in this activity. There is less monetary scam as those fake companies do not take direct money from those who work for their bounty. Therefore people who have extra time should go for the bounty hunting because in most cases it will be useless tp spend time on it.

AakZaki

legendary

Activity: 2338

Merit: 1084

zknodes.org

Quote from: ?? on ??

Some the research even don't give us the idea if the airdrop coins are real or scam. Since the coins are not on exchange we cannot really tell the future of the coins.
The only thing good about the airdropped coins is they are free and we do not have to spend money to get them.

yes airdrop is free and there is no need to spend money to be able to follow it, only time and effort is needed to do some of the tasks given.

Several studies were conducted to prevent losses due to the airdrop. It's quite important to do this, if the research doesn't provide a picture I think you should go into more detail.

Currently choosing airdrop and bounty must be more specific and must be more detailed. lots of scam projects that hurt a lot of people.

Jawhead999

legendary

Activity: 1834

Merit: 1208

Quote from: xonerafa on September 06, 2020, 09:27:40 AM

i think we must check new or old account twitter advertise
and check hiw much follower

Both of them can't determine legitimate or scam. New account doesn't mean it's scam and old account nor huge amount followers always legit. There're many service offering add fake followers and people usually sell his old account.

The best way to determine it's by reading the whitepaper, the coin/token, utility on real life/economy sectors, etc.

xonerafa

newbie

Activity: 1

Merit: 0

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 05:42:33 AM

I generally do not advocate Giveaways or airdrop as most of them are fake, but I see a lot of Newbies falling for them every day.

Recently Twitter has been in the news for fake giveaway and hacking scam which most of us here know. So I did a few checks and found an option to help those interested to determine whether you are participating or promoting a scam.

If you are someone who participates in Twitter giveaways & airdrops then you need to first check whether the giveaway is genuine or not by doing a simple search using these two hashtags.

#fakegiveaways
#fakeairdrop

These two hastags still cannot guarantee anything but, will help you to find genuine giveaways or airdrops.

i think we must check new or old account twitter advertise
and check hiw much follower

Krislaw

sr. member

Activity: 1204

Merit: 388

Using those hashtags will not help you need to also have awareness about the scams that are present, and also don't based on the followers, tweets or like that the user have, always Do Your Own Research and don't based on the opinion of others. And also remember that giveaways doesn't ask for important details such as Passwords, Private Keys, and you don't to send any amount because It's a giveaway and Airdrop it's supposed to be free although some airdrops don't but stay on the free side.

AakZaki

legendary

Activity: 2338

Merit: 1084

zknodes.org

Quote from: Cointikka on September 03, 2020, 01:38:49 AM

Not all airdrops are bad you just need to find the right one.

For example BAT airdrop, Atomic Wallet airdrop, BTT airdrop and there are many others. You need to participate in airdrops for projects that are already established or being traded in exchanges.

What @pakhitheboss has suggested is another way to find out fake airdrops and giveaway scams on twitter.

You're right, not all airdrops are bad and end up being a scam. but doing research first is very important to filter and find out which airdrops are genuine and and airdrop scams. because currently there are many airdrop scams that trap hunters, harming time and material. projects that are already on the exchange and then do an airdrop, of course, don't question them again. But the problem is when the airdrop scam disguises itself as a coin on the exchange. That's why it's important to do research first.

plvbob0070

copper member

Activity: 658

Merit: 402

Fake giveaways are not a new issue, there are plenty of different articles that discuss the signs that you should observe before joining a giveaway. Try to look on the official website and accounts to verify if there's a giveaway announcement. Search if there are similar giveaways since plagiarism is always used by a scammer to make their work believable. Be aware that giveaways are tricky, they can be beneficial and bait at the same time. Don't always assume that it is a better deal, try to be more observable and educate yourself. Using the hashtags can also give you ideas about which giveaways to stay away from.

libert19

hero member

Activity: 2520

Merit: 952

I don't think this will help, it's more time consuming than necessary. I have won 0.05 BTC giveaway one-time which was hosted on Twitter. What was different? It didn't ask me to send anything, didn't ask for my private key. Your due diligence helps you more than this hashtags rabbit hole.

CryptocurencyKing

hero member

Activity: 1288

Merit: 504

To be quite frank with you, your method seems rather simple but, I believe it's still quite effective @ owner of OP. I was expecting something more technical or there about. I guess the #fakegiveaways and #fakeairdrops all depends on if the platform has been red flagged by some users to encourage others to use their discretion or apply a lot of caution in using the platform and probably expect very little or nothing. So, it depends largely on prior experience by other users. It's nice if it's helpful as I believe it could be. I apply great caution to red flagged platforms.
About free giveaways, I agree and join you in not advocating for it at all, also on the airdrop aspect too. I like the idea of putting in the work to get a result that would be worth every piece of your input effort. You'll appreciate it more that way.

Kong Hey Pakboy

member

Activity: 1120

Merit: 68

Quote from: Assface16678 on September 03, 2020, 03:03:15 AM

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 05:42:33 AM

#fakegiveaways
#fakeairdrop

These two hashtags will help you a lot to determine whether your giveaway or airdrop has been reported as fake or scam.

Most of the time those are the common hashtag you will encounter on Twitter but also these are the additional word to find out some scams, giveaway, and airdrop.

free
giveaway
earnmoney
invest

Most of the time I saw those tags but in my life, I never been seen those hashtags on Twitter and becomes a trend we all know that if there is some top 10 trending with those hashtags many people getting curious about it and this is the reason why the bitcoin becomes popular and most of the platform is rising because of its more easily to scam other people.

Indeed. You can determine a fake aidrops or giveaways by seeing these 4 hashtags that you have mentioned because it is the most common words that scammers used in Twitter. I also encountered seeing these kind of phrases in other social media platforms like facebook, reddit, telegram, etc. So they could attract people or newbies to join their fake airdrops and giveaways.

Assface16678

full member

Activity: 1484

Merit: 136

★Bitvest.io★ Play Plinko or Invest!

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 05:42:33 AM

#fakegiveaways
#fakeairdrop

These two hashtags will help you a lot to determine whether your giveaway or airdrop has been reported as fake or scam.

Most of the time those are the common hashtag you will encounter on Twitter but also these are the additional word to find out some scams, giveaway, and airdrop.

free
giveaway
earnmoney
invest

Most of the time I saw those tags but in my life, I never been seen those hashtags on Twitter and becomes a trend we all know that if there is some top 10 trending with those hashtags many people getting curious about it and this is the reason why the bitcoin becomes popular and most of the platform is rising because of its more easily to scam other people.

Zazzu

sr. member

Activity: 518

Merit: 256

Living the truth....

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 05:42:33 AM

#fakegiveaways
#fakeairdrop

I like those Hashtags , But I personally am not obsessed to airdrops , most of them don't worth a penny even if they are real and you win a competition among a lot of people , Stakingdrops are a better idea in my view , you get APR on your favorite coin and you know it's legit!

boyptc

hero member

Activity: 3024

Merit: 680

★Bitvest.io★ Play Plinko or Invest!

It's been a while when Twitter was used for those scam giveaways and other bad schemes. What the newbies don't know is that the airdrop can be a scam, all they hope is that it is legit free money online.

Although the initiative to put a hashtag in those could give hesitation to some participants but not every one of them would listen to a stranger online if they're hungry to join and wanting this fake free money online.

Cointikka

member

Activity: 72

Merit: 36

Quote from: dzungmobile on September 01, 2020, 08:36:50 AM

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 07:53:06 AM

After seeing your reply I felt that you are one smart guy when dealing with airdops and giveaways. I also assume you have not encountered those scams yet. Till then remain smart and if something goes wrong in the future then remember these words

There some people in the world who are more smarter, intelligent and cunning than you.

No. I don't touch them because it is waste of my time. You have to search depend on luck and sometimes you have to promote scam projects when you do not realize they are scam.

I don't say I am smarter than scammers or anyone else.

Not all airdrops are bad you just need to find the right one.

For example BAT airdrop, Atomic Wallet airdrop, BTT airdrop and there are many others. You need to participate in airdrops for projects that are already established or being traded in exchanges.

What @pakhitheboss has suggested is another way to find out fake airdrops and giveaway scams on twitter.

molsewid

hero member

Activity: 2170

Merit: 530

This hashtag will help only if those giveaways/airdrops are already reported.

My recommendation is not to find fake giveaways, prevent looking giveaways on twitter. If you can't prevent, follow big followers twitter pages that share legit giveaways/airdrops. And if the giveaways need some input or something that may risk your identity don't attempt to risk yours for a small amount.

Dorodha

member

Activity: 252

Merit: 11

To find fake giveaways or scandalous airdrops on Twitter you have to follow different websites and try to stay away from hashtags. These turn into more scams and IDs are often suspended these accounts in hashtags collectively try to exploit this platform for their own benefit. it is more important to pay attention to the old accounts and if the owner of the account is the person himself, then there is a high possibility of spreading fake nets.

Lorence.xD

sr. member

Activity: 1624

Merit: 315

Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform

Quote from: NeuroticFish on September 01, 2020, 05:46:16 AM

Unless the owner of the account is a known person and the account is really his (with the blue check mark) there's a very big chance the giveaway is fake.
It's a quite known method for a few days/months old accounts to artificially boost the number of followers, since most don't bother to unfollow and report.

Yeah, that boosting is pretty relevant in many scams, they make it look like they gather a following, almost fallen for one when I was still a noobie, good thing I have friends whom I can consult with regards to that, good thing that I followed what they said as most of those who have fallen wasted their money, time and effort.

jseverson

hero member

Activity: 1834

Merit: 759

Quote from: Oasisman on September 01, 2020, 05:54:47 PM

While I have seen a lot of giveaways in twitter (mostly offers a $100 worth of Btc) just to retweet and tag some friends, I dont know how it works and I don't know if it's legit I haven't participated into this, some might be fake and some are legit.

If they're picking a random winner from the retweets, there's really no way to tell because this is a legitimate marketing tactic. New businesses do campaigns like this all the time instead of actually spending on advertisements. Whether or not they actually give away the reward is totally dependent on the business itself, but these are usually 100% safe apart from wasting your and your friends' time.

Quote from: Wexnident on September 01, 2020, 09:02:54 PM

if it requires you to reveal private information, don't join it

Some legitimate airdrops actually do require KYC though, so that's not necessarily a red flag. I would say they're never worth it considering what strangers could do with your information, but it's ultimately up to the person if they feel the reward is worth the risk.

Wexnident

hero member

Activity: 2702

Merit: 672

I don't request loans~

If it's too good to be true, don't join, if it requires you to put out money before getting something, don't join it, if it requires you to reveal private information, don't join it. Those are usually the warning signs that a giveaway is a scam. It's rather easy to see it tbh. It's called a giveaway because all you'd be needing to do is to provide them advertisement (retweets, subs, likes, etc.), and providing them money doesn't make it a "giveaway" anymore, it's more like a promo or something.

Or you can just totally ignore any types of such stuff, they don't give out much if they're legit, and if they're fake, you're just damaging your own funds instead of actually increasing them. As for twitter giveaways, I have my experience with them though I haven't won anything. If they're asking for retweets and follows, as long as I see it, I try it out, but anything that goes past that is a pass for me.

Oasisman

hero member

Activity: 2716

Merit: 552

When participating in an airdrop may it be on Twitter or any social media space, don't send any amount of Btc or ETH. In that way you'll save yourself from being scammed.
While I have seen a lot of giveaways in twitter (mostly offers a $100 worth of Btc) just to retweet and tag some friends, I dont know how it works and I don't know if it's legit I haven't participated into this, some might be fake and some are legit. But then again never send any amount to their addresses, that's where you get scammed.

LbtalkL

full member

Activity: 1176

Merit: 162

You can also avoid scam by just simply checking the twitter account that runs that giveaway a verified icon on twitter account will help. But I hope the biggest twitter hacked before will not happen again. Big names in crypto industry their twitter account is hacked, doing and offering some easy money scheme, double your money or similar. The lesson is, we need to verify first, don't fall for this easy money scheme we should think first why they do such things maybe their account is compromise, dont be greedy. I only joined giveaways from binance, okex and other reputable exchanges and wallets by doing that you can avoid scam and fake ones.

Yamifoud

hero member

Activity: 2828

Merit: 518

Should I say that this giveaway is fake, legit, or finally"MAYBE"?

We better stop assuming that giveaways or airdrops are worth to try nor to participate with. We know already that they are just a waste of time and why we should have to participate? But most people are greedy enough and they keep embracing this kind of activity because of money. They never listen, nor they learn from their experience. How this reality will soon be realized and change so there is no way that many we're still be fooled.

@sheenshane you're right...better to ignore them than being stupid of our curiosity just to know if it was legit or fake. We don't need that word MAYBE because it will create temptation.

sheenshane

legendary

Activity: 2492

Merit: 1232

Airdrops and Giveaways are on my ignore list. I'm not interested in them because I know that they aren't profitable anymore not like ICO's time.
If I saw a tweet giveaway nor airdrop, most likely I skip and continue scrolling down. Probably it might be helpful if you retweet and put "hashtag Fakegiveaways", or it would be better if you dont mind them, but if people are vigilant enough, they will not fall into the trap.

Just avoid the free offering these days, there's no really free money on the internet. For sure a clickbait that might lure the naive, lazy, and greedy people. It's totally wasting your time.

dzungmobile

sr. member

Activity: 854

Merit: 424

I stand with Ukraine!

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 07:53:06 AM

After seeing your reply I felt that you are one smart guy when dealing with airdops and giveaways. I also assume you have not encountered those scams yet. Till then remain smart and if something goes wrong in the future then remember these words

There some people in the world who are more smarter, intelligent and cunning than you.

No. I don't touch them because it is waste of my time. You have to search depend on luck and sometimes you have to promote scam projects when you do not realize they are scam.

I don't say I am smarter than scammers or anyone else.

Kupid002

sr. member

Activity: 1036

Merit: 329

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 05:42:33 AM

I generally do not advocate Giveaways or airdrop as most of them are fake, but I see a lot of Newbies falling for them every day.

Recently Twitter has been in the news for fake giveaway and hacking scam which most of us here know. So I did a few checks and found an option to help those interested to determine whether you are participating or promoting a scam.

If you are someone who participates in Twitter giveaways & airdrops then you need to first check whether the giveaway is genuine or not by doing a simple search using these two hashtags.

#fakegiveaways
#fakeairdrop

These two hastags still cannot guarantee anything but, will help you to find genuine giveaways or airdrops.

Its very simple to see all those fake giveaway if they ask user's to send xx amount then its obviously a scam attempt. Also before retweeting or advertising a tweeter account make sure you know what you are promoting just visit the website or contest and check what kind of platform they want to promote.

yazher

hero member

Activity: 2268

Merit: 588

You own the pen

I don't do Airdrops nowadays since I cannot see the benefit of doing it anymore and my Twitter account was also blocked because of those Airdrops because it violates the Twitter terms of use. Some Airdrops that I've been promoted last year was violating some Twitter rules that made my account blocked and inaccessible until now. Not only me but there are many accounts that year demised and faced their dooms.

pakhitheboss

hero member

Activity: 2156

Merit: 803

Top Crypto Casino

Quote from: dzungmobile on September 01, 2020, 07:16:49 AM

Your advice is bad.

Great! thanks for the frank opinion @dzungmobile

Quote

I bet that people who find scam giveaway belong to two main types: lazy and greedy; or curious.

The first type is putting themselves at risks. They are always greed so the more information they see, the more risks that they will fall into loophole.

After seeing your reply I felt that you are one smart guy when dealing with airdops and giveaways. I also assume you have not encountered those scams yet. Till then remain smart and if something goes wrong in the future then remember these words

There some people in the world who are more smarter, intelligent and cunning than you.

hugeblack

legendary

Activity: 2702

Merit: 4002

If you yourself cannot differentiate between good and Fake Giveaways, then relying on Twitter hashtag will be dangerous because it is easy to fake some trading tweets and show false results.
It does not matter the amount of positive publicity or comments. Focus on the white paper, future plans, technical development, continuity of support, and the distinct idea that is different from the rest of the projects that make this project unique.

dzungmobile

sr. member

Activity: 854

Merit: 424

I stand with Ukraine!

Your advice is bad.

I bet that people who find scam giveaway belong to two main types: lazy and greedy; or curious.

The first type is putting themselves at risks. They are always greed so the more information they see, the more risks that they will fall into loophole.

joniboini

legendary

Activity: 2170

Merit: 1789

I'd rather avoid finding airdrops on Twitter or other social media platforms. Giveaway aggregators are not that good either so I'd stick with giveaway in this forum where you can check and discuss on the go.

On top of that, an easier way to filter out scam giveaways is by using your common sense. There's no free lunch, so there's no way send 1 BTC and get 2 BTC is a legit idea.

Charles-Tim

legendary

Activity: 1512

Merit: 4795

Leading Crypto Sports Betting & Casino Platform

Quote from: pakhitheboss on September 01, 2020, 05:42:33 AM

#fakegiveaways
#fakeairdrop

These two hastags will help you a lot to determine whether your giveaway or airdrop has been reported as fake or scam.

This can be of help but it may not help also, what if such giveaway is a scam but not yet reported, will those hashtags help in such time? I do not think so. The best thing to do is to stay away from these giveaways for not to be scammed one day. But, if you do not stay away, you have to be sensitive, and use a device not connected to your wallets, exchange accounts, bank accounts and the likes. Scammers are perfect to have scammed a lot of people before any report I guess.

NeuroticFish

legendary

Activity: 3668

Merit: 6382

Looking for campaign manager? Contact icopress!

Unless the owner of the account is a known person and the account is really his (with the blue check mark) there's a very big chance the giveaway is fake.
It's a quite known method for a few days/months old accounts to artificially boost the number of followers, since most don't bother to unfollow and report.

pakhitheboss

hero member

Activity: 2156

Merit: 803

Top Crypto Casino

I generally do not advocate Giveaways or airdrop as most of them are fake, but I see a lot of Newbies falling for them every day.

Recently Twitter has been in the news for fake giveaway and hacking scam which most of us here know. So I did a few checks and found an option to help those interested to determine whether you are participating or promoting a scam.

If you are someone who participates in Twitter giveaways & airdrops then you need to first check whether the giveaway is genuine or not by doing a simple search using these two hashtags.

#fakegiveaways
#fakeairdrop

These two hastags still cannot guarantee anything but, will help you to find genuine giveaways or airdrops.

Topic: How to find Fake Giveaways or scam airdrops on Twitter? (Read 322 times)