If you have been around the crypto space for a while you are aware of multiple scams that happened in almost every project: phishing, stolen private keys, exit scams, fishy ICOs, you name it.

EOS is not an exception for that. The lack of information of some users and the promises of wealth dropping from the sky in form of airdrops are the best combination for a perfect storm.

There will always be people trying to get advantage of other people. It’s human nature. That’s the reason of writing this article. Trying to help people not falling into those scams.

HOW TO SPOT A SCAMMY OR FISHY AIRDROP?

These are some of the tricks that scammers use:

Asking for personal data. Why would they need your personal information? The best that could happen is you getting tons of spam or having your personal data used or sold. The worst, getting phishing emails or any other kind of tricks that can make you lose your money.

Urging you to send them your personal information

Phishing email received after registering for a scam airdrop

Phishing email asking to unstake your tokens

Asking you to send crypto. Why would you need to send any money to get an airdrop?

Asking for crypto in order to get an airdrop

Asking you to share your private keys. That will 100% end up with a whipped account.

Website impersonating a BP candidate. Never enter your private keys. You will lose everything you have in your wallet

This is a very elaborated scam site. It has a Green SSL Certificate and a very similar domain name: eosauthorìty.com (fake ì)

Summarizing. The lack of technical knowledge and human greed are a breeding ground for scams. If you understand the following points you won’t get scammed:

Do your own research. Visit the website of the project. Read the whitepaper. Read about the team. It’s your money, take your time to do your own due diligence.

NEVER EVER send any money to anybody for an airdrop.

NEVER EVER share your private keys.

Don’t sell your personal data in exchange of an airdrop.

Never click any links that are not sent from trusted sources.

REMEMBER: Sound projects like Everipedia don’t ask you for any of the things above. They just airdrop. And they do it because they want people to get involved with the project. If you want serious airdrops DON’T DO ANYTHING. Just sit and wait for them.

If you have any questions, you detect any scam or fraud, please let us know in our main communications channels:

Telegram channel: https://t.me/EOSMetal

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EosMetal

We want to launch a site with all the information about scams: identify them, protect from them and report them.

If you found this information useful and would like we to keep making the EOS network safer and stronger consider voting us our BP Candidature: eosmetaliobp