How to spot airdrop scams

Real airdrops never ask for money or for access to your wallet. These rules are enough to avoid almost every problem.

Warning signs

It asks for your seed phrase or private key. No serious project ever does.
It makes you pay to "unlock", "verify" or "claim" tokens.
It promises guaranteed gains or rushes you ("last hours, today only").
The link comes from a private message, a comment or a profile you don't know.
The domain looks like the official one but changes a letter or uses a different extension.
It asks you to approve unlimited permissions or to sign messages you don't understand.
It asks you to install unknown software or an extension.

Open the site only from the project's official link (its website or official profile), not from an ad or a message.
Use a separate wallet with little money to try new projects.
Read what you are signing: signing a message is not a transaction, but it can still grant access.
Check the permissions you already granted and revoke the ones you no longer use.
If something doesn't feel right, stop: a missed airdrop costs less than an emptied wallet.

Revoke the permissions given to the suspicious site right away.
Move the remaining funds to a new wallet created on a clean device.
Don't pay anyone who promises to "recover" your funds: it is almost always a second scam.
If you gave away your seed phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and stop using it.

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