SCAM ALERT.
22 Aug 2023, 10:09
🚨SCAM ALERT🚨
These airdrops are not real and the website links are not for legitimate projects, but these posts regularly appear in different forms, trending at the top of new feeds on X (previously Twitter).
Here's how they work 👇
Often bots, they use a large number of trending hashtags & cashtags (# & $) to appear in the regularly search for topics on the platform. Things like 'Airdrop, BNB, Arbitrum, Doge, Bitcoin' etc.
They then use fake bot profiles to artificially inflate the post's engagement through 'likes' and 'comments', making them appear in the top of your feed.
What you may notice is that they have hundreds of comments, but you cannot comment yourself. This is because they turn off comments except for the profiles they follow (the bot profiles), so people cannot call out the scam.
They often use high-profile NFTs as profile pictures such as BAYC, Azuki, Doodles etc, or use .eth or _eth in their profile names eg; 'b0reddape.eth' to seem more credible.
They will often post the same scam post, multiple times to flood the feed.
Once the website link is clicked, you'll be asked to connect your wallet to claim. If you connect (the scam smart contract call is signed), the scammers will have access to your wallet.
Be #SAFU out there. Practice due diligence and if you're not sure - don't risk it.
Thanks #TrustWallet fam 💙