#AirdropSafetyGuide 👇🏻💥🚀
Not every airdrop is free money — some are just fancy scams in disguise. I’ve dodged a few bullets, so here’s my quick & dirty guide to staying SAFU in the airdrop jungle.
🚨Red flags? Plenty👇🏻
• Dodgy websites with weird URLs
• Projects with zero transparency (who even are these people?)
• Tokens that ask for insane permissions like “infinite spend” — yeah, no thanks.
• Twitter accounts with 100k followers but no real engagement = bot city.
🚨How do I verify stuff?👇🏻
• First stop: check the token contract on Etherscan/Solana explorer — look for verified contracts & past activity.
• Dive into the community. Are real people talking? Or is it just bots and giveaway hunters?
• Look up team members. Can’t find them anywhere online? Major red flag.
• If it smells off, I trust my gut — and my cold wallet stays far away.
🚨Scam tactics I’ve seen:👇🏻
• “Claim now!” links that lead to wallet drainers
• Fake “support” in DMs asking you to “reconnect your wallet”
• Contracts that sneakily steal funds when you just try to “claim” airdrops
• Fake collabs with real projects (name-dropping like it’s cool)
🚨One I dodged?👇🏻
That fake zkSync airdrop last year. Looked legit until I noticed the site URL was slightly off and the token had zero history on-chain. Dodged that rug pull real quick.
Stay sharp out there. Scammers don’t sleep.