If the users know how to have their own paper/desktop wallet then they're already more advanced than your average user, and the vast majority won't even move away from the web wallet or their favorite exchange, so it's really not a big risk for a scam. Users should be safe with their wallets, and if they're careless with them, that's their loss.
Airdrops like this are not going to stop in cryptocurrency, and the only way to claim the coins is with the private keys, but we shouldn't be against these kinds of forks and immediately say it's a scam, we should be wary of scams and be safe, but forks like this give an opportunity for the developers to separate from a project and pursue the direction that they want to go with a coin.
Wow, what a great view to take: "It might be a scam but anyone who is scammed by it will be their own fault". Although factually true statement, doesn't mean people shouldn't point out the painfully obvious issues.
If this guy had taken ETN/XMRs source, worked on making changes he thought would be beneficial and unique....put a legitimate project team together and announced he wanted to take these two projects down a different route....i would be dubious about his chances of success but respect him for being active in the crypto scene and trying his own thing. However.... this isn't what he has done is it...not even close?
Hes taken the source, merged a few bits (good start). Then half arsed written a ANN/white paper with spelling mistakes and inaccuracies. Created a timeline that a multi million company would struggle to meet, thrown in words like "smart contract" for no reason what so ever except to attract people who have no idea, come up with an entire slogan to FUD other projects to try and trick new users into thinking his has some value. That's why people have taken this approach with his hobby project in this thread.... not because its a fork but because it stinks of deceit and amateur. It literally ticks every box possible for warning signs.
Like i said, at best its a vapourware pump and dump, at worse its a scam. Be careful all.