I was making a list for my team on how to stay away from Crypto scammers, and thought I would just share it here as well.
Here are the type of Crypto scammers that I have encountered
Type 1. ICO as a SCAM - (More info contributed by: tosindesign)
There are ICOs that are only designed to get your money. Once the ICO is over then the pages are taken off the net and the makers of the ICO disappear with the money. The last case we reported was LoopX, but this is not the only case.
Type 3. Social media scammers - Would post like "I will send you 50 ETH if you send me 5"
How to protect yourself: This is an easy one, they all are scammers. Dont even respond.
That is really true. I have had an encounter with this two points you just raised. Scammers and Hackers are really smart. My first ICO campaign had not ended yet I received a message that I have been rewarded my token and to claim that, I need to send my private key. Thanks to the one who introduced me to blockchain. I almost made a fool out of myself. These are really good points to note especially when you are new to crypto. Its quite unfortunate that ICO managers too do not keep their promises and the keep monetizing our personal data to scammers.