Hi everybody,
Lately I am reading a lot of posts asking: is this airdrop a scam? Is that free ICO a scam?
So I am wondering how can something that doesn't cost you a penny be a scam. Sure, they get your email adress and maybe a ETH Adress, but how can you really be scamed with only this informations? I am not talking about airdrops that require kyc registration, that for sure can be dangerous.
Cheers,
When someone offers something free, and you do not have to do anything for it, there is always the possibility of fraud. We need to understand - with participation in bounty or airdrops, we do not get a coin for free. After all, we are doing a lot of work, we are wasting our time and energy.
There's a lot of sense here. First up, you are right that airdrop or ICO bounty participation is never free to begin with.
Something called "free" should not entail any reciprocation of any sort at all. If it even asked for your name or a signing up process, then the term free becomes irrelevant. Even to so called "free taste" in the supermarkets aren't free at all. Giving out your name, signature and mobile number means you are paying them back with information vital for them to collect but instead of paying for researchers they gather them using the so called "free taste" approach which is much more cheaper to execute.