Simple Filters That Can Protect You When I was eleven or twelve years old ( ). I was jumping with excitement when I got an email that said My euphoria didn’t last long because of a mean friend who yelled “ ”. I don’t remember “You have won $500” . It’s a scam, you idiot After all these years nothing has changed. Things on the internet never die, they just come back in different forms. It’s never been so easy to scam people since we have an innovation that makes them difficult to trace. Fake ICOs ICOs allow you to invest in their company in exchange for tokens. I joined a couple of ICO groups on telegram through emails. ICO pay to receive your attention. They issue free tokens if you join their telegram group. When I join the group if the first question they ask is I blacklist them as a scam. This may not be true but they should talk about their vision and product before asking about my investment. Earn’s “How much are you going to invest?” Before investing ask what problem they are trying to solve. If they confuse you with jargons, run. Query them on google and check if they have content about cryptocurrencies, blockchain, etc. I judge them based on the quality of their content. Scamsters are likely to pay cheap prices and get cheap content or have no content. Remember endorsements of reputable figures can be faked. Vitalik Buterin has been put in the team of an ICO which he has never heard about. Impersonation It’s an old trick. Impersonating themselves as someone else. It takes hardly few minutes to open an account on social media. The Founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin is one among the popular Twitter accounts which got impersonated. Original Tweet Fake Account of Ethereum Project ( ) Original Tweet Lot more has developed a to help you. highlights potential fake accounts. Harry chrome extension EtherSecurityLookup Source He also helps maintain . It has a collection of current Ethereum scams and phishing sites. Etherscamdb Etherscamdb Fake Exchanges & Wallet Scams I haven’t used exchanges intensively. But here are some basic filters. Google them! If it’s a scam people would be talking about it. If the exchange doesn’t have a verification process it could be a scam. I tried to signup for a few reputable exchanges, they take verification process seriously. I don’t register on any wallets unless it’s listed on . I judge them based on their upvotes. The other thing you can do is find about the team who developed their wallet. Search their Github repositories. If they don’t have good Git reputation they are not likely to keep your coins safe. ProductHunt Example of a Reputed Github Profile ( Team) MetaMask 👏 , 😊. Claps Please Thank You Follow us, HackerNoon and me ( Febin John James ) for more stories. I would like to introduce you to few services. Mentorbox summarises popular books and provides actionable insights. Earn pays you bitcoin for reading emails. Coinbase is a digital currency exchange that support Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin.

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