# Basic Security Knowledge you should know in web3 -Types of Scams

By [DegenPenna 筆筆](https://paragraph.com/@degenpenna) · 2022-11-03

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Types of Scams
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**I saw many people got scammed/rugged/drained/hacked on Web3**

**(Sure I’m included before lol)**

\*\* _That’s why I write this to warn everyone how to be safe in Web3_\*\*

  

**You should know most types of scams occurring at**

Twitter
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        **1.Tag you on specified tweet / Twitter Group**

        **2.DM you with any reason (Won WL or ETH / Fake collaboration request /Web3 Job / Game test…)**

  

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/37a30296594852039d6178903a8c8bac9cddcefbc3b0941893d5d3e92fde17a6.png)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/492bd49553c10da2bbbc00eaf6aed2444c1899e570d2fb62247fdb26b5d61470.png)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/55fa3e9bdbbce97244394589286353a2a74cee3d3fe4abb6e7e0b0fc883f2458.png)

Discord
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![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/99653332202b73179c078b04cb45333ccd87bfeb17e2bac76759ee54c1eb2ea0.png)

        **1.DM you (Freemint / WL / Mod job recruit)**

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4dee28398ba942cc42c074ec26993a8e620f5505f423bc33bb7e413b34238dc3.png)

        **2.Pretended Discord Server**

**\=>LEAD YOU TO JOIN FAKE DISCORD & ASK YOU TO VERITY WITH WALLET,AS YOU DO,YOUR WALLET DRAINED.**

         **3.Announcement to launch but in strange moment**

         **Mostly it happends when a member who has permission to post links / announcements (Team members / MODs account hacked)**

### \*\* Sure,they will ask you to connect your wallet\*\*

  

Fake NFT/Crypto Market
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**Using the same GUI like Opensea / X2Y2 / LOOKSARE but wrong link to obfuscate you,make you to believe you’re using a official website**

**AS YOU CONNECT / SIGN IN ,YOU FUCKED UP.**

  

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2ef7c222952c61dd76de495db3fa74164f2bca65e9d0c59cb5c92ceb6f552128.png)

Your Dear Friend DM you
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**When your friends account got hacked,and they suddenly ask you to borrow eth / enter some website you never seen**

### \=>Call them to verify it’s true or fake.

  

### MOST OF THEM (99%↑) WILL ASK YOU TO

### ENTER A WEBSITE CONNECT WALLET / DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE / SIGNATURE WITH YOUR WALLET….ETC

So!! How to prevent from scams?
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1.Don’t easily click a link you feel strange
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2.Don’t easily connect your wallet to a new website
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3.Think twice or more as you see a website ask you to signature with your wallet
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4.NEVER DOWNLOAD FILES/SOFTWARES from STRANGE website/you never seen IN YOUR METAMASK WALLET COMPUTUER
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For wallet set-up you should have:
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**Cold-Wallet NO.1 :ONLY PUT YOUR IMPORTANT NFTS (DON’T USE IT TO MINT)**

**Cold-Wallet NO.2 :ONLY PUT YOUR ETH/USDT ,ONLY TO TRANSFER ETH TO OTHER WALLET/CEX (DON’T USE IT TO MINT)**

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a0cc0994d5e5e84130cb7840cbbe50e1a3abac1f4af3da563300a10805f9373b.png)

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**Hot-Wallet NO.1 :Put few ETH in it,Mainly to mint hype/big projects (NON DEGEN)**

**And use it to trade on 2nd market,all profits returns to Cold-Wallet NO.2**

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**Hot-Wallet NO.2 to NO.??? :Take these as BURNER WALLETS,ONLY USE IT TO MINT DEGEN PROJECTS**

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e2f3fe792f078eefc88246204cc00fdb1d830ffb179d366d4d1c1b24b54127a7.png)

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Setup Security extensions on chrome
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### It will remind you what may happend if you interact with the website/contract

1.Sunrise
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![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/285af115f8ff93330e1240134e9cc6e193a6c1f5a7d32106f469e631044f50c4.png)

2.Pocket Universeocke
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![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0b22e143ea92d5ea9e1209193dbaffd89d19a18102b8f92c782e966b09994eb0.png)

3.Revoke-Cash
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![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0c1daa191413faa7be8c810ae626ef69f4c3b9ebde41654e0f7a180d1d44c93a.png)

My twitter: @sin107190

[https://twitter.com/sin107190](https://twitter.com/sin107190)

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*Originally published on [DegenPenna 筆筆](https://paragraph.com/@degenpenna/basic-security-knowledge-you-should-know-in-web3-types-of-scams)*