# How To Keep Safe From Scam Projects?

By [DegenPenna 筆筆](https://paragraph.com/@degenpenna) · 2022-11-26

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We can see hype projects “might” be a rug/scam projects too

How to keep safe from them?

There’re some signals you need to be alert

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1.Non-opensource Contract

\=>You don’t know what it would cause after you interact with it

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2.Website ask you to signature with your wallet

\=>Some will stole your private-key & drain your wallet in few seconds

\=>Recommend you stop and ask frenz around you,confirm it’s safe or not

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3.Minting interact shows:

\=>Send ETH instead of mint/whitelist mint

\=>Wrong Mint Price (Freemint but request you $$

\=>Approve all

\=>Approve to transfer NFT

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4.Before/When Minting starts,LOCK THE CHANNELS

\=>Some are for safe considerations , BUT some are SCAMS

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5.Before/When Minting starts,LOCK THE TWEET REPLY FUNTION

\=>MOST ARE SCAMS (>99%)

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6.When minting starts,no opensea or on chain blocks (NFT)

\=>MOST ARE SCAMS (>99%)

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Most important

\=> Use burner-wallet to mint

\=>Don’t be the first one to mint

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*Originally published on [DegenPenna 筆筆](https://paragraph.com/@degenpenna/how-to-keep-safe-from-scam-projects)*