Why are there so many fake cryptocurrency airdrops? I started learning about cryptocurrency three months ago and I have come across many airdrops spread by scammers who disappear after many persons have signed up on their platform. Are there ways one can identify the scammers in the crypto space?
There are so many airdrops, scams and fake projects, because it is an easy way to make money quickly.
Over the past years I've identified the following heuristics:

If it sounds too good to be true, it definitely is
If it's not clear how a service/project is making money, you're not a customer, but a victim
Whenever someone requests actions from you out of the blue, it's a phishing attack or scam
Nobody gives money away for free, there's either a catch, it's a scam, or you're the product
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, anything unproven is just marketing
Altcoin software is malware trying to steal your bitcoins until proven otherwise
Everyone is a scammer until proven otherwise
The &quot;next Bitcoin&quot; is Bitcoin