# About the Report a Scam category (How to report scam)

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**Category:** Report a Scam\
**Created:** [17 May 2021 12:37 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/about-the-report-a-scam-category-how-to-report-scam/61569 "2021-05-17T12:37:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![adatainment](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/adatainment/32/81481_2.png) [@adatainment](https://forum.cardano.org/u/adatainment)\
**Post date:** [17 May 2021 12:37 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/about-the-report-a-scam-category-how-to-report-scam/61569/1 "2021-05-17T12:37:14Z")

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WE DO NOT DO GIVEAWAYS - NEVER.

If you want to discuss a fraud/scam in this category please, do not post the link itself, rather make a screenshot of the link or write it in a way that the forum does not link directly to their site. (because this may give them credibility over link algorithms)

This summarises **the Cardano giveaway scam problem** in 10 minutes:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/cardano/original/3X/1/0/106d28f5fdf132b7311c86d9ced03350b6462b59.jpeg "Scams Scams and more Scams!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmzmXfVe7Ww&t=24)

Rule #1 to avoid scams:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/cardano/original/3X/8/0/80de46d35328b084ec3d028410a7284ecd45d932.jpeg "Cardano Stay Safe: If it's too good to be true it probably is") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUR2KLuNDDg)

At this point, you’ve already figured out that we don’t do giveaways. ⤵

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/cardano/original/3X/7/7/77fe9cafb5bf18b8573d503cfb15e921ba2bb53c.jpeg "Cardano Stay Safe: No giveaways") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuLhOV3UQIA)

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