# ⚠️Important Announcement - Staying Clear From Scams, Fake Apps & Officials **URL:** \ **Category:** News and Announcements\ **Created:** [30 April 2019 07:20 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/important-announcement-staying-clear-from-scams-fake-apps-officials/22832 "2019-04-30T07:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/cardano/32/10190_2.png) [@Cardano](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Cardano)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2019 07:20 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/important-announcement-staying-clear-from-scams-fake-apps-officials/22832/1 "2019-04-30T07:20:00Z")
Dear Cardano Community, ⚠ We have recently received reports with regards to scammers who are impersonating ecosystem officials or core-members (Ambassadors). We want to stress to please _do not send your ADA_ to any third party entities that claim to have partnerships with Cardano, officials from the entities within the Cardano Ecosystem will never ask you to send your funds (assets). ⚠ The Cardano community takes any spreading of scams and FUD as a serious violation and breach of trust toward the community, and depending on its severity, will be pursued legally. Some things to remember and **NOT TO DO** , are: - **DO NOT** open unofficial or fake Cardano related websites. - **DO NOT** open/click/save suspicious, unofficial or unknown Cardano related applications. - **DO NOT** interact with fake Cardano admins/frauds/scammers when they DM you. Report and block them instead! - Cardano Foundation officials’ email **ALWAYS** end with @cardanofoundation.org Things you **SHOULD DO** : - Please **REPORT** any suspicious/fake Cardano websites/apps/messages and scams to: [report@cardano.org](mailto:report@cardano.org) immediately. - **INFORM** an official Cardano Telegram admin, in case you see something suspicious. (admins have an ‘admin’ tag behind their name: you can notify them in a DM or go to @CardanoReportToAdmin) - Please educate and help inform your surrounding friends and family, on how to prevent loss of crypto assets. - Please check the official [IOHK Support website](https://iohk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010477234-Preventing-loss-of-Ada-) on how to stay safe with your (ADA) crypto assets. - Also see the [‘‘How to stay safe?’’](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-be-safe-online-beware-of-crypto-scams/20045) forum post from the Cardano Foundation team. ⛔ Again: the official Teams will **NEVER** ask you for your funds, private keys or personal information, and we **DON’T GIVE AWAY** free money (ETH/BTC/ADA/and so on)!⛔ The team would like to thank you for your continued support. Stay vigilant! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.cardano.org/t/important-announcement-staying-clear-from-scams-fake-apps-officials/22832)._