Bad actors and bots that join the Discord to DM other server members
Threat Description
DM scammers attack by:
Impersonating the project/team members and announcing free mints or giveaways in order to get users to interact with a malicious link/contract
Impersonating popular projects and announcing free mints, giveaways, or to direct users to join a fake Discord with the goal of getting the user to interact with a malicious link/smart contract
Impersonating Join-Gate bots to direct people to fake verification sites in order to phish accounts
Advertising another project with the goal of driving traffic to another project
Prevention
Preventing Impersonators is covered in Staff Impersonation prevention section.
In addition to providing educational resources, be sure to highlight and bring attention to known scams with a dedicated 'Scam Alert' channel that is read-only and optional 'Scam-Report' for users to contribute.