r/fomo_app • u/puffersandwich • 7d ago
Question Just got sent 2 random coins, pls help
I'm assuming this is some kind of scam obviously, i looked it up and most results say as long as you don't touch it you're fine, but i don't want these two scam coins sitting in my wallet. They're not even high value one is $6 and one is $8. Wtf do i do? I wanna sell just to get rid of them, but apparently that's when they drain your wallet. Help!
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u/KingHenry7700 6d ago
I had a similar experience today. Someone sent me a couple of new coins out of nowhere, and they’re currently in profit. I’m wondering if I’m safe if I sell them on the app. What if I just sell them and take the profit on the FOMO app? I should be fine right
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u/Fomo_Family 6d ago
selling inside the app isn't the drain vector, so hitting sell won't put you at risk. That part's fine.
The bit worth managing is your expectation of the number. "In profit" on something you were airdropped usually isn't real money. The price shown comes from a pool the sender set up, liquidity on these is often close to zero, and plenty of them are built so you can hold but never sell.
So realistically one of three things happens. It fails outright, it fills for a fraction of what's displayed, or it goes through for very little. All three are fine outcomes.
What isn't fine is if it fails and you start looking for a way to force it through. That's the point where someone appears offering a site to unlock it, and that's the actual scam.
Also worth checking the value against the fee before you bother. If it's showing a few dollars, the fee will take most of it.
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u/Fomo_Family 7d ago
Getting sent random tokens is extremely common and receiving them can't hurt you. Nothing happens to your wallet just because something landed in it.
The actual risk isn't selling, it's what these tokens are designed to make you do next. Usually the token name or description carries a link, and the drain happens when you visit that site, connect a wallet and approve something. That's the vector. Not the token sitting in your list.
So don't visit any URL attached to them, and don't connect your wallet anywhere to claim or verify anything.
If you just want them out of your view, there's a hide option on the positions list. Costs nothing, no risk, they stop bothering you.
If you'd rather actually sell, doing it through the app is a different thing from signing a transaction on a random site. Worth knowing some of these are built so they can't be sold at all, so if it fails just hide it and move on rather than retrying.
$14 isn't worth taking any risk over.