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# Avoiding Scams

### **Our team members will never send you a message without first making contact in the public chat room.** 

{% hint style="info" %}
Please **do not click links** you receive in Direct Messages (DMs) from new accounts or accounts similar to the names of Dracula Protocol team members.
{% endhint %}

Malicious users, also known as scammers, often claim to be or use a name similar to a team member in their account profile.  Scammers will start an unsolicited direct chat to get information from you or send links and ask that you sign into a website. 

Here is an example of a scammer message posing as "Dracula Protocol Official Group Moderator."

![Scammer attempting to get information about a user's wallet](/files/-MYfv5ma76kkGzVkfswM)

### **What to do if you receive messages from a scammer?**

Block the user.   

Scammer tricks only work if messages are read and links provided are followed.  

**When in doubt, ask about the message or user in the group chat**. 

![](/files/-MYfvUbQwbLQ5ca3wZwU)


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