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I receive "scam" deposits in my blockchain wallet or MetaMask

Things to consider with unexplained deposits.

Updated this week

On native blockchains like Ethereum or BSC, you might receive deposits that you didn't make yourself. These are often tokens given to you by strangers for promotional or fraudulent reasons.

The value of these tokens is often unknown due to a lack of data and knowledge about the CoinmarketCap interface. Unfortunately, there's no way to distinguish these unknown tokens from intended deposits.

One possible solution to handle this is to delete these deposit transactions.

Alternatively, if you want to declare them, you can mark them as an airdrop. For tax purposes, chain.report would consider these deposits as an airdrop, where the inflow is also not considered taxable by chain.report. However, please be cautious if you decide to sell these tokens. Such a sale would then be considered taxable by chain.report, and in this case, you should not delete the corresponding transactions.



If you cannot clearly identify the error or its cause:
Example: The tax burden is too high, but you're not sure why?
Example: You can't resolve warnings?
Example: There are balance discrepancies in the wallets.
Please understand that we cannot conduct a portfolio analysis for non-professional users to identify potential errors. This option is available for the Professional package. A good starting point would be our FAQ - there you'll find answers to these three points and most other questions.

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