I had $500 worth of free cryptocurrency fall into my Trust wallet yesterday.

I'm shock and awe, I actually refreshed the wallet a few times to see if this was true.

Lo and behold, it was true.

"Someone probably sent it to the wrong address", I said. This is probably an error.

Here is a screenshot of the amount in USD. It was about $520 when it got into my account, but lost more than 60% of its value in about 3 hours. It is currently sitting at a negative 26% as at the time of writing this.

I debated sending the money back to the person who sent it, because I would love a $500 increment on my BAT holdings.

After a few hours of trying to suppress my conscience, I gave in and initiated the sending back process.

I went to etherscan, copied the sending address, got back to my trust wallet, pasted it there and initiated a send back.

But the token didn't send back.

Surprised, I did this again. And again. And again.

But it never went through.

After a few trials, I realised that I was wasting ETH on has fees. After trying about 10 times, I had wasted about $4 on gas. 

I kind of got frustrated, so I left it for a few hours.

Upon coming back today, I tried researching the token. And what I found is probably the biggest scam of the decade.(These jokes though)

Hear me out.

So there's this start up that is called Kick, or the Kick ecosystem. They basically want to be your one stop for all your crypto needs.

They have this exchange coming up: Kick Ex, and as a way of increasing awareness for the exchange, they airdropped 888888 KICK tokens to about 160000 users.

The problem with this is that these tokens are locked. Which means that you can't use them until certain criteria are met.

The issue with this is that the criteria can't be found anywhere on the internet. So you basically have money you can't move or withdraw.

Looking past that, I found out that they have a referral program of some sorts. This program basically allows you to refer new users to join KICK, and you get free kick tokens anytime they complete tasks.

The problem again is that you can't withdraw these tokens. They can only be used on the KICK ecosystem.

Back track to the exchange I was talking about. To be able to move your KICK tokens to this exchange when it eventually launches, you have to complete a very detailed KYC process. I'm not talking just Passport or driver's license. I'm talking those two documents, plus a utility bill for your house.

This is submitting your important documents to people you don't know months before an exchange you know nothing about launches. All for a token that has depreciated about 98% of it's value since its launch.

What I feel is that your submitted data will be sold for large amounts on the dark web. Because this isn't just your regular documentation. This is basically everything about you, including your address, full name and all your sensitive information.

If you have been airdropped these tokens and wish to do KYC on the site, I highly advise against it. The exchange has been in the works since mid 2018, and hasn't launched yet, more than a year after.

I have since disabled the KICK wallet on my own personal wallet. 

Talking about the token itself, I can't think of why normal people even bother trading this stuff.

The token has been down 98% since it's launch, and at a time even became valueless. 

In my own experience, the token dropped more than 60% of its value in less than 3 hours. The volatility is off the charts, and not in the upward direction.

It has a decent trading volume at over 3 million dollars on some exchanges, but I believe it's just noobs who feel they can get rich quick by trading shitcoins like this.

So in conclusion, don't trade this coin. If you got it for free, don't bother with the requirements. Things might change in the future, but for now, this is possibly the biggest scam of the decade.