Is that "claim your SOL" site a scam? How to tell

Closing empty token accounts to take back their rent is real, and several tools do it. That's exactly why drainers copy them: lookalike sites with names one letter off, and airdropped tokens that tell you to "claim" at a link. Here is how a real close looks, and the signs of a fake one.

What a real close does

A real close only sends SOL to you. In your wallet's preview you should see your SOL balance go up and, at most, a small fee go out to the tool. No tokens or NFTs leave your wallet, because only empty accounts can be closed.

Warning signs

• It asks for your seed phrase or private key. No real tool ever does. Close the page.
• The address is almost right. Check the spelling of the domain letter by letter, and get there from a bookmark or the tool's own X account, not from a link in a token or a DM.
• The preview shows tokens or NFTs leaving your wallet, or SOL going out instead of coming in.
• It wants an approval or a change of authority. A request to approve a token, change a token account's owner, or hand over a stake or nonce account gives someone else control, often to be used later.
• The wallet can't preview it, or warns you. Don't sign what you can't read.
• A token appeared in your wallet telling you to visit a site. That is a phishing airdrop. Don't visit it; burn or ignore the token.

If you already signed

1. Scan the wallet. SealGuard shows open approvals, stake and nonce accounts someone else controls, and whether the wallet account itself has been taken over.
2. Revoke any approval you don't recognise. It's free. See how to revoke token approvals.
3. If anything is wrong beyond that, move what's left to a new wallet with a new seed phrase, and stop using the old one.

Questions

Does SealGuard need my seed phrase?

No, never. It reads public chain data, and every fix is a transaction your own wallet shows you before you sign.

Which rent-claim tools are real?

Use tools you can reach from their official site or X account, whose transactions your wallet can preview. SealGuard's code is public, so anyone can check what it signs.