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This is the second SCAM project IEO I found on Vindax (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2513651). The first one was Dubler Token - SCAM - FAKE TEAM & COPIED WHITEPAPER - Running IEO on VinDax (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5206299.0) with Christopher Nolan as UX Designer.

So, I've created two flags for both Ethereum Gold and Vindax exchange, please support or oppose them, but before that please go through evidence.

Vindax Flag: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1406
Ethereum Gold Flag: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1407


What happened: Plagiarized Whitepaper

Scammers Profile ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5228730.0
Archived (http://web.archive.org/web/20200227032851/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5228730.0)

Announced by: amandaETG (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1209915)
Archived (http://web.archive.org/web/20200227032933/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile&u=1209915)

Scammers Website: https://etgproject.org
Archived (http://web.archive.org/web/20200227033017/https://etgproject.org/test/)

Scammers Whitepaper: https://etgproject.org/Golden-Paper-ETG.pdf
Archived (http://web.archive.org/web/20200227033053/https://etgproject.org/Golden-Paper-ETG.pdff)

• Ethereum Gold whitepaper is blatant copypasta from InterValue whitepaper (https://www.inve.one/file/InterValue_whitepaper_en.pdf).
• No links to resources used
• No information about people behind the project

https://i.gyazo.com/ffd7f589bf56e9c5a50b20ff40d70e84.png
https://i.gyazo.com/9effa50871876a7d3e3cf650ade7e1f2.png

https://i.gyazo.com/0918c08eb64367118de50801c0d0c000.png
https://i.gyazo.com/73a8b10a2a281eb6e62c16eec8733acd.png

https://i.gyazo.com/b3a53e5cbb53ff2ba0fd0ae78b3747db.png
https://i.gyazo.com/277073c0931b952dd9e6e1cfa1089c15.png

https://i.gyazo.com/0db416edeabf43674b9d3ad522bf9733.png
https://i.gyazo.com/f0066f071f8fefaf3002aa881c24c638.png

https://i.gyazo.com/0ca3599734cce7f171d398bee16fc948.png
https://i.gyazo.com/ad2e6b32cefaaaed28c2ccfc3655c442.png

how can he be so sure of that? this is one of the big red flags. When I see this, I immediately think that it's the kind of thing that a person should stay away

I believe that all these sites that use the name of already known coins as an attempt to confuse investors. This may be due to the fact that the investor trusts it more confusing them with the original coin. But there may also be another goal - it is to get a private key that can be discredited when it is entered into their wallet.

This reminds me of EthereumDark (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2106405.0) that was a 2017 pump & dump exit scam with a token swap that resulted in everyone losing their money.
If this is the same developer as back then*, it seems as if they are now using a spell checker even if their grammar still isn't great.
*I say this, as the whitepaper has the similar poor quality graphics as well as english which was the reason it was "taken down"

well well ... I am not surprised at all to see ETHGarbage here with plagiarism.

Their 'team' is also fake and edited.
ETG = ETGP

https://i.imgur.com/jlDGJtY.jpg
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5065299.

Thanks for the hint, I didn't search for other ANNs. I think you're more than right, I just found an additional evidence of theirs cheating.

Team members are indeed photoshopped (I heavily doubt they're just wearing similar ties):

https://i.gyazo.com/0ddd504451b7545a3b1ea94bf18e611a.png
https://i.gyazo.com/ec9051e70f9d18f458378494788c1479.png

FAKE NAME: Chris Graves
REAL NAME: Gene Murtagh https://www.kingspan.com/irl/en-ie/product-groups/insulation-boards/news/kingspan-group-ceo-gene-murtagh-on-improving-fire

This edited guy 'Chris Graves' looks like some actor from first holywood black&white movies...
scammers for sure have vivid imagination