Seems what I've wrote yesterday is already confirmed by dozens of other users, this speciffic ICO is a SCAM
- I've already reported it to moderators here, especially for the use of clones. They didn't do anything about it yet
- I've already reported it to contelegraph aswell. They haven't done anything to remove the article either
- If you know anywhere you can report it (to the real police) and you lost money, do it or at least ask a lawyer what can be done.
- No, I didn't personally lose any money in this. I just wanted to invest and started to do "detective work" and found out all these RED FLAGSHere are some
RED FLAGS regarding this ICO and the reason why I beleive it's a
SCAM.
1. The user promoting the ICO have
changed both his password and email recently. This is usually the case when dealing with either stolen accounts or purchased ones, in order to add credibility to a thread:
Proof ? Check his profile:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=319040"Trust summary for HaRR0o
This user's password was reset recently.
This user's email address was changed recently."2.In the websie source code, there are links/refferences to Cartoons, Watch Anime, Narruto, Game of Thrones and so on, which is totally irellevant to an Esports ICO. This shows, once again, unprofessional and suspect behaviour.
Proof ?
Here's part of the source code of their ICO's first page:
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<p style="display:none;"><a href="
http://gameofthroneswatch.online/" title="game of thrones" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://dbsuper.xyz/" title="watchdragonballsuper" rel="follow"> Watch Dragon ball super </a>
<a href="
http://watchnaruto.xyz/" title="watch naruto" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://watchbsd.xyz/" title="watch bsd" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://watchgta.xyz/" title="watch gta" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://watchbha.xyz/" title="watch bha" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://kabaneriwatch.online/" title="watch kabaneri" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://watchberserk.xyz/" title="watch berserk" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://dgraymanwatch.online/" title="watch dgrayman" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://gameofthrones-season6.xyz/" title="game of thrones" rel="follow"></a>
<a href="
http://watchanimes.online/" title="watch berserk" rel="follow"></a>
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3.The article on Cointelegraph about their ICO is posted by a
" Guest Author ", not by a well known person.
Proof ?https://cointelegraph.com/news/worlds-first-ethereum-based-esports-platform-launched4.ICO contribution magically went from 0 to 70% in few minutes, then jumped to 92% and got STUCK there for minutes. Reason ? Very simple psycology: First, you set it to 70% so it looks like a lot fo people already contributed and rushed to buy the tokens, though making the possible victims believe it was a legit ICO and the tokens are valuable since the whole project sold 70% of the tokens in the first 5-10 minutes. Secondly, it was set to 95% and STUCK there forever to induce the second part of the message to the potential customers/victims, just like you see in teleshopping commercials "buy now, last product!" or, in this case "buy now, last 8%". This induces FOMO ( fear of missing out), which is a common practice in crypto space.These two tactics combined would make some unaware victims, when used properly
5. Incredible high bonus, 100% for the 1st hour, 90% for the first day and so on. While it is common to see a 10-30% bonus for ICOs and up to 70-80% for PRE-ICOS, it still feels very unnatural to see a straight 100% bonus during a normal ICO phase.
I hope to be proven wrong with all these points, but couldn't risk not to report this, as people might actually lose hard worked money on such scams. Not to mention the bad impact on the whole crypto scene. Sorry for all the possible grammar mistakes, as I wrote this while actually working in real life.
