{Warning}: Fake Yusaku Maezawa ETH and BTC Giveaway

[Baofeng]

Background: Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese Billionaire, made headlines in 2018 when it was revealed that he will be the first private passenger to fly to the moon by Elon Musk's SpaceX. And now cyber criminals are using his name to promote this so called ETH and BTC fake giveaway:

Code:

PHISHING SITES:

https://maezawacrypto.info/ 
https://yusaku2020.org/

Archived: http://web.archive.org/save/https://maezawacrypto.info/

Again, we need to report this website to: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en

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[Jawhead999]

Yup, this site is currently fake with phising site and also ponzi scheme

I think this topic should be in Scam Accusations https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0

[GreatArkansas]

I think that billionaire guy also I saw on some headline that looking for someone who willing to join with him  to fly to the moon, some girls or hot chicks, don't know if those are legit.
Btw, whois status of that domain :
Time to report this domain to the abuse contact email of namesilo which is listed below. More reports and this domain will be taken down as soon as possible.

Raw Whois Data
Domain Name: MAEZAWACRYPTO.INFO
Registry Domain ID: D503300001182888614-LRMS
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namesilo.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namesilo.com
Updated Date: 2020-01-20T02:02:42Z
Creation Date: 2020-01-20T01:58:56Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-01-20T01:58:56Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date:
Registrar: Namesilo, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 1479
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email@namesilo.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4805240066

[smyslov]

I'm glad that this kind of scam was exposed the earliest, although there are few who got scam but this kind of scheme, which ask you to deposit will not work anymore if the people who are curious about the giveaway will do a research, if he is not going to do a research, then he is likely to get scam.

[UserU]

So this is the same guy who recently posted about finding a girlfriend to fly with him to the moon.

[LbtalkL]

Thanks for the warning I hope all newbies will read this thread, upon viewing their ETH deposit wallet there is actually people sending some ETH. I feel sorry for them if its really real transactions. This might be a trick to lure some newbies to send some ETH and they are making fake transactions sending ETH to their wallets to make it look real. Again don't be fool by this trick there is no easy money.


This are victims or just fake transactions;

[wavug]

Thanks for the warning I hope all newbies will read this thread, upon viewing their ETH deposit wallet there is actually people sending some ETH. I feel sorry for them if its really real transactions. This might be a trick to lure some newbies to send some ETH and they are making fake transactions sending ETH to their wallets to make it look real. Again don't be fool by this trick there is no easy money.


This are victims or just fake transactions;

I don't think that most of these transactions were made by victims, most likely scammer sends ETH to this address so that all this fraud looks plausible for future victims. For more credibility scammer should have sent x2 back to these addresses 

[Coyster]

I don't think that most of these transactions were made by victims, most likely scammer sends ETH to this address so that all this fraud looks plausible for future victims. For more credibility scammer should have sent x2 back to these addresses 

It's possible, if you look at how cheap the scam is, then it's possible it's the scammers sending funds to themselves, but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't, so many people are fond of falling for this kind of scam, they don't want to do any research, nor do they want to invest and trade in the way that's plausible, but when it looks like easy money, that's fast they are immediately interested and inevitably scammed.

So this is the same guy who recently posted about finding a girlfriend to fly with him to the moon.

Lol, I also read this somewhere, is this also a scam attempt, comical one I must say.

[Yaunfitda]

I'm glad that this kind of scam was exposed the earliest, although there are few who got scam but this kind of scheme, which ask you to deposit will not work anymore if the people who are curious about the giveaway will do a research, if he is not going to do a research, then he is likely to get scam.

Right, thanks to the OP for exposing it again.

We have seen those Elon Musk fake giveaways, but this is the first time that these scammers use the Japanese billionaire's name.

And lol, just looked at all the comments in that medium page, 100% part of the scheme. So I do hope that no newbies are going to fall for this kind of trick.

[Baby Dragon]

I'm glad that this kind of scam was exposed the earliest, although there are few who got scam but this kind of scheme, which ask you to deposit will not work anymore if the people who are curious about the giveaway will do a research, if he is not going to do a research, then he is likely to get scam.

Right, thanks to the OP for exposing it again.

We have seen those Elon Musk fake giveaways, but this is the first time that these scammers use the Japanese billionaire's name.

And lol, just looked at all the comments in that medium page, 100% part of the scheme. So I do hope that no newbies are going to fall for this kind of trick.

It's the reason why we have to be cautious before trusting and believing giveaways because we can't easily guarantee it's real intention, we have to understand that scammers are finding some good opportunity to deceive us and it can be one of it. You can't just rely on the information they have given because it's real purpose is to distract you and make you feel interested. Doing our own exploration can help us determine if it's legit, in that we can also assure ourselves that we will not end up feeling remorse regarding our own decisions and actions. It will guide us on making a better and wiser decision, so be attentive and learn from it.

[coin-investor]

I'm glad that this kind of scam was exposed the earliest, although there are few who got scam but this kind of scheme, which ask you to deposit will not work anymore if the people who are curious about the giveaway will do a research, if he is not going to do a research, then he is likely to get scam.

Right, thanks to the OP for exposing it again.

We have seen those Elon Musk fake giveaways, but this is the first time that these scammers use the Japanese billionaire's name.

And lol, just looked at all the comments in that medium page, 100% part of the scheme. So I do hope that no newbies are going to fall for this kind of trick.

These scammers will use any popular name in Cryptocurrency but common sense tells us that if these are giveaways, we need not send a huge amount to be able to verify our address, even if they are going to ask a KYC I will still not fall to this kind of giveaway, if these popular name in Cryptocurrency will announce a give away they will first announce it in popular news media that covers Cryptocurrency, and they will do an interview.

[UserU]

These scammers will use any popular name in Cryptocurrency but common sense tells us that if these are giveaways, we need not send a huge amount to be able to verify our address, even if they are going to ask a KYC I will still not fall to this kind of giveaway, if these popular name in Cryptocurrency will announce a give away they will first announce it in popular news media that covers Cryptocurrency, and they will do an interview.

I have never seen these kind of celebrities giving away cryptos so generously, even Vitalik and Gavin have always been stingy with their ETH loot

[Baofeng]

Saw one today.

Code:

https://yusaku2020.org/

Archived: http://web.archive.org/save/https://yusaku2020.org/

This guy is really attracting a lot of attention from the cyber criminals. 

[OgNasty]

My question is why wouldn’t giveaways be probably honest nowadays? Laziness, incompetence, no market demand? Why not hold crypto entities to a much higher standard?

[NotATether]

Just your monthly reminder that Vitalik does not want to give you free Ethereum.

For newbies who are reading this, these kind of Free ETH Giveaway scams have this template:



Notice the unverified misspelled-handle Vitalik impersonator at the bottom.

Gosh, even putting "Not giving away ETH" in his username didn't deter people from these kind of scams.

[akirasendo17]

I think this is an old form of scam, mostly this are use on airdrops that if you send like .0001 eth or btc you will get a token or a coin in return, lots of people fall for it, since airdrop in 2017 is so popular, now they use it in almost the same way now, but with an identity I think the person in the picture don't know its happening, anyway thank you sir for this information , helpful for newbies in crypto world