[SCAM] OpenAlexa.io

[-CryptoViking-]

Few days ago a guy was looking for CM's in few local boards for a project (topics are deleted now, so can't find them), his TG account is @sande123 , so I contacted him. Project is https://openalexa.io/en/basic# and it is clearly a scam, very bad one as you can see as soon as you scroll through their website.

Domain Name: OPENALEXA.IO
Registry Domain ID: D503300001183669403-LRMS
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2020-04-23T20:16:37Z
Creation Date: 2020-03-30T14:50:29Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-03-30T14:50:29Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date:
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc
Registrar IANA ID: 1068
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6613102107
Reseller:
Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited
Registrant Organization: WhoisGuard, Inc.
Registrant State/Province: Panama
Registrant Country: PA
Name Server: HANK.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: IRENA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form is https://www.icann.org/wicf/

I have snaps from contacting them so I will list their TG accounts and some snaps, link to TG group and a smart contract they use.


TG group - https://t.me/joinchat/PsYQrxxKa_yLnwLVVVGUDg


Smart contract - https://etherscan.io/address/0x80e9540c204c05Be63cfE44b43302780175b60FF


I joined their TG group - https://t.me/joinchat/PsYQrxxKa_yLnwLVVVGUDg with an alt TG account so I can take some snaps and spy a bit



TG accounts -

• @sande123
• @superstramped
• @oliver_kent

Some snaps of the conversations:


@sande123 - also selling TG and FB followers that are most likely inactive/bots, plus you can see the wallet he uses in one of the snaps:






@superstramped - some kind of middleman or @sande123 2nd account:



@oliver_kent - admin in TG group or mod, or 3rd account of @sande123 as they never write back at the same time.

[nutildah]

A very rudimentary Ponzi scam indeed.

I linked the @sande123 telegram address to this account by using an archived version of a previous post:

Post 54423027 (by mahela) (scraped on Wed May 13 14:56:02 CEST 2020):

If you willing to be a telegram community manager
Reply me with following things

    Country :-
    Languages  :- English , .............
    Your working hours for a day : -
    Your price for 1 week :-
    If you have managed telegram accounts Link to those groups :-

Send me above details to telegram --> @sande123

The only thing is I don't see anything in their archived post history linking this user to OpenAlexa.

[Rikafip]

A very rudimentary Ponzi scam indeed.

I linked the @sande123 telegram address to this account by using an archived version of a previous post:

Post 54423027 (by mahela) (scraped on Wed May 13 14:56:02 CEST 2020):

If you willing to be a telegram community manager
Send me above details to telegram --> @sande123

The only thing is I don't see anything in their archived post history linking this user to OpenAlexa.

Seems like this telegram username @sande123 is also connected to sdmax2018, bounty manager  who is also known for account sale. Here is the thread about it with more info.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5200605.0

I wouldn't be surprised if the same guy  is involved in that recruitment for OpenAlexa ponzi scheme.

@OP Here is the archived version of their website, you might wanna add it
https://archive.fo/LV86S

[-CryptoViking-]

A very rudimentary Ponzi scam indeed.

I linked the @sande123 telegram address to this account by using an archived version of a previous post:

Post 54423027 (by mahela) (scraped on Wed May 13 14:56:02 CEST 2020):

If you willing to be a telegram community manager
Reply me with following things

    Country :-
    Languages  :- English , .............
    Your working hours for a day : -
    Your price for 1 week :-
    If you have managed telegram accounts Link to those groups :-

Send me above details to telegram --> @sande123

The only thing is I don't see anything in their archived post history linking this user to OpenAlexa.

Thanks for helping out, that is the account and the topic as you managed to link them. I could not find more so far either yet.

Seems like this telegram username @sande123 is also connected to sdmax2018, bounty manager  who is also known for account sale. Here is the thread about it with more info.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5200605.0

I wouldn't be surprised if the same guy  is involved in that recruitment for OpenAlexa ponzi scheme.

Thank you for adding this info, after reading that report and evidence added I think this is enough to connect the dots.

[JeromeTash]

I never take projects or websites that always use direct names and domains of famous or previously famous brands, Projects or Websites.
99.9% of them are always fake, untrustworthy and scam hoping to gain popularity through using a popular name of another brand, projects or websites.

As soon as I saw Alexa as a part of the domain. That was my number one red flag right there.

[cheezcarls]

I'm just sad that my good friend didn't listen to my advice in staying away from OpenAlexa.io. When she opened this up to me and I deep checked, I concluded that it's nothing more than a ponzi scheme due to the "guaranteed" and "matrix" system. At first, she was okay with my advice and may ignore it.

But weeks later, she already told me about her decision in joining and investing in OpenAlexa.io. I just don't know what made her decide to join them instead of listening to my advice.

It's sad that most people are still not obsessed by offering them potential figures of dollars that made them instantly join and invest without even taking time in doing their homework and research about these ponzi scams. "Shiny figure syndrome" is tough to be "cured".

[ScamViruS]

I'm just sad that my good friend didn't listen to my advice in staying away from OpenAlexa.io. When she opened this up to me and I deep checked, I concluded that it's nothing more than a ponzi scheme due to the "guaranteed" and "matrix" system. At first, she was okay with my advice and may ignore it.

But weeks later, she already told me about her decision in joining and investing in OpenAlexa.io. I just don't know what made her decide to join them instead of listening to my advice.

It's sad that most people are still not obsessed by offering them potential figures of dollars that made them instantly join and invest without even taking time in doing their homework and research about these ponzi scams. "Shiny figure syndrome" is tough to be "cured".

It's really sad that people don't do their little research. And while some scammers take advantage of this opportunity, I've seen many people invest in this way. They don't do research on their own, they misunderstand if someone wants to help them. The most important thing to do before doing anything is to do your own research.

[aioc]

I never take projects or websites that always use direct names and domains of famous or previously famous brands, Projects or Websites.
99.9% of them are always fake, untrustworthy and scam hoping to gain popularity through using a popular name of another brand, projects or websites.

As soon as I saw Alexa as a part of the domain. That was my number one red flag right there.

never use domain extension from other admin of the domain, we can easily tell that the owner of the site is not here for a long term and they will just set up a Ponzi and scamming site, if you are using other people's domain especially the big name they can charge you for imitation and your site will be taken down.  

[-CryptoViking-]

I'm just sad that my good friend didn't listen to my advice in staying away from OpenAlexa.io. When she opened this up to me and I deep checked, I concluded that it's nothing more than a ponzi scheme due to the "guaranteed" and "matrix" system. At first, she was okay with my advice and may ignore it.

But weeks later, she already told me about her decision in joining and investing in OpenAlexa.io. I just don't know what made her decide to join them instead of listening to my advice.

It's sad that most people are still not obsessed by offering them potential figures of dollars that made them instantly join and invest without even taking time in doing their homework and research about these ponzi scams. "Shiny figure syndrome" is tough to be "cured".

We report the scams in hope to help people by providing information to them that they are not willing to research on their own or unfortunately are not educated enough to have basic skills to protect their hard earned money, but your story just shows how some people can't be saved.

I would be much happier if someone comes to this topic eventually and says how this prevented him/her of investing into this scam. Hopefully someone will, but people who invest in scams rarely visit this part of the forum it seems.

Learning about how scams works should be integral part of introducing someone into the world of crypto and investing in general.