Warning: ZKasino - Possible wallet phishing scam

[BenCodie]

Warning about ZK:NO KYC Instant withdraws up to $500K/24h.Today only: 0% edge and ZKAS airdrop

Every element of the website (including the social media viewing) requires you to connect your wallet. Additionally, the topic is locked for discussion though the creator (newbie) is posting to bump the thread. This is extremely suspicious.

This thread can be removed after a moderator reviews the report. This is a warning not to connect your wallet to this website until there is more information as to why the discussion is locked and why the website forces walletconnect for even things like viewing social media/joining discord.


Since the situation has been handled, I will leave this thread open for another few days for anymore comment before I lock it. Credit to bitbollo for referencing what happened:

scam sites or in general scams are not moderated here on bitcointalk so moderators will not doing anything.
I have tried to connect my wallet in order to collect some coins airdropped but

Your wallet balance is too low to claim anything, Please deposit funds or try again with another wallet.

it seems this site is just a clone of https://play.zkasino.io/ (I don't know if it's a scam even this but for sure here you can access to social media/player addresses etc...)
and yes you can't see anything but just connect your wallet.
any items you try to click is just a reminder to homepage or connect wallet

https://who.is/whois/zkasino.win
according who.is this site has been registered on 21 February 2023 ... and has already
- 29241 users and - 35117472 bets... in less than 20 hours!
(note this amount has not changed since I am connected there... including live bets)

ok it's a scam

meanwhile Z-Kasino has deleted his topic
https://ninjastic.space/search?author=Z-Kasino&board=56 but here you can find all details
Red trust added!

[bitbollo]

scam sites or in general scams are not moderated here on bitcointalk so moderators will not doing anything.
I have tried to connect my wallet in order to collect some coins airdropped but

Your wallet balance is too low to claim anything, Please deposit funds or try again with another wallet.

it seems this site is just a clone of https://play.zkasino.io/ (I don't know if it's a scam even this but for sure here you can access to social media/player addresses etc...)
and yes you can't see anything but just connect your wallet.
any items you try to click is just a reminder to homepage or connect wallet

https://who.is/whois/zkasino.win
according who.is this site has been registered on 21 February 2023 ... and has already
- 29241 users and - 35117472 bets... in less than 20 hours!
(note this amount has not changed since I am connected there... including live bets)

ok it's a scam

meanwhile Z-Kasino has deleted his topic
https://ninjastic.space/search?author=Z-Kasino&board=56 but here you can find all details
Red trust added!

[sujonali1819]

Seems the topic was edited and removed by the topic creator. So it's good people will not risk themselves visiting the site anymore.
If you simply notice the topic creator's presentation, it's fishy and easily understandable that he is lying. And the bet counts and registered users in a short period are horrible ,

Those who like to play on the web 3.0 platform should always be aware before connecting their wallet to such a random/strange site which is just been launched. Due to the increasing popularity of web 3.0, people are trying to get the chance to steal people's money by cloning trusted web 3.0 websites. We should aware of it.

[FatFork]

it seems this site is just a clone of https://play.zkasino.io/ (I don't know if it's a scam even this but for sure here you can access to social media/player addresses etc...)
and yes you can't see anything but just connect your wallet.
any items you try to click is just a reminder to homepage or connect wallet

Yes. It looks like zkasino.io is a genuine website, and the scammer has merely copied their front page on a new domain to lure unsuspecting victims.

Here is an archived version of the scam site just for reference:
https://archive.is/pbWPk

meanwhile Z-Kasino has deleted his topic
https://ninjastic.space/search?author=Z-Kasino&board=56 but here you can find all details
Red trust added!

It's likely that the moderator removed the thread because it appears to be a direct copy-paste of the original ZKasino ANN topic.

Added a negative tag to scammer's profile.

[Little Mouse]

When I saw the thread locked, I found it something fishy as they were adding replies and locking the thread again.

I was trying to check out the site. I noticed the problem (trick lol) too that every click was looking for connecting wallet. Then I tried to check their telegram and found the same lol. Now it seems an obvious scam attempt.

Tagging the account.

It's likely that the moderator removed the thread because it appears to be a direct copy-paste of the original ZKasino ANN topic.

Plagiarized post doesn't get deleted if I'm correct, nor the scam is moderated here. So, I think OP has deleted the ANN by himself. I can't see anything on the modLog too- https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php

[ScamViruS]

Warning about ZK:NO KYC Instant withdraws up to $500K/24h.Today only: 0% edge and ZKAS airdrop

Thread has already been deleted. But this move by the scammer has shown a way for gamblers to be careful. Now these scam websites will continue to increase in number as they try to scam using that technique. One should never connect the wallet without checking the url of any website, because of clone websites, if you don't check the url, it becomes difficult to understand which is fake and which is real website.

[salad daging]

He seemed to convince by buying copper members to look like a casino in general who had just arrived, but in the end, he was arrested because there was a suspicion that by clicking on social media they had to connect first, this was clearly a scam.

I was able to access the site but there were suspicions why the thread was locked after posting, and what was even more surprising was that every click had to be connected to the web3 wallet that was a suspicion, I hope there are no victims in this trick.

[Pmalek]

Good find OP, and thanks for warning the community!

There have been numerous scam attempts that involve creating fake sites and requesting people to connect their hot wallets and browser extensions. Since these wallets are always online, you should never trust the information posted on a public forum no matter who posted it. Confirm the info from official sources and even then consider whether you should connect your wallet or not. It wouldn't be the first time a project exit scams and goes bad. Having a secondary one with only pocket change on a different device isn't a bad idea.

[Broadanbig]

What would make the zkasino to lock the thread if not something fishy is going on. I came across the topic while reading and it was locked that is preventing anyone from making any comments which clearly indicates that the project is a possible scam because I see no reason why the op of the thread would lock the topic and does not want members to comment. Definitely, if members were to comment,they would have unraveled more information about the website and calling the attention to other members to run away from the website. Every on should be careful about that site so as not to get hacked.

[yahoo62278]

Looks like he is an idiot if he thinks adding up to 500k wd instant for the next 24 hours will bring in the big depositors. It's really a shame that we don't know where to find this person and send them to a prison cell for awhile for the scam attempt.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

The problem with this, as crude as it may seem, is that like all scams, they play with the big numbers. There is always someone clueless or foolish enough to fall into their trap.

Looks like he is an idiot if he thinks adding up to 500k wd instant for the next 24 hours will bring in the big depositors. It's really a shame that we don't know where to find this person and send them to a prison cell for awhile for the scam attempt.

I imagine that trying to report him would be useless because we don't know his jurisdiction and he could be using tor etc?

[klidex]

He seemed to convince by buying copper members to look like a casino in general who had just arrived, but in the end, he was arrested because there was a suspicion that by clicking on social media they had to connect first, this was clearly a scam.

I was able to access the site but there were suspicions why the thread was locked after posting, and what was even more surprising was that every click had to be connected to the web3 wallet that was a suspicion, I hope there are no victims in this trick.

Maybe they think that using a copper membership can make other users trust and want to enter the web that has been provided.
What's more, when every time you want to enter, you have to connect to the wallet address, so even if you use a copper membership, I'm sure everyone won't believe it easily and want to connect to the wallet you have.
In this forum there are staff or forum moderators who are very wise and they all know in each thread whether it will be dangerous for forum members or not. deceived and victimized.

[Hispo]

Good catch.
I feel that any website asking to connect ones wallet to view content and at the same time getting their thread locked should be considered a huge fled flag to anyone.

Looks like he is an idiot if he thinks adding up to 500k wd instant for the next 24 hours will bring in the big depositors. It's really a shame that we don't know where to find this person and send them to a prison cell for awhile for the scam attempt.

Yes, it is a shame he will likely to try again on other community where people may not realize it is a scam on time, but there is not much we can do, just to spread awareness to those who come around here for the first time looking for reputable casinos.

[libert19]

Having a secondary one with only pocket change on a different device isn't a bad idea.

You could use two wallets on metamask itself, with 'useless' one for sites like mentioned in op.

Hardware wallet for savings, hot wallet for day-to-day transactions and lastly useless wallet.

[BobK71]

The attractive offer of this site naturally increases its susceptibility to skepticism. No KYC is required to withdraw up to 500k. The main objective of such a big opportunity is to ‍attract the big investors. Those who have little knowledge about gambling sites can avoid it. Those who connect the wallet without knowing about any site will naturally affect by the scam. It has no promotion so everyone is highly suspicious of it.

[Solosanz]

This is why I really skepticism about dApps because they ask to connect our wallet, even it's a legit one I still think there's a chance they could compromise my wallet. Creating a new account on the casino and fund it from our wallet are better IMO.

Plagiarized post doesn't get deleted if I'm correct, nor the scam is moderated here. So, I think OP has deleted the ANN by himself. I can't see anything on the modLog too- https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php

The moderators will delete the plagiarized post and your report would be marked good, but it will depends on the moderators if they want to ban the user or not. However you can't see any report on modlog, it's mean the @OP was delete it by himself.

[TravelMug]

Good, thanks for the OP's heads-up and hopefully no one will fall for this trick.

And it seems the attack on crypto based casinos have been ramping up from this cyber criminals. I guess they know that's where the real money is. Recently there is a thread wherein a user has been phished and his huge amount of money withdrawn by the hackers itself.

So definitely everyone should be very careful right now.

[Little Mouse]

Having a secondary one with only pocket change on a different device isn't a bad idea.

You could use two wallets on metamask itself, with 'useless' one for sites like mentioned in op.

Hardware wallet for savings, hot wallet for day-to-day transactions and lastly useless wallet.

Even better, no wallet  What do you think? Most of the DeFis are useless and there's no need of using such platform I think.

The moderators will delete the plagiarized post and your report would be marked good,

Thanks for the correction. I had totally forgotten about this. I read such a rule long ago but can't remember exactly. Can you point me to a link where this is stated? I tried to find yesterday but couldn't find anything helpful on this.

[Daltonik]

Every element of the website (including the social media viewing) requires you to connect your wallet. Additionally, the topic is locked for discussion though the creator (newbie) is posting to bump the thread. This is extremely suspicious.

Yes, I saw the same thing with this phishing site, with any interaction with the page, a suggestion was made to connect Metamask, but the thread was blocked by the author apparently deliberately and there was no way to leave a comment, so it looks like a scammer hunting.

[Solosanz]

Thanks for the correction. I had totally forgotten about this. I read such a rule long ago but can't remember exactly. Can you point me to a link where this is stated? I tried to find yesterday but couldn't find anything helpful on this.

Unfortunately I can only give a proof about my report, not from the moderators' post who's pointing out about it. Maybe you can try to report a plagiarized post by yourself and then you can verify if it's true or not.

Yes, I saw the same thing with this phishing site, with any interaction with the page, a suggestion was made to connect Metamask, but the thread was blocked by the author apparently deliberately and there was no way to leave a comment, so it looks like a scammer hunting.

The good thing is the @OP is dumb for locking his thread, when a newbie either create self moderated thread or lock the thread immediately after he create it, it will raise a red flag for us. Even though he have read my post and create new thread with new phishing site without self moderated or lock the thread, many people already aware and careful due to this thread.