Ongoing Impersonation Scam Alert

[efialtis]

Hello everyone,

since there seems to be a pretty big group behind this, I guess it`s about time that I am also posting it here in this section. After Shuffle, they have also tried to scam BC.Game (and I don`t even know who else they have also contacted).

Quote from Linkedin:

Ongoing Impersonation Scam Alert

Dear Colleagues and Partners,
I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to inform you about an ongoing impersonation scam that has been affecting my interactions with various operators in the crypto-gambling industry.

The Situation: Over the past few weeks, there have been numerous attempts to impersonate me on Telegram and through email spoofing. These scammers are posing as me to deceive operators and other industry professionals, attempting to sell placements and solicit payments under false pretenses.

Recent Incident: BC.Game Casino recently reached out to inform me that they were contacted via email by someone pretending to be me, offering to sell them placements. This is just one example of the lengths these scammers are going to in order to exploit our industry.

My Request: I urge all operators and industry professionals to be extremely vigilant and take the following precautions:

Verify Communications: Always double-check the identity of the person you are communicating with. If you receive a message from me, please verify it through multiple channels before proceeding with any transactions.

Official Channels: Contact me directly through my official email address or LinkedIn profile to confirm any offers or requests.

Report Suspicious Activity: If you encounter any suspicious communications claiming to be from me, please report them immediately.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Let’s work together to ensure the integrity and security of our industry by staying vigilant against these fraudulent activities.

[holydarkness]

I understand correctly that your BC's contact has been notified about what really happens and get things sorted out? Have you send something like an email blast to other casino representative for this issue? I can send PM to some of them, make them aware of this thread and that situation with impersonator if you want?

[efialtis]

I understand correctly that your BC's contact has been notified about what really happens and get things sorted out? Have you send something like an email blast to other casino representative for this issue? I can send PM to some of them, make them aware of this thread and that situation with impersonator if you want?

Thank you!

Actually, my BC contact was the one who made me aware of it. I have now informed dozens of casinos, we should be good.

Update: This keeps going on and they seem to try everything... they try to take control of my accounts, reach out to casinos pretending to be me, send me fake emails pretending to be casinos I work with, send me fake emails pretending to be casinos I am not working with...

[Mahdirakib]

Update: This keeps going on and they seem to try everything... they try to take control of my accounts, reach out to casinos pretending to be me, send me fake emails pretending to be casinos I work with, send me fake emails pretending to be casinos I am not working with...

The imposter seems pretty clever. I'm surprised to see that the imposter has represented himself in different characters on time to time. He has introduced himself as a casino owner, as an owner of BTCGOSU and also as a marketing manager of a casino. The person is trying to attack from all the sides to achieve something here. I'm wondering what is the actual target of the person! Is he doing it for money? Or is it all done by him to bring down the reputation of BTCGOSU by creating controversy?

[Little Mouse]

Is he doing it for money? Or is it all done by him to bring down the reputation of BTCGOSU by creating controversy?

Money is of course the ultimate motive. But looking at how he started targeting casino owners and the surrounding business, it seems a different motive too. I have been scammed by Noah (imposter), efi has been almost scammed (deceived, which caused reputational damage for shuffle), one of the shuffle staff has been almost scammed by Little Mouse (imposter). It has been a heaven for this scammer/group.

Efi, how did you get the fake Noah?

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

It's really sad how some group of persons or people tend to sabotage other people's name/reputation just for  selfish interest, because it still baffles me how these scammers do get the exact social media handles of the real true owners of these online crypto casinos or probably Casino promoters here on this forum who may have fallen victim to it once. Does it mean;
1. If it's Telegram been use for this scam, these parties don't check previous chat, so as to cross-check the authenticity of whatever information been passed through?
2. If it is Linkedin, these parties don't check the verification of the page before trusting the scammer's word?
3. If it is Gmail, they don't double check the alphabetical arrangement/combination of each letters that makes up the Gmail of the previous mail and the current one.  
Because this is actually getting out of hand, and I'm happy the awareness is getting massive, so as people could be able to protect their clients and funds.

[efialtis]

I agree that it`s mostly for money and also... they enjoy it, they do it for fun - sounds crazy but I think it`s true. I have had a chat with BC.Game and my man told me some stories about such people, you wouldn`t believe it... "Fraud for Fun"...

Still, some of their actions seem weird... why would they pretend to be casino owners and reach out to me? Who knows...

Is he doing it for money? Or is it all done by him to bring down the reputation of BTCGOSU by creating controversy?

Money is of course the ultimate motive. But looking at how he started targeting casino owners and the surrounding business, it seems a different motive too. I have been scammed by Noah (imposter), efi has been almost scammed (deceived, which caused reputational damage for shuffle), one of the shuffle staff has been almost scammed by Little Mouse (imposter). It has been a heaven for this scammer/group.

Efi, how did you get the fake Noah?

Basically thanks to you and when I finally got to chat with with management. We looked into things together and yeah, the scammers did a solid job... they fooled me, also by sending me crazy big tips on Shuffle (which I tipped back)... the problem? Well, the account I tipped back to was the scammer`s and he/they withdrew. The tip I received, they somehow made Shuffle VIP host send it...

At the end of the day, let`s all try to be safe and secure. I am not usually doing business via telegram and one reason has always been to avoid such situations. Hit me up via email and verify if you are a casino operator interested in a cooperation.

[holydarkness]

I agree that it`s mostly for money and also... they enjoy it, they do it for fun - sounds crazy but I think it`s true. I have had a chat with BC.Game and my man told me some stories about such people, you wouldn`t believe it... "Fraud for Fun"...

Still, some of their actions seem weird... why would they pretend to be casino owners and reach out to me? Who knows...

[...]Efi, how did you get the fake Noah?

Basically thanks to you and when I finally got to chat with with management. We looked into things together and yeah, the scammers did a solid job... they fooled me, also by sending me crazy big tips on Shuffle (which I tipped back)... the problem? Well, the account I tipped back to was the scammer`s and he/they withdrew. The tip I received, they somehow made Shuffle VIP host send it...

At the end of the day, let`s all try to be safe and secure. I am not usually doing business via telegram and one reason has always been to avoid such situations. Hit me up via email and verify if you are a casino operator interested in a cooperation.

I find this quite interesting. Do I understand you correctly that you happened to be [for the lack of better term] an accidental tip-launderer? [I am laughing when I typed this]. The scammers tipped you, from someone else's account, and you returned the tip to [somehow] their own account?

I said it's quite interesting because not too long ago, I was overseeing a case where the root of the situation is of this nature. The withdrawal was frozen by the casino, ultimately thwarting the attempt, but I wonder if this is the same people being involved here.

[efialtis]

I agree that it`s mostly for money and also... they enjoy it, they do it for fun - sounds crazy but I think it`s true. I have had a chat with BC.Game and my man told me some stories about such people, you wouldn`t believe it... "Fraud for Fun"...

Still, some of their actions seem weird... why would they pretend to be casino owners and reach out to me? Who knows...

[...]Efi, how did you get the fake Noah?

Basically thanks to you and when I finally got to chat with with management. We looked into things together and yeah, the scammers did a solid job... they fooled me, also by sending me crazy big tips on Shuffle (which I tipped back)... the problem? Well, the account I tipped back to was the scammer`s and he/they withdrew. The tip I received, they somehow made Shuffle VIP host send it...

At the end of the day, let`s all try to be safe and secure. I am not usually doing business via telegram and one reason has always been to avoid such situations. Hit me up via email and verify if you are a casino operator interested in a cooperation.

I find this quite interesting. Do I understand you correctly that you happened to be [for the lack of better term] an accidental tip-launderer? [I am laughing when I typed this]. The scammers tipped you, from someone else's account, and you returned the tip to [somehow] their own account?

I said it's quite interesting because not too long ago, I was overseeing a case where the root of the situation is of this nature. The withdrawal was frozen by the casino, ultimately thwarting the attempt, but I wonder if this is the same people being involved here.

To be precise, one of these guys was impersonating the Shuffle owner and I guess to prove that to me (was not my idea or anything), he insisted on tipping $$$$ to me. Now according to the real owner, whom I have talked to when we figured this out, the scammers somehow got some Shuffle VIP manager to tip me 2k... I don`t know how they made them do it... So I received 2k in my account, I said I didn`t want it, scammer insisted playing the good guy, so I "only" sent back 1k to the scammer (who then withdrew) while I lost the other 1k on Shuffle in a minute (I wanted to lose it).

Some sick **** if you ask me... lol

[TravelMug]

I agree that it`s mostly for money and also... they enjoy it, they do it for fun - sounds crazy but I think it`s true. I have had a chat with BC.Game and my man told me some stories about such people, you wouldn`t believe it... "Fraud for Fun"...

Still, some of their actions seem weird... why would they pretend to be casino owners and reach out to me? Who knows...

[...]Efi, how did you get the fake Noah?

Basically thanks to you and when I finally got to chat with with management. We looked into things together and yeah, the scammers did a solid job... they fooled me, also by sending me crazy big tips on Shuffle (which I tipped back)... the problem? Well, the account I tipped back to was the scammer`s and he/they withdrew. The tip I received, they somehow made Shuffle VIP host send it...

At the end of the day, let`s all try to be safe and secure. I am not usually doing business via telegram and one reason has always been to avoid such situations. Hit me up via email and verify if you are a casino operator interested in a cooperation.

I find this quite interesting. Do I understand you correctly that you happened to be [for the lack of better term] an accidental tip-launderer? [I am laughing when I typed this]. The scammers tipped you, from someone else's account, and you returned the tip to [somehow] their own account?

I said it's quite interesting because not too long ago, I was overseeing a case where the root of the situation is of this nature. The withdrawal was frozen by the casino, ultimately thwarting the attempt, but I wonder if this is the same people being involved here.

To be precise, one of these guys was impersonating the Shuffle owner and I guess to prove that to me (was not my idea or anything), he insisted on tipping $$$$ to me. Now according to the real owner, whom I have talked to when we figured this out, the scammers somehow got some Shuffle VIP manager to tip me 2k... I don`t know how they made them do it... So I received 2k in my account, I said I didn`t want it, scammer insisted playing the good guy, so I "only" sent back 1k to the scammer (who then withdrew) while I lost the other 1k on Shuffle in a minute (I wanted to lose it).

Some sick **** if you ask me... lol

It's no surprise though, and this could be really be their modus here, to give you some form of incentive, i.e. in this case big money, so that they can gain your trust in the beginning without you suspecting anything that you are talking to a fake [insert the name of the casino here].

At least you have exposed them and it is obvious by now that this is deliberate and the group first step is thru you, which make sense since you have a lot of contacts in almost casino because of your review site.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

To be precise, one of these guys was impersonating the Shuffle owner and I guess to prove that to me (was not my idea or anything), he insisted on tipping $$$$ to me. Now according to the real owner, whom I have talked to when we figured this out, the scammers somehow got some Shuffle VIP manager to tip me 2k... I don`t know how they made them do it... So I received 2k in my account, I said I didn`t want it, scammer insisted playing the good guy, so I "only" sent back 1k to the scammer (who then withdrew) while I lost the other 1k on Shuffle in a minute (I wanted to lose it).

Some sick **** if you ask me... lol

What was his actual motive?
He could take the $2k [from the Shuffle VIP manager] instead of waiting for you to give the tip back which is $1k.

[holydarkness]

To be precise, one of these guys was impersonating the Shuffle owner and I guess to prove that to me (was not my idea or anything), he insisted on tipping $$$$ to me. Now according to the real owner, whom I have talked to when we figured this out, the scammers somehow got some Shuffle VIP manager to tip me 2k... I don`t know how they made them do it... So I received 2k in my account, I said I didn`t want it, scammer insisted playing the good guy, so I "only" sent back 1k to the scammer (who then withdrew) while I lost the other 1k on Shuffle in a minute (I wanted to lose it).

Some sick **** if you ask me... lol

What was his actual motive?
He could take the $2k [from the Shuffle VIP manager] instead of waiting for you to give the tip back which is $1k.

Venturing a guess, that'll be like exposing his identity to Shuffle's staff in broad daylight. If he ask that manager to tip his account instead of efialtis's, who knows what shuffle has about him on their database and how far can shuffle track him down. The better and safer way [though ultimately futile] will be to "launder" the tip by having to [pun intended] shuffle it through other account.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Venturing a guess, that'll be like exposing his identity to Shuffle's staff in broad daylight. If he ask that manager to tip his account instead of efialtis's, who knows what shuffle has about him on their database and how far can shuffle track him down. The better and safer way [though ultimately futile] will be to "launder" the tip by having to [pun intended] shuffle it through other account.

Considering the bold section, I think shuffle still can track down the user if they know the username who received $1k from efialtis's account.

[efialtis]

To be precise, one of these guys was impersonating the Shuffle owner and I guess to prove that to me (was not my idea or anything), he insisted on tipping $$$$ to me. Now according to the real owner, whom I have talked to when we figured this out, the scammers somehow got some Shuffle VIP manager to tip me 2k... I don`t know how they made them do it... So I received 2k in my account, I said I didn`t want it, scammer insisted playing the good guy, so I "only" sent back 1k to the scammer (who then withdrew) while I lost the other 1k on Shuffle in a minute (I wanted to lose it).

Some sick **** if you ask me... lol

What was his actual motive?
He could take the $2k [from the Shuffle VIP manager] instead of waiting for you to give the tip back which is $1k.

I have been wondering about that, too.

Quoting Shuffle owner here:

"Ok I see what happened - one of our staff got scammed by one of these impersonators. A VIP host gave you the balance, then you tipped to the scammer, who withdrew it"

[efialtis]

JFYI: "They" are trying again...

This is not my telegram account:

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

JFYI: "They" are trying again...

Perhaps you should post the telegram ID so that others can see the difference. Isn't on telegram a user can change their username anything they want?

[efialtis]

The main scammer goes by the following TG username, which is NOT mine: @eflaltis



They change their bio all the time, too, now I am the owner of GIG and Askgamblers. Needless to say that I wish I owned Askgamblers... 

Two more instances: They hit up BC.Game yet AGAIN, asking to sell them something. And a few minutes ago, Leetbit owner approached me, informing me about them trying to sell them shit. We talked about all of hit, what happened with Shuffle previously and you wouldn`t believe it, but they did the exact same thing with Leetbit and managed to scam them for 500 bucks, too...

[efialtis]

The main scammer goes by the following TG username, which is NOT mine: @eflaltis



They change their bio all the time, too, now I am the owner of GIG and Askgamblers. Needless to say that I wish I owned Askgamblers... 

Two more instances: They hit up BC.Game yet AGAIN, asking to sell them something. And a few minutes ago, Leetbit owner approached me, informing me about them trying to sell them shit. We talked about all of hit, what happened with Shuffle previously and you wouldn`t believe it, but they did the exact same thing with Leetbit and managed to scam them for 500 bucks, too...

After having taken a short break, "they" appear to be back - just don`t fall for it, especially you casino employees don`t!

Fake account still is "@eflaltis"