{"id":284,"date":"2025-07-31T16:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sourceforterminals.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:15:18","slug":"teen-exposes-mass-fake-gaming-sites-scam-that-falsely-claim-endorsement-from-mrbeast-other-influencers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sourceforterminals.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/teen-exposes-mass-fake-gaming-sites-scam-that-falsely-claim-endorsement-from-mrbeast-other-influencers\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Exposes Mass Fake Gaming Sites Scam That Falsely Claim Endorsement From MrBeast, Other Influencers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Teen Exposes Mass Fake Gaming Sites Scam That Falsely Claim Endorsement From MrBeast, Other Influencers<\/a> appeared first on Vegas Slots Online News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Network exposed online<\/h2>\n

A former longtime computer security reporter for The Washington Post <\/em>has revealed that an investigation by a teen has exposed a network of over 1,200 fake gaming sites.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Brian Krebs revealed the mass scam via his website Krebsonsecurity after a 17-year-old developer and web designer, going only by Thereallo, approached the investigative journalist with their findings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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scam using Discord and other social media channels<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Krebs confirmed Threallo had uncovered a scam using Discord and other social media channels to promote a network of over 1,200 fake gaming sites with \u201ca single backend powering all domains.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fake sites post ads offering a $2,500 bonus at a crypto casino, but lure users to make a verification deposit of $100 in crypto to access the bonus.<\/p>\n

To pass off as genuine, licensed gaming sites, the scammers used unlicensed ads that look like they are from online influencers, including\u00a0MrBeast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Slick games<\/h2>\n

According to Thereallo\u2019s blog post on cracking the network, the promo images always followed the same modus operandi. Namely, a \u201ccarefully faked screenshot of a tweet from a big name<\/a> like MrBeast or Elon Musk\u201d endorsing a crypto casino and the free bonus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Krebs\u2019 article on the expose stated that \u201cextremely polished video games\u201d like B-Ball Blitz, in which you play as a pro basketball player and bet on your ability to sink free throws, allow users to rack up winnings. Users trying to cash out, however, are scammed by being asked to register for $100.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those who pay the fees or believe they\u2019ve won will never, according to Krebs, \u201cever see their money again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thereallo runs multiple Discord servers that he set to search deeper after users of the social media platform started complaining of being drowned in misleading spam messages advertising the sites.<\/p>\n

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bigger than anything I could handle alone\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The young web developer stated: \u201cI knew this was bigger than anything I could handle alone. This wasn\u2019t just a scam, but an entire infrastructure. I probably uncovered a massive, organized criminal enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was the point Thereallo compiled screenshots and technical detail of the scale of the scam in a report he then sent to Krebs. Thereallo added that Krebs used his own resources to \u201cvalidate my findings\u201d and expose the true scale of the scam.<\/p>\n

Pig butchering casino style<\/h2>\n

In his summary of the fake sites, Krebs stated the strategy borrows from \u201cthe playbook of \u2018pig butchering\u2019 schemes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

These schemes, championed by the scam compounds of Southeast Asia, are a far more elaborate and dangerous crime in which people are scammed into involuntarily working for the crime network and used to scam other people online via romance or crypto investment ruses.<\/p>\n

Krebs states that the MrBeast-like pig butchering scheme steals far less money from victims, but that their wide approach \u201cmay enable their operators to extract payments from a large number of people in far less time,\u201d complete with considerably less financial outlay and risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Silent Push\u2019s Senior Tech Researcher Zach Edwards, meanwhile, said the scam exposed \u201ca very odd type of pig butchering network and not like what we typically see, with much lower investments in the sites and lures.\u201d<\/p>\n

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figure out who\u2019s throwing rocks and go take their rocks away\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thereallo ended his blog by saying that cracking the network: \u201cproved that sometimes, the best way to protect your community isn\u2019t to just build higher walls. It\u2019s to figure out who\u2019s throwing rocks, and go take their rocks away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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