A Scan For Scam: Beware of the World of Battles ICO
Recently, there have been a lot of messages about World of Battles being a scam scheme. Coinidol has previously published an articleon their project. They promised 37% annual growth and a $2 billion market cap in 2018. Doesn’t seem like a fairytale, does it? Besides, the e-Sports industry is rapidly developing, so why not indeed?
However, recently, the web exploded with angry messages about the project being a scam. Some links didn’t work, there were no tokens distributed so far, no verified source code, and the address they use is a regular wallet, not a smart contract.
Read the full article: https://coinidol.com/scan-for-scam-keep-money-safe-investing-in-ico/
Topic: [ANN][ICO] WORLD of BATTLES - eSports Platform + connects with Twich (Read 6977 times)
October 27, 2017, 09:48:09 AM
October 24, 2017, 02:39:07 PM
Can't the moderator check if the IP addresses of the newbies who posted shitty 'positive' posts are coming from the same IP of the OT starter
October 21, 2017, 02:33:31 AM
I saw this ICO and browsed through it.
At first it seemed too good to be true, but the logo looked too similar to the "Brave Browser" logo.
When I returned to the site for more in-depth reading at the comfort of home,
MetaMask alerted me that WorldOfBattles is a SCAM.
My first reaction was like
.
My thought was how could this be when there are websites even giving them a review?
So I'm like
.
This made me suspicious and led me to this forum post confirming to me that this is indeed a scam.
Probably just having MetaMask enabled accidentally saved my eths.
Having MetaMask or an antiphishing extension on chrome (like EtherAddressLookup, according to my testing) will probably save people a lot of grief.
These scammers just makes me
!!!
At first it seemed too good to be true, but the logo looked too similar to the "Brave Browser" logo.
When I returned to the site for more in-depth reading at the comfort of home,
MetaMask alerted me that WorldOfBattles is a SCAM.
My first reaction was like
. My thought was how could this be when there are websites even giving them a review?
So I'm like
. This made me suspicious and led me to this forum post confirming to me that this is indeed a scam.
Probably just having MetaMask enabled accidentally saved my eths.
Having MetaMask or an antiphishing extension on chrome (like EtherAddressLookup, according to my testing) will probably save people a lot of grief.
These scammers just makes me
!!! October 19, 2017, 01:54:10 PM
They started to cash out some coins using ShapeShift 
October 19, 2017, 12:48:18 PM
connects with twich
October 19, 2017, 11:45:07 AM
Guys, my apologies for your losses!
Yesterday, we took their website down bypassing Cloudflare protection. Since they are up again and more people falling in their scam, we started the DDOS attack again. They are down!
If you want to help us keeping these scammers down, send us a PM.
Yesterday, we took their website down bypassing Cloudflare protection. Since they are up again and more people falling in their scam, we started the DDOS attack again. They are down!
If you want to help us keeping these scammers down, send us a PM.
Keep blasting these fucking losers. I wish there were some way to track them down and torture them slowly.
DO NOT INVEST - THIS IS 100% A SCAM!!! READ THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS
Taking down again these scammers!
Here is some information about their hosting & domain providers:
IP address 195.211.222.36
Host name 195.211.222.36
IP range 195.211.221.0-195.211.223.255 CIDR
ISP Netvillage Ltd.
Organization Netvillage Ltd.
Country Russian Federation (RU)
Region Brjansk
City Bryansk
Time zone Europe/Moscow, GMT+0300
Local time 19:43:28 (MSK) / 2017.10.19
Domain Name: WORLDOFBATTLES.IO
Registry Domain ID: D503300000041294247-LRMS
Registrar WHOIS Server:
Registrar URL: https://www.gandi.net/whois
Updated Date: 2017-10-17T23:35:35Z
Creation Date: 2017-07-11T10:05:02Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2018-07-11T10:05:02Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date:
Registrar: Gandi SAS
Registrar IANA ID: 81
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +33.170377661
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: NS1.HOSTING.REG.RU
Name Server: NS2.HOSTING.REG.RU
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-10-19T16:49:44Z <<<
For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp
October 19, 2017, 11:21:47 AM
Guys, my apologies for your losses!
Yesterday, we took their website down bypassing Cloudflare protection. Since they are up again and more people falling in their scam, we started the DDOS attack again. They are down!
If you want to help us keeping these scammers down, send us a PM.
Yesterday, we took their website down bypassing Cloudflare protection. Since they are up again and more people falling in their scam, we started the DDOS attack again. They are down!
If you want to help us keeping these scammers down, send us a PM.
Keep blasting these fucking losers. I wish there were some way to track them down and torture them slowly.
DO NOT INVEST - THIS IS 100% A SCAM!!! READ THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS
October 19, 2017, 09:55:24 AM
Hey N1CKHOLAS,
I really appreciate you leading the way on keeping people updated on this situation. I unfortunately was one of the people that gave one ETH before doing the proper research. Someone previously mentioned a class action lawsuit and you have mentioned contacting the authorities regarding this issue...How exactly should one go about doing that? This doesn't seem like something you would call 9-1-1 about (obviously), so I'm unsure how to approach this. Thanks for any additional information you can provide outside of the all the information provided already!
I really appreciate you leading the way on keeping people updated on this situation. I unfortunately was one of the people that gave one ETH before doing the proper research. Someone previously mentioned a class action lawsuit and you have mentioned contacting the authorities regarding this issue...How exactly should one go about doing that? This doesn't seem like something you would call 9-1-1 about (obviously), so I'm unsure how to approach this. Thanks for any additional information you can provide outside of the all the information provided already!
October 19, 2017, 09:48:54 AM
This ICO is, most probably, a SCAM. Check the previous posts where the Red Flags are detailed and proofs presented. In addition to those red flags, trere are at least 5-6 more that I didn't have time to post and go into specific details:
Here's the progress so far:
- Reported and gave negative feedback to the initiator of the thread.
- Identified, reported and gave negative feedback to 6 of his possible clones (and will continue to do so with the remaining ones)
- Reported the thred to the section moderator. It seems my report was denied/declined, but no reason was given.
- Reported the thread to an administrator. Hopefully he will have some free tiem to look into this issue and have the willing and wisdom to do something in order to mitigate the user's crypto (and real life money) losses
- Reported the initial Cointelegraph paid article, but no response yet. The article was still on the website, last time I checked
What can you do ?
- Investigate by yourself what was presented in the previous posts and compare the ICO claims with the reality
- Post your honest opinion. Don't be afraid to talk or give trade rating, as long as you have arguments and you're honest
- Report to authorities, in case you have lost money
Note:This is NOT a revenge post. I did NOT lose any money in this project. Like most of you, I've checked it in order to see if it's worth investing and ended up digging deeper and deeper and finding all these dirty details. For some of you, it was too late, as you've already lost your crypto. However, for other users, like they admited by themselves into this thread, such awarnings actually helped them to avoid such losses and reconsider or further consolidate their decisions, based on the evidence and proofs we were able to provide so far.
Here's the progress so far:
- Reported and gave negative feedback to the initiator of the thread.
- Identified, reported and gave negative feedback to 6 of his possible clones (and will continue to do so with the remaining ones)
- Reported the thred to the section moderator. It seems my report was denied/declined, but no reason was given.
- Reported the thread to an administrator. Hopefully he will have some free tiem to look into this issue and have the willing and wisdom to do something in order to mitigate the user's crypto (and real life money) losses
- Reported the initial Cointelegraph paid article, but no response yet. The article was still on the website, last time I checked
What can you do ?
- Investigate by yourself what was presented in the previous posts and compare the ICO claims with the reality
- Post your honest opinion. Don't be afraid to talk or give trade rating, as long as you have arguments and you're honest
- Report to authorities, in case you have lost money
Note:This is NOT a revenge post. I did NOT lose any money in this project. Like most of you, I've checked it in order to see if it's worth investing and ended up digging deeper and deeper and finding all these dirty details. For some of you, it was too late, as you've already lost your crypto. However, for other users, like they admited by themselves into this thread, such awarnings actually helped them to avoid such losses and reconsider or further consolidate their decisions, based on the evidence and proofs we were able to provide so far.
October 19, 2017, 09:35:20 AM
Very interesting start-up. I think they will succeed! 
October 19, 2017, 09:06:38 AM
Good luck and sucess for your Project.
October 19, 2017, 08:49:21 AM
Im quoting this to spread SCAM info since those 1 post newbies are spamming shits.
Seems what I've wrote yesterday is already confirmed by dozens of other users, this speciffic ICO is a SCAM
- I've already reported it to moderators here, especially for the use of clones. They didn't do anything about it yet
- I've already reported it to contelegraph aswell. They haven't done anything to remove the article either
- If you know anywhere you can report it (to the real police) and you lost money, do it or at least ask a lawyer what can be done.
- No, I didn't personally lose any money in this. I just wanted to invest and started to do "detective work" and found out all these RED FLAGS
Here are some RED FLAGS regarding this ICO and the reason why I beleive it's a SCAM.
1. The user promoting the ICO have changed both his password and email recently. This is usually the case when dealing with either stolen accounts or purchased ones, in order to add credibility to a thread: Proof ? Check his profile:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=319040
"Trust summary for HaRR0o
This user's password was reset recently.
This user's email address was changed recently."
2.In the websie source code, there are links/refferences to Cartoons, Watch Anime, Narruto, Game of Thrones and so on, which is totally irellevant to an Esports ICO. This shows, once again, unprofessional and suspect behaviour. Proof ?
Here's part of the source code of their ICO's first page:
"
- I've already reported it to moderators here, especially for the use of clones. They didn't do anything about it yet
- I've already reported it to contelegraph aswell. They haven't done anything to remove the article either
- If you know anywhere you can report it (to the real police) and you lost money, do it or at least ask a lawyer what can be done.
- No, I didn't personally lose any money in this. I just wanted to invest and started to do "detective work" and found out all these RED FLAGS
Here are some RED FLAGS regarding this ICO and the reason why I beleive it's a SCAM.
1. The user promoting the ICO have changed both his password and email recently. This is usually the case when dealing with either stolen accounts or purchased ones, in order to add credibility to a thread: Proof ? Check his profile:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=319040
"Trust summary for HaRR0o
This user's password was reset recently.
This user's email address was changed recently."
2.In the websie source code, there are links/refferences to Cartoons, Watch Anime, Narruto, Game of Thrones and so on, which is totally irellevant to an Esports ICO. This shows, once again, unprofessional and suspect behaviour. Proof ?
Here's part of the source code of their ICO's first page:
"
October 19, 2017, 07:03:05 AM
Team,
The fact that you stole my dear play money makes me sleep VERY bad at the moment. But you did your trick and scammed a lot of people, well done. You should feel shame the rest of your life.
That you are still trying to scam more people, makes me SO angry. Let me tell you; if the day comes that your identity will be reveiled (and that day will come) you can be sure that we WILL meet. And that won't be on the internet, I can asure you.
We'll see each other one day, soon.
Kind regards,
Robbie
The fact that you stole my dear play money makes me sleep VERY bad at the moment. But you did your trick and scammed a lot of people, well done. You should feel shame the rest of your life.
That you are still trying to scam more people, makes me SO angry. Let me tell you; if the day comes that your identity will be reveiled (and that day will come) you can be sure that we WILL meet. And that won't be on the internet, I can asure you.
We'll see each other one day, soon.
Kind regards,
Robbie
October 19, 2017, 06:17:41 AM
WOB!! WHY MAN
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR GREED IS ABLE TO DESTROY SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM CAUSE PEOPLE WILL TURN AWAY FROM SUCH PROJECT IN GAMING INDUSTRY! LIKE MINE REALLY... I HOPE YOU SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT !!!!
P.S! POSTING AND BUMPING YOUR ANN WITH NEWBIE ACCOUNTS TO "SELL YOUR ICO" DISGUSTS ME! FREAK OFF!
October 19, 2017, 05:31:41 AM
A project that really draws my attention because this project is very fitting for investors 
October 19, 2017, 05:22:28 AM
Is there any working prototype to look at?
----> IT IS A SCAM <----
Don't send them ETH! We have enough evidence now.
Thanks for spreading the word.
There's no proof of their partnerships or their supposed user base.
October 19, 2017, 04:32:46 AM
Project looks very nice! I'll probably invest.
October 19, 2017, 04:24:43 AM
Awesome project. Good luck!
October 19, 2017, 04:18:28 AM
This looks very interesting and nice to see this kind of project ongoing. Good luck to you guys!
October 19, 2017, 03:58:15 AM
Waw.. i think you project will be succes,,
Hope successfully and perfectly.
Hope successfully and perfectly.
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