why does the interface on so many of the doge pools look exactly the same?
Thats the same codebase, the webinterface looks the same, under the hood its mostly different.
If this is a scam, and it certainly appears to be, I'd say there's more than one person involved. Be very wary where you put your hashrate, be ware of new posters, and new pools. And certainly be ware of new coins.
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Thats why there are trust-ratings here.. Most people jump on the first public available pool and sit there til the (bitter) end.. they should change regulary..