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Board Scam Accusations
Re: Scam Alert from fake Yobithelp.net
by
IconFirm
on 24/04/2019, 11:19:05 UTC
I'd be interested in knowing how they obtained your email, though. Do they have a list of yobit users somehow, or just a database taken from some other scam crypto site?

I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was actually Yobit or their staff doing this on the side - such is their reputation.  Looking up yobithelp.net reveals the following:

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Domain Name: yobithelp.net
Registry Domain ID: 2288185080_DOMAIN_NET-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.ionos.com
Registrar URL: http://ionos.com
Updated Date: 2018-10-26T04:08:14.000Z
Creation Date: 2018-07-21T14:45:02.000Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2019-07-21T14:45:02.000Z
Registrar: 1&1 IONOS SE
Registrar IANA ID: 83
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8774612631
Reseller:
Domain Status: ok https://www.icann.org/epp#ok
Registry Registrant ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant State/Province: OY
Registrant Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Country: NG
Registrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email:

https://whois.domaintools.com/yobithelp.net

It's a different domain from the Russian one Yobit use, but it's easy enough for them to have created this domain with ionis.com & they have all Yobit users account details anyway.

Just a thought. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

Best option would be to report the domain, which Yobit could & should have done straight away, but haven't - strangely......