Its a very old method of scamming people; they usually target newbies because they know how this thing works and they are greedy. Any website that asks for funds before you are allowed to withdraw is an outright scam. They first did it in a casino, then after getting exposed in the gambling community, they targeted the traders by launching their own exchange, but the scheme is still the same.
If you are not updated on the various methods of these scammers, you might get victimized, so be aware.
Yes, that's correct. The promo codes they send to victims in these companies' and projects' communities, as well as the deceptive messages and fake domains that might closely resemble the original official domain or use the same domain name but with a different suffix can lead someone to trust what they are promoting mistakenly. If a person knows that he should not deposit money before withdrawing any fake funds from these domains targeting CEx and doesn't trust strangers, and if he conducts his research, he can avoid being scammed.
I advise OP to make the links unclickable, such as placing a [.] before the domain's extension. It’s clear that the first domain doesn't work, and I will file a report with the registrar of the second domain to have it shut down as well.