揭秘离谱骗局:项目方雇佣水军冒充名人兜售加密货币

比推Published on 2024-08-19Last updated on 2024-08-19

都是 Telegram 昵称惹的祸?现在一切都结束了,代币价格坐了一趟过山车,这些恶搞者们表示,他们对于冒充名人并没有感到不好意思。

撰文:Ryan S. Gladwin, Decrypt

编译:Felix, PANews

据称一家营养补充剂公司雇佣了一群网络水军,让他们冒充名人,欺骗投资者,并兜售其代币。这个计划在一段时间内奏效,但后来被拆穿。

Insane Labz 是一家总部位于阿肯色州的补品公司,在 MMA(综合格斗)和 Barstool Sports 界享有盛誉,也是 Gary Vaynerchuk 创业指导计划的前客户。Insane Labz 于 5 月推出了 LABZ 代币,在其路线图中,该项目承诺与「经过审查的名人」合作。但是该项目鼓励水军冒充名人,如 UFC 总裁 Dana White、MMA 传奇人物 Nate Diaz 和社交媒体人物 Hasbulla,并在项目的 Telegram 群组中大肆宣传 LABZ 代币。

这一骗局帮助 LABZ 代币的市值从 300 万美元飙升至巅峰时期的 1500 万美元。该代币如今几乎一文不值,跌幅超过 90%。但在此之前,这些明显的骗局欺骗了一些不太识货的投资者买入。

Decrypt 和区块链分析公司 Bubblemaps 审查的区块链数据显示,与 Insane Labz 团队相关的加密钱包向这群喷子支付了一小笔费用,每人 155 美元的 Solana。

「我们只是为了开个玩笑,但结果有点失控,」其中一位假冒者表示。

「Hasbulla」进入聊天,有投资者质疑是否真是 Hasbulla

「Hasbulla」加入聊天

5 月 16 日,第一位假名人「TheOfficialHasbulla」加入了 Insane Labz Telegram 聊天室。该帐户似乎属于 Hasbulla Magomedovich Magomedov,Hasbulla 是一名患有侏儒症的网红,在 Instagram 上拥有 800 万粉丝。真正的 Magomedov 不会说英语,因此假冒的网红只能通过谷歌翻译和 GIF 进行交流。

尽管如此,一些用户在聊天中质疑他是不是真的。Insane Labz Telegram 群组的管理者对此含糊其辞。「也许他是真的,」Insane Labz 在 Telegram 群组中回复道。

用户立即对此做出了反应。

Insane Labz 代币在 12 小时内上涨了 115%。当时,与该公司关联的钱包尚未向假 Hasbulla 付款。在此期间,与 Insane Labz 关联的两个钱包出售了价值约 12,450 美元的 LABZ 代币,同时还购买了更多代币。

以「Hasbulla」名义出售的 LABZ 关联钱包大肆宣传该项目

LABZ 的最大单笔销售发生在三天后的 5 月 19 日,当时代币的价格虽然已经过了峰值,但仍在高位。一位身份不明的鲸鱼抛售了价值超 7 万美元的代币,在代币发布当天购买 LABZ 后获利约 6.8 万美元。

Hasbulla 假冒者表示,他的朋友在接下来的两周内加入了该小组:假的终极格斗冠军赛(UFC)总裁 Dana White,以及假的 UFC 拳手 Nate Diaz。

Nate Diaz 假冒者解释说,假的 Hasbulla 经常加入一些群组,假装自己是著名的达吉斯坦人。「然后当我们看到 Insane Labz 对 Hasbulla 加入聊天的疯狂反应时,我们想换个方式,投入到玩笑中,」他说。

当假冒的 Nate Diaz 在聊天中发言时,粉丝们很喜欢

Hasbulla 的业务经理 Justin Ozuna 表示,「Hasbulla 不知道这家公司或它的代币」。Justin Ozuna 帮助 Hasbulla 与 UFC 签订了 5 年的推广合同。「我高度怀疑 Dana White 和 Nate Diaz 的情况也是如此。」

另一位 LABZ 代币投资者表示,该项目不仅鼓励假冒者,而且「大力推崇这种玩笑」。Insane Labz「用名人的脸制作了 LABZ 代币表情包,每当名人发布聊天内容时,都会大肆宣传」。Insane Labz 首席执行官 Dustin Lebleu 甚至假装与真正的 Dana White 就该项目进行了 FaceTime 聊天。

「代币的创始人发布了他与‘Dana White’的 FaceTime 聊天,询问‘Dana’是否有聊天截图」。Telegram 聊天室的成员(包括一些假冒者和个人投资者)都表示他们认为是 Dustin Lebleu 在管理该账户。

这位投资者说:「他后来发布了一张我认为是经过处理的 FaceTime 聊天照片」,并提供了 Insane Labz Telegram 群组的照片截图。

根据 Insane Labz 账户,Dana White 与 LABZ 团队进行了 FaceTime 通话

5 月 28 日,假冒的 Dana White 告诉官方 Insane Labz Telegram 群,他计划赠送四张即将举行的 UFC 赛事门票。Insane Labz 团队顺势而为,并在 Twitter 上宣传了此次赠送活动。LABZ 代币因此上涨了 17%,正是在这时,Labz 团队联系了假冒的 White,提出要付款,以继续实施这一骗局。

假冒者声称,官方 Insane Labz 账户联系了假冒的 Dana White,并提出向这位「恶棍」和他的朋友付款,让他们继续在 Telegram 聊天中发送消息。最终,他们达成协议,每周支付 1 个 Solana(约 155 美元)。

数据公司 Bubblemaps 发现,向假冒者发送 1 个 SOL(150 美元)的支付钱包之一与最初创建 LABZ 代币的钱包之间存在联系。钱包 DvFne1 向钱包 CLrC8m 发送了 150 SOL(2.4 万美元),该钱包后来向冒名顶替者支付了总计 3 SOL(459 美元)。原始 DvFne1 钱包还为铸造 LABZ 代币的地址 FtfPXX 提供资金。

Bubblemaps 首席调查员 Thomas Perrin 表示:「我们可以假设中心钱包(DvFne1)是一个团队钱包,因为它是第一个为 FtfPXX 提供资金的钱包,而 FtfPXX 是铸造钱包」。「因此,支付钱包与团队钱包密切相关。」

Thomas Perrin 还声称,付款方式(即通过多个不同的钱包发送资金)很可疑。「为什么不使用带有营销标签的钱包?」

气泡图显示了支付钱包如何与铸币地址相关联

此外还审查了假冒者提供的 Telegram 截图,他们称这些截图显示 Labz 团队正在协调付款并在付款时提供付款交易链接。

「整件事都是欺诈」

在接下来的一个月里,总共有 15 个 SOL 被发送到假冒者的钱包里,他们声称这些钱包是由 Insane Labz 发送的。与此同时,LABZ 代币投资者都被误导名人代言是真实的。

Insane Labz 一投资者:「我意识到整件事都是欺诈。」

假冒者和 Insane Labz 之间的对话清楚地表明,该项目积极鼓励这种欺骗行为。根据模仿者提供的截图,在另一个名为「Labz UFC 炒作群」的电报群中,Insane Labz 账户的运营者与假名人开玩笑。

假 Nate Diaz 在私聊中写道:「我还以为真的 Nate 现在会疯掉哈哈」。Labz 账号回复道:「哈哈哈,你才是真正的 Nate……」

最明显的造假行为是 Hasbulla,他不会说英语,但假冒者在聊天中说得很流利。截图显示,有一次,这名 Hasbulla 假冒者表示,他会尝试找到 Hasbulla 文本转语音的 AI 来创建语音笔记。

Labz 账户回应道:「那太恶心了。」

假 Hasbulla 曾考虑使用 AI

这些假名人表示,他们的 Telegram 收件箱被数百条粉丝的信息和电话淹没,他们想要证明他们是真实的。

一位 LABZ 代币投资者表示:「我发现整个事情都是欺诈行为,创始人完全知道这些人不是真正的 Dana White 等人,而是利用他们的名人效应来抬高代币价格。」「我当时卖掉了我的代币并离开了该群组。」

LABZ 代币投资者会定期向这些喷子发送消息,询问他们是否真实

东窗事发

最终,炒作逐渐平息,代币价格下跌。作为应对,假冒者声称 Labz 团队问他们是否可以添加 Nickelback 的主唱 Chad Kroeger。他们同意了。

在 6 月 27 日添加了一个虚假的 Kroeger 账户后,代币上涨了 17%。但这只是昙花一现。该代币在接下来的两周内下跌了 74%。假明星和 Insane Labz 之间的沟通开始中断。

在有人加入 Labz 群聊并给「Dana White」发消息后,Insane Labz 团队指示假名人停止发言。当晚,Telegram 聊天被删除。Insane Labz 在其官方 X 账户上声称,该群已被删除,因为他们收到了死亡威胁。

现在一切都结束了,这些恶搞者们表示,他们对于冒充名人并没有感到不好意思。

假 Hasbulla 表示:「多年来我一直使用这个昵称,并且出现在数百个 Telegram 群中——从来没有人跟我如此玩过」。「任何有点脑子的人都能知道这是一个 Telegram 昵称而已。」

在进军加密货币之前,总部位于阿肯色州的 Insane Labz 成立于 2014 年,以其运动粉剂而闻名。根据 Zoominfo 数据,其产品在亚马逊和沃尔玛等在线零售商处销售,该公司每年的收入约为 1520 万美元。

该公司创始人兼首席执行官 Dustin Lebleu 是 VaynorMentors 的客户,VaynorMentors 是一家初创咨询服务公司,由著名企业家 Gary Vaynerchuk(更为人熟知的名字是 Gary Vee)经营。

Gary Vaynerchuk 在 2019 年的一篇博客文章中对 Dustin Lebleu 大加赞赏,但随后这篇博客文章就被删除了。

Gary Vaynerchuk 的一位代表表示:「Gary 本周与家人外出,但我们可以确认,自 2018 年短暂的咨询合作以来,Gary/VaynerX 与 Insane Labz 之间没有任何官方关联或代言」。

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