Hello everyone,
I was recently approached by Discord direct DM to participate in buying a node for NERO and then a few days later for NIBEX. I found it suspicious that there was no whitepaper despite farfetched claims on the bitcointalk threads for both cryptos.
Also, both projects were giving off similar vibes.
Similarities
- They both use the same algorithm, X11
- Roadmaps have a similar feel to them
- Websites are strikingly similar.
- They have no white paper
- Both claim to be stable coins and yet no mechanism is explained
- Both are pre-selling nodes
- Best of all, both websites are registered with WhoisGuard, most likely to hide that the same person/org owns both websites
- Even better, both websites were created 1 hour apart.
Too much coincidence? Maybe, so I took screenshots. Judge by yourself.
Screenshots
Nibex road map
Nero road map
Nibex Website
Nero Website
Whois lookup
Bonus image, reverse lookup for NERO.team website
The other 2 websites seem to be mirror websites for Nero containing the same webpages.
Conclusion
Maybe it's all a coincidence but judging how both domains were created minutes apart and the similarities in both websites and the lack of a white paper leads me to believe that the projects are run by the same person/org.
Not having a whitepaper is the most important clue. A whitepaper is hard work. It is easy to fake but to make 2 independent non-identical white papers would be very hard. If they just copied other white papers they would be found out faster.
In conclusion, all those facts point to the possibility of a scam.
If you agree please spread the news to friends and family and those interested in crypto to be careful of crypto scams!!!!!!
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