BenriBIT Advance Fee Scam

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I won BTC 0.33 in a giveaway! Yeah!

Today I received a DM on Discord from @BenriBIT:
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Do never visit an internet address that you don't know without checking first.

whois benribit.com

$ whois benribit.com
   Domain Name: BENRIBIT.COM
   Registry Domain ID: 2481188152_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
   Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
   Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
   Updated Date: 2020-01-16T22:33:33Z
   Creation Date: 2020-01-16T22:25:22Z
   Registry Expiry Date: 2021-01-16T22:25:22Z
   Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
   Registrar IANA ID: 1068
   Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@namecheap.com
   Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6613102107
   Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
   Name Server: DAPHNE.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
   Name Server: ETHAN.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
   DNSSEC: unsigned
   URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2020-01-19T10:46:57Z <<<

The website is very recent (3- days old) and the registrar is namecheap.com

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Nibbler visited the website for me.
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A giveaway from a licenced cryptocurrency exchange looks legit...

It's an advance fee scam

Just deposit 0.1 btc to unlock your prize
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/eqlrdd/is_benribitcom_legit/

Don't be trapped. Always do research before browsing to a website you don't know.

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