Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites

Fraudsters operate a large-scale scam network of 1,200+ polished fake gambling websites promoted via Discord and social media, using celebrity impersonation and $2,500 promo-credit lures; purported "winnings" are unrecoverable and victims are asked to deposit cryptocurrency for "verification" and further extortion. The sites share a common chatbot API, centralized support and per-site decoy Bitcoin wallets, enabling automated, scalable social-engineering losses and follow-on recovery scams.