2025-10-02
Today is a public holiday in Germany, and I was sitting in front of my computer, completely relaxed, clicking on a few paid advertising banners when suddenly, completely unprepared, I almost fell off my office chair. What had happened?
After clicking on a paid advertisement, my own website, best-faucets.com, appeared, even though I hadn't placed any advertisements there at all! When I took a closer look, I realised that it wasn't my own website at all, but a clone! Someone had simply copied my entire website, uploaded it to btc-faucets.com, and was now brazenly recommending all the services that we had thoroughly tested and described in detail on our site.
The thief was so brazen that he even left my name in the code without even bothering to delete it! Simply unbelievable.
1. The URL is not best-faucets.com
2. The header image does not contain our logo, only text. Furthermore, the copy shows 3 implied bitcoins in the top left corner.
3. If you click on a link, another website where you are asked to register almost always opens first. Only after the second or third click does a subpage open.
4. If you click on the news section, only news items up to May 2022 are stored here.
5. If you want to register for a service, the same website always opens.
I would like to expressly point out that, as the author of best-faucets.com, I have nothing to do with the clone btc-faucetst.com. I have no control over content or external links. I expressly distance myself from this website.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time something like this has happened on the internet, and it certainly won't be the last. While the law on this matter is clear and unambiguous in Germany, it is difficult to hold those responsible to account internationally. Nevertheless, I will consult technical experts and a solicitor to see what I can do to get the website removed from Google's index. Keep your fingers crossed that I can find the pirate and that they will be punished, because this is clearly criminal behaviour. I will keep you up to date and hope that my site and its reputation will not suffer any further damage in the meantime. ☹
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