PSA: [e-mail] is a fake DMCA domain, not associated with Nintendo at all. SCAM ORGANIZATION!

[cryrp]

PSA:

– The email address used, “[e-mail]”, is a completely different domain to Nintendo’s actual domain, “nintendo.com”

– “mm-nintendo.com” simply redirects to “nintendo.com”, in the attempt to make it seem related to Nintendo’s legitimate domain, but such a redirect can be trivially configured by any third party site

– The WHOIS and other DNS information for the two domains are also completely different, the fraudulent domain having only been active since 2013, being held by a completely different registrar with different domain settings, etc.

-The fraudulent domain’s DNS information includes only two records of note – an entry redirecting email to Google’s email servers, indicating the perpetrator likely used Gmail or Gsuite together with their fake domain, and a web server serving a redirect to “nintendo.com”

– The IP address of this web server – 72.52.10.14 – is simply a virtual instance in a cloud, a notorious technique of hackers and spammers, and has no relation to any official Nintendo networks

– There is no individual identified in the request as making the necessary declarations; a DMCA request must be made by an identifiable individual to be valid, and this would coincidentally make it very easy to confirm with Nintendo whether such a request was ever sent

– When queried directly, Nintendo confirmed that any such emails from them are expected to be from the “nintendo.com” domain

– Certain errors in both the format of the request and the language used suggest the writer is not a native speaker (or is a particularly badly educated one, even for an American) and not legally trained, neither of which would be likely from Nintendo of America proper

https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/1783572282562032090
It seems Garry received a DMCA takedown from a mm-nintendo email.

[Reepus Vanguard]

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[BARRACUDA (Kobra)]

If only more people were willing to listen. -_-

[dj_verson_steel]

Yeh -_-

[Crashed]

OP got forum and community banned; this is not confirmed to be fake. "Brand protection" related activities may come from the mm-nintendo domain; if you REALLY wanted to prove it was fake you'd have to have access to the actual email message with full headers.

A faker isn't going to register their domain via a brand protection company, but they might forge headers to make it look like their email came from a legitimate domain.

The IP address given is for Akamai's CDN used for big corporations, including Nintendo themselves as well as other big players like Microsoft and Valve. Since Akamai CDN isn't cheap this isn't something a script kiddie would use (Yes I confirmed it isn't a Linode range). The IP address mentioned does NOT point to a single cloud instance, but instead to an entry point for a high end CDN.

[Shadow_The_Worm | Titan.TF]

Originally posted by Crashed:

OP got forum and community banned; this is not confirmed to be fake. "Brand protection" related activities may come from the mm-nintendo domain; if you REALLY wanted to prove it was fake you'd have to have access to the actual email message with full headers.

A faker isn't going to register their domain via a brand protection company, but they might forge headers to make it look like their email came from a legitimate domain.

The IP address given is for Akamai's CDN used for big corporations, including Nintendo themselves as well as other big players like Microsoft and Valve. Since Akamai CDN isn't cheap this isn't something a script kiddie would use (Yes I confirmed it isn't a Linode range).

Just check Twitter/X, specifically this: https://twitter.com/brewsterkoopa/status/1756767363112763649
Also, to prove that it's not Nintendo, this is the additional evidence:
https://twitter.com/ElectricstarVA/status/1784027405184565599
https://twitter.com/ElectricstarVA/status/1785018546529165750
And finally, the curpuit in question (may not exist, but the troll DMCAs and cocky messages do exist from them):
https://twitter.com/realaaron214

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Shadow_The_Worm | *****.**:

Originally posted by Crashed:

OP got forum and community banned; this is not confirmed to be fake. "Brand protection" related activities may come from the mm-nintendo domain; if you REALLY wanted to prove it was fake you'd have to have access to the actual email message with full headers.

A faker isn't going to register their domain via a brand protection company, but they might forge headers to make it look like their email came from a legitimate domain.

The IP address given is for Akamai's CDN used for big corporations, including Nintendo themselves as well as other big players like Microsoft and Valve. Since Akamai CDN isn't cheap this isn't something a script kiddie would use (Yes I confirmed it isn't a Linode range).

(snip)

I fail to see evidence that proves either side. Just some random accusations from a Steam account with a sketchy ad in their username.

[user]

damn.... everyone who believes it was aaron is getting banned, its pretty clear it was nintendo

[Shadow_The_Worm | Titan.TF]

Originally posted by user:

damn.... everyone who believes it was aaron is getting banned, its pretty clear it was nintendo

We'll see about that, you trolly-entertainy. Your folks are also being banned, FYI.

[Shadow_The_Worm | Titan.TF]

Originally posted by Crashed:

Originally posted by Shadow_The_Worm | *****.**:

Just check Twitter/X, specifically this: https://twitter.com/brewsterkoopa/status/1756767363112763649
Also, to prove that it's not Nintendo, this is the additional evidence:
https://twitter.com/ElectricstarVA/status/1784027405184565599
https://twitter.com/ElectricstarVA/status/1785018546529165750
And finally, the curpuit in question (may not exist, but the troll DMCAs and cocky messages do exist from them):
https://twitter.com/realaaron214

I fail to see evidence that proves either side. Just some random accusations from a Steam account with a sketchy ad in their username.

Well, let me tell you one particular thing: The real mm-nintendo is a redirect to the Nintendo website, not an email address. It's just not possible by any legit means, signing a red flag.

Also, in case you're wondering, a public video of the customer support with the promise of contacting Nintendo's supervisors by the customer support rep, the video being signed by Iris as usual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B43Y5-hliI&lc=Ugzm9le2EJt9BV8Cc-l4AaABAg

If even that doesn't confirm the proof to you or you still choose to ignore the evidence, sorry, can't help your brain here. You're on your own.

[Harryhenry]

Originally posted by Shadow_The_Worm | Titan.TF:

Originally posted by Crashed:

I fail to see evidence that proves either side. Just some random accusations from a Steam account with a sketchy ad in their username.

Well, let me tell you one particular thing: The real mm-nintendo is a redirect to the Nintendo website, not an email address. It's just not possible by any legit means, signing a red flag.

Also, in case you're wondering, a public video of the customer support with the promise of contacting Nintendo's supervisors by the customer support rep, the video being signed by Iris as usual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B43Y5-hliI&lc=Ugzm9le2EJt9BV8Cc-l4AaABAg

If even that doesn't confirm the proof to you or you still choose to ignore the evidence, sorry, can't help your brain here. You're on your own.

Not possible by any legit means? You're way behind on what's going on: Are you familiar with Markmonitor? They're a service designed to protect brands, and their emails are always "mm-(brand name)", and this all fits right in with that. https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-vs-garrys-mod-dissecting-the-fake-domain-behind-all-the-chaos-240426/

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Shadow_The_Worm | (snip):

Originally posted by user:

damn.... everyone who believes it was aaron is getting banned, its pretty clear it was nintendo

(snip)

I know a little something about WHOIS; on the same argument you could say the yuzu-emu domain doesn't belong to Nintendo even though the court order stipulated as such, as the WHOIS isn't the same as the main nintendo domain; the main nintendo domain has the full address of Nintendo of America while the seized domain has the address "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY" on the WHOIS with only the company name, the state, and the country revealed.

Both CSC and MarkMonitor are registrars intended for large corporations providing brand protection as an added feature, and would not register an imposter.

As I may have already mentioned, you would want the original email containing the DMCA notice to confirm or deny the authenticity.

[BIg-Heavy-Mann]

Originally posted by Crashed:

Both CSC and MarkMonitor are registrars intended for large corporations providing brand protection as an added feature, and would not register an imposter.

If this is true, then how did this "imposter" of ours managed to convince these two that He is from Nintendo?

[Shadow_The_Worm | Titan.TF]

Originally posted by Harryhenry:

Originally posted by Shadow_The_Worm | Titan.TF:

Well, let me tell you one particular thing: The real mm-nintendo is a redirect to the Nintendo website, not an email address. It's just not possible by any legit means, signing a red flag.

Also, in case you're wondering, a public video of the customer support with the promise of contacting Nintendo's supervisors by the customer support rep, the video being signed by Iris as usual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B43Y5-hliI&lc=Ugzm9le2EJt9BV8Cc-l4AaABAg

If even that doesn't confirm the proof to you or you still choose to ignore the evidence, sorry, can't help your brain here. You're on your own.

Not possible by any legit means? You're way behind on what's going on: Are you familiar with Markmonitor? They're a service designed to protect brands, and their emails are always "mm-(brand name)", and this all fits right in with that. https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-vs-garrys-mod-dissecting-the-fake-domain-behind-all-the-chaos-240426/

It might as well be feigned by the DMCA troll to fool people like you with how legit it is. Literally, there can be those websites that look 100% legal based on the green lock, no typos, etc, but have flaws in their functionality. This "DMCA" might as well be that case as well.

Actually, who am I kidding? This is Garry's Mod community after all. There's no right and no definitive wrong here. I already lost hope for the likes of customer community pieces like you, so, sorry, I ain't taking your scrap and would only uphold the POV of the addon developers who do actually avoid jumping to conclusions and investigate the situation themselves. Your words have zero value for me at this point. Kudos, bro, but the community is the ugly thing here.

[Shadow_The_Worm | Titan.TF]

Sorry, but I'll still believe that it's the fake Aaron Peters (not Peterson) and not the real Nintendo that this utterly bizarre community of Doisers just chose to blame cause they feel like it. Talk to me if the community of this great game actually learns from their hellfire mistakes and stops being the slop that they act like, otherwise I'll take no oppression points from you or anyone else who believes otherwise.

[Harryhenry]

Originally posted by Shadow_The_Worm | Titan.TF:

Originally posted by Harryhenry:

Not possible by any legit means? You're way behind on what's going on: Are you familiar with Markmonitor? They're a service designed to protect brands, and their emails are always "mm-(brand name)", and this all fits right in with that. https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-vs-garrys-mod-dissecting-the-fake-domain-behind-all-the-chaos-240426/

It might as well be feigned by the DMCA troll to fool people like you with how legit it is. Literally, there can be those websites that look 100% legal based on the green lock, no typos, etc, but have flaws in their functionality. This "DMCA" might as well be that case as well.

Actually, who am I kidding? This is Garry's Mod community after all. There's no right and no definitive wrong here. I already lost hope for the likes of customer community pieces like you, so, sorry, I ain't taking your scrap and would only uphold the POV of the addon developers who do actually avoid jumping to conclusions and investigate the situation themselves. Your words have zero value for me at this point. Kudos, bro, but the community is the ugly thing here.

I haven't been jumping to conclusions, in fact I was one of those people who believed this was a troll at first... until I started looking into it and realised far more was adding up to this being real. Your reasoning is still based on speculation and "but what if..." questions that don't hold up to scrutiny. I'm sorry, but "oh but the DMCA might've made it to trick people like you somehow, even though this is something no regular troll would've heard of" is not very convincing.