Verimdaş Scam Warning: Deepfake Ads, Cloaking and 13 Domains

Verimdaş is an investment brand promoted on Instagram through deepfake videos and adverts designed to look like news stories, promising "AI-powered automated trading". It is also searched on Google as "Verimtaş". The 13 domains we examined clearly show how a single scheme was set up, how it gets around advert checks and how it collects users' details.

🕸️ One Brand, Dozens of Domains

Nine "verimdas" domains were registered within two days. Some of the sites share the same Cloudflare account, and three share the same tracking ID. The purpose of so many domains is clear: when one is blocked, the traffic is redirected to the next. The .sbs address made up of random characters is another example of this "back-up" approach.

🎭 "Education" Sites That Get Around Advert Checks

When opened directly, primee-vest.com, insightt-base.com and invesledger.com look harmless: "financial literacy", "investment masterclass", "independent publishing project". When the same addresses are opened with the parameters passed on by a Google advert, however, the Verimdaş page appears: "₺3.9 billion+ in client profits", "more than ₺50,000 earned per day".

This is called cloaking. The advertising platform's reviewer sees the education page and approves the advert, while the user who clicks on the advert is shown the investment trap. Some Verimdaş sites also show content only to IP addresses in Türkiye and return a fake "page not found" screen to visitors from abroad.

🗣️ Names Used Without Permission

None of these people has any connection with Verimdaş; their names and images are being used without permission. The deepfake videos in the Instagram adverts are the video version of the same method. Earlier examples of the same scheme: deepfake celebrity investment advertsTR and the scam misusing the Baykar nameTR.

📋 Promises That Contradict Each Other

The websites of the same brand contradict one another:

📞 What Happens After the Form Is Filled In?

Every one of the sites has the same form: first name, surname, email and phone number. In the background, the form also sends an affiliate tracking ID (subid) and a country restriction. This is a sales-funnel style lead generation model: the site does not take money; it collects the visitor's details and passes them to a call centre. Someone introducing themselves as a "personal adviser" then calls, and the process turns into the classic forex scheme: deposit, fake profit screen, blocked withdrawal.

An example of the same model that we examined earlier: Immediate TradeTR.

⚖️ Legal Assessment

Providing investment services and advice without authorisation is an offence under Article 109 of Capital Markets Law No. 6362. Gaining trust by using computer systems and advertising tools and by presenting oneself as linked to public institutions is assessed under the qualified fraud provisions of Article 158 of the Turkish Penal Code. Using real people's names and images without permission is also a violation of personality rights (see deepfakes and unauthorised use of imagesTR). Passing the data collected through the forms on to third parties also amounts to a breach of the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK). For detailed information and legal support, you can contact Savun Law & Consultancy.

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