Brand verification
Is a sponsorship email from Coinbase legit?
Coinbase does sponsor creators, which is exactly why scammers wear its name. Here is how the real thing looks, and how to tell the difference in one minute.
The real domains
Real Coinbase outreach comes from these registered domains (or their subdomains):
A different ending (like .co instead of .com), extra words (like -collab or -media), or a free mail address are the three most common impersonation moves.
How real Coinbase deals work
Coinbase runs an affiliate program from coinbase.com; giveaway emails claiming Coinbase are a common scam.
Finance apps pay the highest CPMs on the platform and are correspondingly regulated: real deals come with compliance requirements, approval rounds on your script, and proper contracts. A finance sponsor with no compliance notes and instant payment promises is not a finance sponsor.
Known impersonations of Coinbase
- Coinbase lookalike domains built from swapped characters: An offer or giveaway that appears to be from Coinbase but comes from a domain where letters are replaced with lookalike characters, like a zero standing in for the o in c0inbase, or a non-Latin letter that renders identically to a normal one.
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