Is muskscale.com safe?
http://muskscale.com/
Coveragepartial2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
muskscale.com is a fake Tesla cryptocurrency giveaway that demands your own crypto before any payout
The site presents itself as a "Tesla Foundation" cryptocurrency giveaway, showing a headline figure of $150,000,000 and separate Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Dogecoin entry points, with a footer claiming "© 2026 Copyright Tesla Incorporated." Independent security research describes it as a scam that promises an easy Bitcoin windfall but requires visitors to send their own cryptocurrency first. The domain is only days old, and the site's own contact details were never reviewed. The technical layer is clean — valid encryption and no Safe Browsing warning — but that only means nothing was flagged at scan time; it says nothing about whether the operator is honest. The combination of a celebrity-brand impersonation, a giveaway lure, a deposit-first mechanic and a brand-new domain places this in the Dangerous band.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site presents itself as a "Tesla Foundation" cryptocurrency giveaway, showing a headline figure of $150,000,000 and separate Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Dogecoin entry points, with a footer claiming "© 2026 Copyright Tesla Incorporated." Independent security research describes it as a scam that promises an easy Bitcoin windfall but requires visitors to send their own cryptocurrency first. The domain is only days old, and the site's own contact details were never reviewed. The technical layer is clean — valid encryption and no Safe Browsing warning — but that only means nothing was flagged at scan time; it says nothing about whether the operator is honest. The combination of a celebrity-brand impersonation, a giveaway lure, a deposit-first mechanic and a brand-new domain places this in the Dangerous band.
A Tesla-branded giveaway that asks you to pay in first
The page's own text and the saved visual capture show a "Tesla Foundation" banner advertising a "$150,000,000 Cryptocurrency Giveaway" on muskscale.com, and the footer asserts "© 2026 Copyright Tesla Incorporated. All Rights Reserved." Nothing in the evidence shows any real affiliation between this domain and Tesla; the branding is simply printed on the page.
Independent security research is explicit about the mechanic: the site promises an easy Bitcoin windfall, but the catch comes before any supposed reward — you have to send your own cryptocurrency first. That is the defining advance-fee pattern: the victim funds the "prize" and the promised payout never arrives.
Clean technical checks do not make the operator trustworthy
The saved checks found a valid encrypted connection and no the browser threat feed threat warning. Those results mean nothing malicious was detected at scan time; they are not a statement about who runs the site or what it does with money sent to it.
The registrable domain is only 6 days old, which is consistent with throwaway infrastructure used for short-lived giveaway scams. The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 26 saved reports, so the hosting reputation itself is not the adverse factor here — the adverse factor is the site's own content and the independent research finding.
The site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, so no conclusion can be drawn about what contact information it does or does not publish. What is clear is that no verifiable operator identity appears in the reviewed material.
Why the score is 12
The page displays "Tesla Foundation" and a footer claiming "© 2026 Copyright Tesla Incorporated" on a domain with no demonstrated affiliation to Tesla. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 18, 2026 - stale
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 36 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Tesla Foundation $150,000,000 Cryptocurrency Giveaway
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Tesla Foundation $150,000,000 Cryptocurrency Giveaway
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Tesla Giveaway
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Prize, Giveaway & Gift-Card Fraud
Service and business model
Web3
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "Muskscale.com promises an easy Bitcoin windfall, but the catch comes before any supposed reward: you have to send your own cryptocurrency first. This casino…"
- 02The registrable domain is 6 days old, consistent with short-lived scam infrastructure.
- 03The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 26 saved reports.
What this means for you
What happens if you follow the coin links
The page offers four separate entry points labelled Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Dogecoin, each leading to its own internal path. A visitor who picks one is being routed into the giveaway claim flow rather than to any legitimate exchange or wallet service.
How the observed mechanism works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
According to the independent research, the flow requires the visitor to transfer their own cryptocurrency before any reward is released. Money sent this way is irreversible, and the evidence gives no indication that anything is ever returned.
Do not send cryptocurrency to this site under any circumstances, and do not treat the Tesla branding or the $150,000,000 figure as real. Any crypto you transfer is irreversible and, based on the independent research, the promised payout will not arrive. If you have already sent funds, contact your exchange or wallet provider immediately and report the domain to your national fraud reporting service.
Web research findings
Independent findings for muskscale.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- HowToRemove.Guideopen
"Muskscale.com promises an easy Bitcoin windfall, but the catch comes before any supposed reward: you have to send your own cryptocurrency first. This casino scam advertises a “$90,000,000 BTC Giveaway”"
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainmuskscale.com
- Redirects tomuskscale.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencescdn.matomo.cloud · player.mux.com
Domain Timeline
- Oct 13, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 20, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
muskscale.com was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://muskscale.com/
- 2200https://muskscale.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The page displays "Tesla Foundation" and a footer claiming "© 2026 Copyright Tesla Incorporated" on a domain with no demonstrated affiliation to Tesla. · One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "Muskscale.com promises an easy Bitcoin windfall, but the catch comes before any supposed reward: you have to send your own cryptocurrency first. This casino…"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 18, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 18, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimited
- FindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is the muskscale.com giveaway real or a scam?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
muskscale.com is a fake Tesla cryptocurrency giveaway that demands your own crypto before any payout
The site presents itself as a "Tesla Foundation" cryptocurrency giveaway, showing a headline figure of $150,000,000 and separate Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Dogecoin entry points, with a footer claiming "© 2026 Copyright Tesla Incorporated." Independent security research describes it as a scam that promises an easy Bitcoin windfall but requires visitors to send their own cryptocurrency first. The domain is only days old, and the site's own contact details were never reviewed. The technical layer is clean — valid encryption and no Safe Browsing warning — but that only means nothing was flagged at scan time; it says nothing about whether the operator is honest. The combination of a celebrity-brand impersonation, a giveaway lure, a deposit-first mechanic and a brand-new domain places this in the Dangerous band.
09 · Community