Coffeezilla is the online alias of American YouTuber, Stephen Findeisen who has made a name for himself by exposing scammers and fraudsters. His mission statement as indicated on his YouTube channel: “I uncover scams, fraudsters and fake gurus that are preying on desperate people with deceptive advertising.”
Coffeezilla’s contributions:
- Put Sam Bankman-Fried through a gruelling interview and got him admit to fraud and confess that FTX customers’ deposits were treated differently than those indicated in the Terms of Service
- Worked with Joe Rogan to produce a podcast to unpack how social media marketing, involving the likes of Tom Brady and Steph Curry, was instrumental in people putting their money into FTX
- Launched a 3-part expose series in regards to Logan Paul’s NFT project, CryptoZoo, and stated how there was no way for users to cash out their assets. Thanks to Coffeezilla’s investigative journalism, Logan Paul came up with a $1.3 million programme to refund CryptoZoo investors.
- Made three videos to expose how SafeMoon was a scam and substantiated his claim with a feature on former SafeMoon Marketing Chief Ben Philips. The significance of his work on SafeMoon was affirmed when BBC World Service interviewed him for their podcast entitled “SafeMoon and the chaotic world of crypto”.
- Recently stepped up his game and by luring Dillon Danis into promoting a fake NFT project. Dillon Danis fell for the trap, thus proving that he never checked the authenticity of the project before promoting it. The best part of it was, when people tried to ‘mint’ the NFT, they would be directed to a website that comprehensively listed all of Dillon Danis’ scams.
- Has been trying to create awareness about the potential pitfalls of Tether for a while.
- Also actively pushing for public education by teaching his viewers how to research a coin and spot scams so that they wouldn’t put their money into it.
References
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/coffeezilla-crypto-detective-says-got-131500360.html
https://www.bsc.news/post/coffeezilla-youtube-unravels-fud-surrounding-safemoon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4lnh
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AfmBdKoqq1o
https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1611591094034386944
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/logan-paul-reveals-1-3m-refund-program-for-cryptozoo-investors-amid-coffeezilla-drama-2032603/
https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1621581040539033603?t=Vy7hWZYrxK4mob8EeFMeHw&s=19
https://thesportsrush.com/nfl-news-joe-rogan-and-crypto-expert-coffeezilla-details-how-tom-brady-backing-the-ftx-stimulated-people-into-investing-their-money/
