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TIFU By starting an NFT website

So I've had this idea for a long time of making NFTs that I could sell and that would enable the buyer to select a toy from a list that would then be donated to pediatric hospitals around the US and I finally made my first piece of artwork and was preparing to launch on the Solana Network. So after about a month of learning how to "code" and putting together a temporary website to test my server out to mint and attempt to grow a fan base, I was able to save enough money up to rent a VPS and buy a domain for the year. Things were coming together pretty smoothly and I was pretty proud of what I was able to accomplish all by myself with minimal programming/HTML knowledge and a lot of YouTube.

Shortly after setting up my "Coming Soon" website with a Facebook, Instagram and Twitter link, I started getting a bunch of messages and comments on my first posts telling me that I'm a scammer and that I stole their money. I was kind of confused because I just launched my site, but I was mostly surprised because my MailChimp subscription signups were blowing up only about an hour after launching my site's homepage.

Turns out, there was a site called shiba game that stole a bunch of peoples crypto in an exit scam and their domain home page is now showing my coming soon site and redirects to my webpage. So now I'm being flooded with angry messages and public comments all over my social media pages from people claiming I'm a scam company and that I owe them money.

I can't figure out how the hell to stop the other domain from showing my website without destroying all the progress I've made on my website and buying a new virtual server. And of course the scam site that is forwarding to mine had to be a crypto related site as well, making it look even sketchier.

I understand how it looks, I would make the same assumptions too and would probably be making the same assumptions. Just one in a million shit luck and I don't know how to fix it, especially considering I registered my baby company as an LLC under the name that's already been tarnished in 3 days of posting a simple "Coming Soon" webpage.

So now I have an angry mob that thinks I ripped them off demanding repayment, a tarnished company name/reputation and this is literally within 3 days of just launching a "Coming Soon" placeholder website to run some tests. Feeling a little defeated after putting in so much effort and time and wanted to share my fuckup. So be careful if you ever start a website, there may be an angry mob waiting to light their torches and head your way.

TL;DR: Made my first website and a scam website that disappeared last month and stole a bunch of people's money is redirecting to my brand new NFT website leading an angry mob that was scammed to flood my social media accounts with demands for repayment and accusations of my NFTs being a scam.

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