Google Coin / Fake Gemini AI Chatbot Presale Operation
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anchored·3LA4HD…jGDVSummary
A fraudulent cryptocurrency presale operation, discovered by Malwarebytes on February 18, 2026, that deployed a custom AI chatbot impersonating Google's Gemini assistant to sell a non-existent token called 'Google Coin.' The site mimicked Google's visual identity, displayed fabricated endorsements from OpenAI, Binance, Coinbase, Squarespace, and SpaceX, and promised investors 7x returns through irreversible cryptocurrency payments. Google (Alphabet Inc.) has never issued a cryptocurrency; this operation was entirely fabricated and constitutes an AI-automated impersonation fraud with no legitimate entity behind it.
Connected Entities
8 entities · 60 linked investigations- 98388x…u8jt→mentioned with→Google Coin / Fake Gemini AI Chatbot Presale Operation(50%)
- 98388x…u8jt→mentioned with→Google Coin / Fake Gemini AI Chatbot Presale Scam(50%)
- Ethereum→mentioned with→Coinbase(60%)
- Ethereum→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
- Google Coin / Fake Gemini AI Chatbot Presale Scam→mentioned with→Binance(65%)
- Google Coin / Fake Gemini AI Chatbot Presale Scam→mentioned with→Bitcoin(70%)
- Binance→mentioned with→Ethereum(65%)
- Google Coin / Fake Gemini AI Chatbot Presale Scam→mentioned with→Solana(70%)
- Google Coin / Fake Gemini AI Chatbot Presale Scam→mentioned with→Coinbase(65%)
- Google Coin / Fake Gemini AI Chatbot Presale Scam→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
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Timeline(3 events)
14 January 2026
Chainalysis published its 2026 Crypto Crime Report documenting 1,400% year-over-year growth in impersonation scams and $17 billion in total crypto scam losses for 2025, providing the broader industry context into which the Google Coin operation fits.
CoinDesk / Chainalysis18 February 2026
Malwarebytes researchers discovered and documented the live Google Coin presale site operating a fake Gemini AI chatbot. The site itself claimed this date as its token listing deadline, manufacturing urgency. Six cryptocurrency wallet addresses (Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, and others) were identified as payment destinations.
Malwarebytes19 February 2026
Fox News, TechRepublic, Dark Reading, Consumer Affairs, and Security Boulevard published coverage of the Malwarebytes discovery, amplifying the consumer warning. The story received broad mainstream and security-industry coverage.
Fox News / TechRepublic / Dark ReadingDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 decisions). 13 of 13 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 6/2/2026, 11:06:39 PM
last updated: 6/2/2026, 11:06:39 PM
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