Take-Two Interactive has been plagued with scammers who register domain names, and then set up websites that falsely claim to offer beta codes to Grand Theft Auto V, which will release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC later this year.
The legal team at Take-Two has been busy the past few months, filing several complaints with the Word Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) over names like betagtav.com and gta5betacode.com. In the last few days, five more cases involving GTA V have popped up on the website over at WIPO bringing the total case count to 12.
The latest round of disputes involves the following names.
gtavbetacodes.com (WHOIS / Case)
gta5betacodes.com (WHOIS / Case)
gta5-beta.com (WHOIS / Case)
gta5freedownload.com (WHOIS / Case)
gta5download.org (WHOIS / Case)
While some of the domains don’t resolve to a website or are parked, others are full-fledged websites with the intent to deceive users.
Here’s a screenshot of gtavbetacodes.com, which tries to get unsuspecting users to download a file to their computer.
To date, Take-Two has won disputes over getgtavbeta.com, betagtav.com, gtavbeta.org and gtaavbeta.net.
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(Image of Grand Theft Auto V via RockstarGames.com)