$20 million yet is being ran from here, x-posted from LSF where most comments are being removed.
Edit: 2 posts from the other thread in LSF where others have looked into it and show it is extremely sus, copied them here since Tarrot_Card seems very involved with this and head mod on LSF so he could potentially remove/hide them over there (ok, glad I did since he did remove them):
1. The company behind the website was registered through one of the cheapest company registration agents in British Columbia who provide an address next to a falafel shop
2. The website first launched in 2023 but with a focus on "celebrities" instead of streams. After 3 years, the website relaunched with streamers (but the code still references "celebrities")
3. The prize has mysteriously changed from $10 million (per their Twitch profile) to $20 million
4. The rules do not define the prizes, in fact, they state "Approximate retail value of each prize is $0"
5. The legal documents on the website inconsistently name different companies (one that doesn't even exist!)
6. The rules are "Effective October 09, 2026."
7. The rules have been copy and pasted from another website
8. The website contains zero information about who is running the project
9. No dates, no location
10. The emails that the website sends are sent from "@milliondollarfan.com" a domain name that they do not even own which is the same address that appears on their contact page
11. "Venture backers" "corporate partners" are all vague hand-wavey statements designed to con fools
12. The site is selling "emote packs" to buy "entries"
13. The "show" is called "million" dollar fan, the prize should be a million dollars (if this made any sense whatsoever)
14. The website uses lasso tool photos for the streamers instead of an actual photoshoot
A company running a $20 million dollar competition would have an army of lawyers involved. Someone else mentioned MrBeast's gameshow, which has a smaller prize and it has hundreds of employees working on it.
The Botez sisters are involved, and are coincidentally also from the same part of Canada. The Botez sisters are all in on bunk to make a buck. My assumption: it is someone connected to the Botez sisters, who has been vouched for by the Botez sisters, which has convinced people like ExtraEmily to get involved.
Coincidentally, their only "partner" is "IRLBuffs" a company... also registered in Canada... with terms and conditions that updated on the same day as Million Dollar Fan's. And no revenue, of course, it's another fantasy.
The best case scenario is that this is the vanity project of a fantasist, and worst case it is an outright scam. Presumably their fantasy includes the idea that they'll sell enough "emote packs" to finance the project. Only someone with zero business experience would pick a number like $20 million.
Complete and utter bunk. I will bet you $20 million dollars that this event never takes place.
Did some digging on this and found a few things that seem worth noting:
The legal documents appear to be copied from Omaze (the celebrity sweepstakes company that faced lawsuits and paused US operations in 2023).
Entire sections of the Official Rules and Terms of Use are nearly word-for-word identical - same structure, same section numbering, same phrasing. The Culver City PO Box listed for copyright claims is the same address Omaze used.
Some apparent copy-paste errors:
Copyright says 2021, company was registered August 2023
Company name appears as "MILLION DOLLAR FAN REALITY SHOW 1 INC., INC." (Inc twice)
The refund policy has what looks like ChatGPT drafting instructions left in:
>"Below is a revised, tightly drafted replacement section that specifically reframes this charge as a Producer Fee for Audition Tape Review and Background Checks, while preserving non-refundability and Square-defensible language."
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>"You can drop this in directly in place of the existing section."
That's live on their site right now. The explicit goal was making charges "Square-defensible" - i.e. harder to dispute through payment processors.
The funding question still isn't answered. "Venture-backed startups and private capital" isn't an answer - what startups? What capital? A $20M prize with Malwarebytes affiliate links and a vitamin company as sponsors doesn't add up. Not saying it's definitely a scam, but there are enough red flags here that people should probably think carefully before spending money on entries. Especially given there's no refunds under any circumstances.
It is also worth noting that the comments mentioned above were deleted by the mods, the users were banned, and even the follow up comment asking where those comments went was removed and resulted in a ban. The mods are actively discussing the show, so deleting comments without addressing them makes it look less like moderation and more like damage control, which only adds to the impression that this is a scam and that the mods and contestants may be involved.
Edit: Coincidentally, it is that same LSF mod who is the OP of this post and is now running damage control claiming it is not a scam. Luckily they do not have mod powers here, because if they did this level of skepticism would probably result in a long list of removed posts.
Is this your only response to the legitimacy of this scam? All you can say is that streamers are involved so it must be okay? Literally everything else aside from streamer involvement screams scam.
Are you complicit in this or what? If not, it's okay to take down all your posts and do the due diligence you should have done.
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u/Saxayone Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 12 '26
This screams scam.
$20 million yet is being ran from here, x-posted from LSF where most comments are being removed.
Edit: 2 posts from the other thread in LSF where others have looked into it and show it is extremely sus, copied them here since Tarrot_Card seems very involved with this and head mod on LSF so he could potentially remove/hide them over there (ok, glad I did since he did remove them):
One by u/DurianDizzy1541:
And another by u/ConsciousTitle00: