{"id":50220,"date":"2025-07-18T14:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=50220"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:01:38","slug":"level-5-warns-against-fake-yo-kai-watch-webpage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/level-5-warns-against-fake-yo-kai-watch-webpage\/","title":{"rendered":"Level-5 warns against fake Yo-kai Watch webpage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Yo-kai Watch <\/strong>studio Level-5 has recently warned fans of a suspicious website using a similar domain name to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youkai-watch.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yo-kai Watch webpage<\/a>. The fake mail-order site, titled \u201cyoukaiwatch.com,\u201d features several copyrighted Yo-kai Watch images, including the franchise logo and series characters. These stolen images, combined with the similar domain name and the lack of company or contact information, led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.level5.co.jp\/news\/20250717\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Level-5 to believe<\/a> that the fake mail-order site was created to intentionally deceive people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u3054\u6ce8\u610f\u3011<br> <br>\u73fe\u5728\u3001\u300c\u5996\u602a\u30a6\u30a9\u30c3\u30c1\u300d\u306b\u4f3c\u305f\u30c9\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3\u540d\u3092\u4f7f\u7528\u3057\u305f\u507d\u901a\u8ca9\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u304c\u78ba\u8a8d\u3055\u308c\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u3053\u3061\u3089\u306f\u3001\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u30d5\u30a1\u30a4\u30d6\u304c\u904b\u55b6\u30fb\u76e3\u4fee\u30fb\u8a31\u8afe\u3057\u305f\u3082\u306e\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001\u300c\u5996\u602a\u30a6\u30a9\u30c3\u30c1\u300d\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u3068\u306f\u4e00\u5207\u95a2\u4fc2\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u306e\u3067\u3001\u3054\u5229\u7528\u306b\u306a\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3088\u3046\u3054\u6ce8\u610f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jpcwvfYrcr\">https:\/\/t.co\/jpcwvfYrcr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UW0eRSjUK9\">pic.twitter.com\/UW0eRSjUK9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u300c\u5996\u602a\u30a6\u30a9\u30c3\u30c1\u300d\u516c\u5f0f (@game_yokai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/game_yokai\/status\/1945794980397846895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Post translation: We have identified a fake e-commerce site using a domain name similar to &#8220;Yo-kai Watch.\u201d This website is not operated, supervised, or authorized by Level-5 Inc, and is completely unrelated to the &#8220;Yo-kai Watch&#8221; series, so please refrain from using it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Level-5 warns that visitors of the fake site may be subject to fraud, and could have their personal and credit card information stolen. Should you accidentally place an order on the site, Level-5 asks that you contact your credit card company immediately and call the authorities if necessary. The studio is currently investigating the issue and will take strict measures against fraudulent activities that seek to misuse its properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/game-development\/level-5-ceo-explains-why-delays-happen-so-much-and-why-just-announcing-things-later-isnt-always-a-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Level-5 CEO explains why delays happen so much and why \u201cjust announcing things later\u201d isn\u2019t always a solution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/level-5s-ceo-hopes-to-make-erotic-and-violent-games-someday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Level-5\u2019s CEO hopes to make erotic and violent games someday<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspicious Yo-kai Watch e-commerce website appears online, prompting Level-5 to warn their fans of potential fraud risk. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":50221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-50220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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