YouTubers being targeted by fake Nintendo lawyer

According to The Verge's investigation, a person claiming to be from Nintendo's legal department was the target of many DMCA notices sent to YouTube content producers. In the end, the person was unrelated to Nintendo, and the Japanese corporation even confirmed that it would look into the subject more. 

Domtendo, a Let's Play creator and the main YouTuber of the fraud was one of several channels that the malicious actor targeted. The individual has questioned YouTube's regulations while posing as Tatsumi Masaaki, a real person with some connection to Nintendo. After releasing videos of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom in September, Domtendo was notified by the DMCA, according to the inquiry.

Tatsumi Masaaki from the legal department of Nintendo of America requested that notice. Although it appeared to be authentic, the inventor reacted negatively because one of the emails was received from a personal address. Domtendo kept receiving emails from the bad actor threatening legal action, including a lawsuit. In one of these emails, the phoney attorney was able to mention Doug Bowser, the president of Nintendo of America.

Email address spoofed through an Internet program

Nintendo eventually informed the author that the lawyer was a scammer and had no connection to the corporation, prompting the developer to contact Nintendo directly. All of the claims were eventually "retracted" by the scammer, who also claimed that Nintendo had "suspended" him from bringing any more copyright claims. The saga also appears to have ended when the developer realized that the email address was being spoofed through an Internet program.

The Verge was informed by YouTube that it had received bogus claims, but the business did not provide further details on why or how it was prepared to accept the claims from a phony email address. As for Domtendo, the creator feels that in order to safeguard people, things need to "change now". And that dishonest lawyer? The Verge, however, maintained their persona when they were contacted, claiming to be "an authorized agent" of Nintendo.