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What happened: Fake Exchang. 
Website:

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Scammers promote these websites via telegram. First they will ask you for help. He will say his fund is stuck on an exchange. If you able to withdraw, I will give you some money. When you try to withdraw, you will see a exchange asking a deposit for verification ! They arranged everything in such a way as to convince Newbie.

This looks like scam exchange that is copy of legit cex exchange.
Good find OP

Yes. Scammers are creating such websites almost every day. The website looks the same, only changing the domain name every time.  Scammers have been scamming using a trusted Exchange name like this. Which creates confusion between Newbie's.

No real time trading page on their website. If it were a real exchange, they would have trading options. Many people may fall into the trap because of greed. Please, newbies must verify about them before giving any money to anybody.

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Creating a fake exchange is a method used by scammers to trick others mostly newbies. Greed is the usual reason why people fall into their traps because they ignore the possible damages of their choices. Newbies must be aware that fake exchanges exist and it was being used to take some money from them. Do not allow your selfish desire put you on a complicated situation. Being greedy will always end up losing something and even your entire funds. Make sure to check the background of the exchange that you will use to avoid encountering scam exchanges.

Shouldn't this be on Scam Accusations (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0)? This must be moved on to that board as the matter contains pure scam accusations and not of an aid or help for beginners.

But still, people and even everyone must learn not to trust at all, even in any other platform. As long as it would involve investments with only online transaction and communication, it is of a hundred percent assurance it is a scam. Yet, we cannot simply change the fact that there would still be scammed. But reporting is somehow the best thing we can do.

Nice catch OP. Maybe it would be a good idea to move this thread to the Scam Accusations section. If you want to keep the thread in the Beginners & Help section, you could maybe edit the title a bit, so every newbie knows whats going on at the first glance, e.g:


Title: [SCAM Alert] Bitani.org exchange - Scammers promote fake exchange on Telegram

It really looks like a scam, unknown exchange without an announcement, this thread should be moved in the scam section and not here in the service section, exchange is a multi million dollar business, many more will come.many will list low rate coins and scam people.

Omg, thanks OP,
This guy disguised as Murphy and then with a second account called "F R O M T H E I N S I D E" on Telegram kept telling me every day that if i had 200 euros for a fake blocked account on bitani he made for me, he said i could keep all the money if i help him, then he insisted on the fact he had a little sick child, and on the fact i had to unlock that account buy adding 0.2 bitcoins, but i didn't let him win and i kept telling him i didn't have any money... I'll never ever belive such a thing in my hole life❤️

This is a common scam scheme in telegram or even here in bitcointalk, good thing you didn't click the bait. Just don't forget to use google for any website offered to you especially if money matters.

Is there a list of existing ones we already know about?
If there's no one I'd love make it by myself honestly

Yeah very familiar website, just recycle from previous scam exchanges that has been busted and exposed by scam hunters.

For sure, someone will message you in telegram/discord about this exchange with a promo code, and then you go created an account and magically see money, however, before you withdraw you need to deposit. Those are the rehearse scam methods by this kind of websites.

good idea i think i need to make a list for this there is always a persons always sending message in telegram about those scam exchange and even scam gambling sites that they said they will help you to win.
But you need to deposit xxx amount before they can help you to win.

You can try but I personally suggest you to educate how scammers operate. In short, tell them about their tricks and not the website/tools that they use, as it could change quickly.

Even if you don't know the URL of a scam exchange, by a quick glance, you should know that it is a scam exchange due to various reasons. That would save time, and at the same time increase people awareness.

We have one maintained by  sujonali1819 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=961008).

All of this is a clone of sites like


CEX look-alike, and it will show you "START TO EARN ON CRYPTUAL". Probably the clone script is being sold in dark-web.

Now this scammers moved to PIXP.ORG .... all the same