You can start looking in the crypto megathreads in r/beermoney. Make sure you do read the entire TOS about such things cause there is usually a catch which makes it not exactly free/bonus/or whatever misleading ad they try to go for.

Your info must have been leaked somewhere. You might get a clearer picture if you check with websites like haveibeenpwned.com and intelx.io. There's a fair chance you'll receive similar scam attempts in the future as well. Unless necesarry, try not to click any links from your emails. It's also a good time to familiarize yourself with phishing scams in case you haven't already. I'd also check if there are important accounts relying on SMS 2fa or anything that could log you in using the same number cause it must be revoke, see sim swapping incidents for instance.


To be more precise, hashnest has exit scammed... they've gone MIA for months without fully reimbursing their users. We have waited enough and so it's safe to arrive at that conclusion. Although I doubt they'll come back again, but if ever that happens, it's best to not touch any of their services anymore @OP. This has been said a lot before but the whole cloud mining business sits in the extremely high risk area.

Probably not a good idea for an average person to reveal they have that much bitcoin to the world. The BBC article shows her name and a picture of her and her daughter. It doesn't help that she seems to not be cautious enough considering she handed every info she got to a not-that-reputable service... glad that everything worked out though, hope she stays safe out there.

If that's your only source of income then you're bound to use coinbase for such activities. Even if we say you were able to hid your gambling tracks from them, I would say it would be highly likely for you to be marked AKA given extra attention the moment you declare your main source of income is gambling.

If you want to use a CEX with the lowest risk possible, better look for another option.

It is mandatory if that's what you're asking...


but gate.io has made it somewhat ambiguous so I can't say I don't see where you're coming from.

See how they have this pls kyc notice



and a full bar withdrawal limit on my unverified test account

If you have zero idea, you can base it from other exchanges you've used but I wouldn't worry about this too much. I doubt coinbase is expecting an accurate or near accurate answer.


I would probably try to not involve anything related to gambling in coinbase cause they seem to be strict about it.

I believe it's a long time problem in blockchain.com. From time to time there would be complaint threads about its interface. To make things worse, wallet developments are as slow as it can be, at this point I'm not expecting for a fix.

Few examples:

Can't SEND BTC FROM BLOCKCHAIN!!!!
Blockchain.info Send button not working
blockchain.com - options not available
Couple of Blockchain.info issues/questions

Move to a better wallet OP.

The only one who can help you on this is binance, you definitely should contact them.

Honestly, their support service has become lousy. I would recommend talking with 2-3 agents before calling it a day. Judging from your conversation with them, it doesn't look like the support agent knows whether the address verification was also a prerequisite...

No replies from them. It's either they didn't read or don't care. They seem dead honestly.

Sorry for not making it clear but you should start a thread in scam accusations board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0) using the recommended format (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260073.0). Posting in their ANN would be a lot less visible to ppl who helps with flags (Overview of the trust flags). Make sure to back your claims with evidences otherwise it's unlikely that ppl will believe your case.

Test deposit means you're perfectly fine losing the said amount in case things goes south. I understand that "small" and "huge" can be subjective in some cases but 1BTC is still not an amount that ppl can throw away like candies especially if they worked hard for it and were presented with valid red flags.

I'll just add to look specifically for those with blockchain analysis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain_analysis) experience, I don't see how it's gonna work if they're not well versed about it. Also pay attention on how deeply rooted are they with exchanges, kyc firms etc.. cause i think it gives you a hint on how much information they can easily access.


I'm not exactly sure but most likely gonna be settled legally.


Only if funds lands in a centralized platform e.g. binance, coinbase etc... Users don't actually control their funds in there so the recovery service can ask to freeze a certain someone's account if they have a valid suspicion.

IMO, as long as they are reputable in their field, advance fee works fine. If you think about it they have a valid reason to ask for it. Whatever outcome may be, work has to be done, time, effort and resources would be consumed which is what you'll be paying for.

Be careful out there, most recovery services (for stolen funds) I've seen were scams. DYOR before anything else.

ooo didn't know btcpop was still alive... Waiting for two weeks doesn't look good. I would prepare myself for the worst

Someone emailed the support asking for updates


I suggest doing the same thing. While getting a reply doesn't mean everything is going well, not getting a response from them would be without a doubt a red flag. Try to ask another least expected question as well to make sure it's not a case of automated reply.

If it's not an amount that greatly affects your day to day life, imo it's better to give up. Tracking where your money went could require a fee, and even if they managed to trace the thieves, you might need to settle matters legally which would require another fee.  Most importantly, despite any efforts, you are not guaranteed to get the result you want.

Just something to consider

Let's say I believe you.

For such a huge amount of money, it's weird that you went full speed ahead despite the red flags mentioned. Normally, people wouldn't be so laid back with such amounts e.g. "I may be wrong, time will tell", "If they also deceive me and steal my money, as binance did, then I will find a new platform again."

The more I hear, the more I become convinced...

This doesn't make sense. Recovering stolen funds is not magic. Thieves can make their tracks difficult to trace and it could involve legal matters as well therefore it's never a guaranteed thing. It's not about depositing money to some wallet and then your stolen funds will magically appear.  Where are they trying to make you deposit your coins? cause they most probably control this wallet. Having your name on it doesn't make any difference, what matters is who has the private keys. Never send them anything!!!

Did this girl perhaps tried to flirt with you? asking because romance scams have been rampant. In any case, it's easy to claim that you are this and you can do that so if they can't back their claims with sufficient evidence, it might as well be a lie.

Yes, I'm afraid their funds have been long bagged by xapo, see:


@Xronin, Coinbase seems to have removed some old dormant accounts as well but I see that you have more chances when it comes to recovery compared to xapo provided that you can back your claims.


[Meta] for further discussion, I recommend starting your own thread so it doesn't get confusing in case OP comes back.

Try your luck in https://www.reclaimcrypto.com/

They are partnered with some exchanges and can flag the address in their database. BUT keep your expectations low! we don't know how fast it's gonna take (they might not even inform you...), it could be outside their list of partnered exchange, some cases will surely get prioritized like those who lost huge amounts of money, and there's a fair chance your funds may have already been in the thief's personal non-custodial wallet or cashed out.

As I said before, that's a weak reasoning. Take a look at kucoin and binance for example. Although they are very similar, they are not the same company/exchange.

But I do I agree that there are/there won't be any problems for you because you are affiliated with the website which explains your unconditional love for it.

Hmmm... you can try to encourage fellow victims to report as well. The more people join, the more likely to be taken seriously but I would probably still keep my expectations low.

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