I think they had maintenance on the 23rd, and they updated their nodes. The currencies that can't be withdrawn at this time are BTC, ETH, USDT, LTC, USDC, and SHIB; you can try later in the next ten days; they gave a deadline of June 21st to withdraw so rest assured, I have seen a lot of videos of people who managed to withdraw their coins from the Hotbit platform smoothly on other platforms and wallets, what I see is that the Hotbit platform is not a scam exchange platform, but it stopped its services due to the many harsh conditions that it witnessed, you can also submit a request with your situation to their support via this [Link], and I hope that you will provide us with a screenshot of their responses to you so that we know how things will go.

Thanks go to @lovesmayfamilis for mentioning your wonderful topic. You have made a great effort. I hope you will continue this way and not stop updating it continuously. What is interesting about your topic is that many fake links to GitHub contain Malware and Trojans, whether they are in programs, tools, extensions, etc., The matter is dangerous, as they publish these links in Bitcointalk to target and hack members here by creating ANN topics for them, and we must all cooperate in exposing them and reporting their topics and their phishing links, as the OP did towards Kraker wallet, which contains trojans and malicious codes. Thank you all, and I hope the community is safe.

I am not surprised that this new and unknown exchange platform, "BetterCallRaul," has turned into a scam, Even the domain name does not refer to a brand or something like that, but rather to a person, and it is not known who he is. I felt uncomfortable with this exchange, which I saw for the first time being promoted in a signature campaign; Sad for the people who trusted this scam exchange and used it even though many well-established alternatives in the market are popular and safe. Fortunately, @Rose777 will pay out of his pocket to the participants in the sig campaign for the two weeks they worked to promote this nonsense, this is something to be thanked for being also one of the workers in promoting it, and it is also possible that he also did not get paid for being a bounty manager for the signature campaign, There is no conclusive proof, as @hugeblack mentioned, that the platform is Seized. This is a trick that the scammers use to remove the charges from them.

مرحباً اخوتي الأعزاء،

منصة Hotbit والتي تضم ما يقارب من خمسة ملايين مستخدم، واستمرت فالعمل لمدة خمسة سنوات وأربعة أشهر، تعلن عن إيقاف جميع خدماتها وعملياتها إعتباراً من اليوم 22 مايو بالتوقيت العالمي المنسق 4:00, ودعت مستخدمين المنصة من سحب أصولهم وعملاتهم منها قبل 21 يونيو بالتنسيق العالمي 4:00, وسبب الايقاف يعود إلي عدة أسباب منها تدهور ظروف التشغيل والإنهيارات المتتالية للمؤساسات الكبيرة فالسوق، عانت المنصة أيضاً من الهجمات الإلكترونية المتكررة واستغلال عيوب وثغرات المنصة من قبل المتسللين مما كبدها الكثير من الخسائر.

لأي استفسار يتعلق بالمنصة تواصل من خلال https://hotbit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

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[1] https://twitter.com/Hotbit_news/status/1660496999458963458

[2] https://hotbit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/14750194236823

Your instinct was right. PDF files can contain malicious codes and become a Trojan, and by downloading and running these PDF files on your devices, the malicious code they injected into them will run, and they will be able to hack your devices easily. And if we assume that these PDF files are not injected with malicious code, they can contain links to scam phishing sites by clicking on them or placing your credit card or any critical data; then they will undoubtedly steal you. As for me, I receive many of these phishing messages constantly. It contains PDF files and many temptations, but I ignore them as if I have never seen them. Also, not only PDF files in the mail are dangerous, but any free PDF files available for download on the Internet can contain a Trojan, so what I see is a safe solution for me I open these files are on cloud reading platforms such as Google Drive, and I do not open them on my main devices.

Well, the sender email of the scammer is @Gmail It proves that this is a bogus message and this is the deposit address of his wallet; anyone can create an email similar to the official forum mail: noreply@bitcointalk.org with different styles, letters, and domains, so the emails should not be trusted by any person blindly without doing his research, in addition to the donation price to obtain a unique title for the Donator and the VIP are 10-50 BTC. Is there a beginner or mentally disturbed person who can donate this large amount through a message received in the inbox of his email that is full of spam and fraudulent messages? Frankly, I doubt it because of the increased awareness of people and even that these methods are outdated, but in any case, thank you for this topic.

If we look at the accounts that have made positive feedback, we will find their rank Newbie and Brand New, which are new accounts that do not contain posts, except for one post on the topic of this scammer. This indicates a large percentage that he used his alt accounts to publish false reviews and feedback to deceive potential buyers. I feel sorry for your loss, but again, you do not conduct any transactions on Telegram. It is possible through the messages of this forum and through an escrow service carried out by trusted people to guarantee your rights completely.

I heard about this casino called BETFLIP.io years ago, and there are many accusations of scam other than this, and in other forums and sites, this is a scam and notorious casino, and the strange thing is that it has not been shut down yet, and it is still alive, I do not have 1% certainty that the @OP can withdraw the funds that he deposited on BETFLIP.io since I have seen many similar cases in which the victims lost their deposits in the end, we cannot remain silent on this matter until they continue their crime and fraud in stealing more players. We have to report them to the NameCheap registrar so that their domain is restricted.

This case has been ongoing for two years and has not been resolved. Where have you been, man, all this time? I do not see that the @vastlikes user can look into this issue because his last activity was from November 18, 2021, until now. You can complete sending the necessary details to the Live support on the platform or via their official email, and I hope you will try to remember the email of your account through which you made orders, as this will help them greatly. Vastlikes.com platform I have not tried their services before, and I do not know if they have credibility or not. After two years, I hope they will remember that you are still alive and try to send the number of followers of the order you bought or return your funds to you.

شكراً لك على هذا الموضوع الهام أخى,

حقاً تحديث غريب قام به فريق محفظة ليدجر وهو على ما اعتقد فى محفظة Ledger Nano X وإصداره 2.2.1 ففريق المحفظة بهذا التحديث زادوا مخاوف الأشخاص وخالفوا مفهوم المحافظ البادرة التى تحفظ خصوصية مستخدميها وتحفظ العبارات السرية والتى لا يتم إخراجها مطلقاً من المحفظة ولا يوجد اى صلاحية لأى اطراف خارجية مهما كانت بالوصول اليها, الامر الخطير يكمن فى تفعيل مستخدم محفظة ليدجر للبرنامج الثابت Firmware من خلال تواجد امكانية تفعيل النسخ الاحتياطى سواء قام المستخدم بتفعليه وإعطائه الصلاحية ام لا,

صراحة ما آراه ان محفظة ليدجر الآن غير مناسبة وآمنة وتحمى خصوصية المستخدمين كما عهدناها  بعد خاصية Ledger Recover والتى تجعل المستخدمون يعرضون مستنداتهم القانونية وعباراتهم السرية وأصولهم للخطر والكشف والسرقة, فالافضل البحث عن بدائل مفتوحة المصدر غيرها سواء كانت محافظ ساخنة أو باردة.

Of course, this is the scammers' method, they attached a valid and real email to Binance to remove your doubts, but if you look at the sender's mail and the download links, you will find that they are fake. They send this message to hundreds and thousands of Binance customers daily, so it is better to ignore their messages completely and not to download any application for a wallet or platform outside of Google Play or the Play Store and make sure that it is the official application, because in the case of downloading a fake application that contains Trojans or malicious viruses, You will expose your phone to hacking, and they will be able to steal all the phone data, your private keys, recovery phrases, and everything saved on the phone. The matter is very dangerous, and you must be careful and never trust inbox mail messages.

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What happened:: A scam Ponzi platform that I found by chance in the Bounties (Altcoins) board. It is promoted by a notorious Bounty manager. I found on the CashSkull platform that they offer a guarantee of a quick return on investment to investors and claim that they are the trailblazing and foremost global investment platform ((and their domain has been live for 66 days now)) and that they take advantage of the latest artificial intelligence techniques and investment strategies to achieve swift ROI and risk-free wealth accumulation for their customers. The funny thing is that the platform contains entirely skulls and ghosts as if you opened the gate to hell!!






Scammers Profile Link:

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Reference Link:

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Thank you, guys, for your reading, feedback, and kind words  

Yes, what you said is correct, thank you, and reduces the rate of loss. The new wallet that the person will create will contain the currency and fees to complete the transaction with, but if the fees are large or the currencies have a big value, their theft will also be inevitable.


Well, I will move the topic to the beginners and help board now, thank you for your kind suggestions, hoping that the topic will receive the interest of members and help as many of them as possible to keep their wallets safe and not fall victim to airdrop scams.

Hi guys,

In this matter, I would like to share some points that can make the airdrop hunters and newbies in the crypto arena as safe as possible. Everyone knows that scammers have increased in abundance until this year, and they are making every effort to unjustly steal innocent people's money. They can steal anyone's money with just one mistake he makes.

One common mistake some airdrop hunters make is their belief that disconnecting their wallet (MetaMask, Trust wallet.. etc.) from the airdrop site or platform makes it safer and cuts off scammers’ access to their wallet, and this is wrong. Interaction with smart contracts takes place through a signature from the wallet (Approval Transaction), and this signature is not canceled unless the person performs a Revocation Permission transaction.

To protect your wallet and revoke these Permissions, you must go to Revoke.cash - Through it, you can view the Permissions of smart contracts from all networks and all wallet signatures in one place, and you can revoke any contract or signature that you deem suspicious, and the site takes some fees for each transaction.

Or through:

BSC: https://bscscan.com/tokenapprovalchecker
Ethereum: https://etherscan.io/tokenapprovalchecker
Optimism: https://optimistic.etherscan.io/tokenapprovalchecker
Arbitrum: https://arbiscan.io/tokenapprovalchecker
Polygon: https://polygonscan.com/tokenapprovalchecker
Fantom: https://ftmscan.com/tokenapprovalchecker
Avax: https://snowtrace.io/tokenapprovalchecker

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Token Approval:




Well, this feature is on the Metamask wallet, and through it, you can put a specific number of the coins that you want to make the transaction with; I do not recommend that you put the entire amount of your coins in the (Custom Spending cap) you can lose some small fees each time if you want to increase the amount of the coins that you want to make the transaction with, but this protects you from losing all the amount of your coins.

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Use extensions and wallets that help you detect transactions and changes that will occur to your wallet:

[1] Rabby Wallet: For Ethereum and all EVM chains.  ((Official site))


[2] Joinfire extension: For Ethereum ((Official site))


[3] Pocket Universe extension: For Ethereum ((Official site))


[4] AegisWeb3 extension: Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, and more chains. ((Official site))

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To detect scam coins on other networks:

[1] https://gopluslabs.io/token-security [Note: this site can help you determine if a smart contract may be a scam, but there is no 100% guarantee. The contract check is only a user reference, not a basis for contract judgment]

[2] https://tokensniffer.com/ [Automated scam detection, auditing, and metrics - Support for 12 chains - Free to use]

[3] https://www.dextools.io/app/ [This is a great platform to see what is happening with a token quickly. After searching for the token contract address, you can sort the list of all the buys and sells happening for a token by clicking the "Type" category. If you don't see any sell orders, there is a chance you are looking at a honeypot]
^{For more information about Rugpulls and Honeypots, What they are, and how to avoid them. Check out the following link: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/n76wtr/rugpulls_and_honeypots_what_they_are_and_how_you/}

[4] https://poocoin.app/ [ you can through it View price charts and pool liquidity for any token in your wallet]

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Follow the following Twitter accounts, as they are among the best accounts that publish hacking reports continuously:

1- https://twitter.com/PeckShieldAlert
2- https://twitter.com/CertiKAlert
3- https://twitter.com/BlockSecTeam

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Sources:

1- https://support.metamask.io/hc/en-us/articles/6174898326683-What-is-a-token-approval-
2- https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/n76wtr/rugpulls_and_honeypots_what_they_are_and_how_you/
3- https://twitter.com/wacy_time1
4- https://help.1inch.io/en/articles/5363502-5-tools-to-identify-a-defi-scam-token

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**If you find this helpful topic, please do not forget to share your opinions and tips on more important points that protect the airdrop hunters, it will be appreciated, and I will include anything I find helpful to the topic.**

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ارتفعت رسوم البتكوين بشكل جنونى لا يصدق ولم يحدث خلال اعوام سابقة وتعود الأسباب المحتملة فى رئيي ألا وهى كثرة وزيادة المعاملات على شبكة البتكوين واستخدام ordinals لسك الصور الغير قابلة للاسترداد وانشاء عملات الميم كوينز على شبكة البتكوين مما أدى إلى ازدحام بلوكتشين البتكوين, وأرى انه سيكون التوقف عن إرسال البتكوين فى هذه الايام قرار سليم حتى تضح الامور وحتى نتفادى خسارة اموالنا فى الرسوم هذه المبالغ فها, والحل فى رئيي يكمن فى الاعتماد على شبكة البرق الخاصة بالبتكوين فهى شبكة جديدة ورسومها رخيصة وشبه فورية ومن المتوقع ان يتم اعتمادها من قبل الاشخاص والمنصات ومن قبل مدراء حملات التوقيع فى المنتدى خلال الأيام المقبلة, فعندما تكون Mempool للبتكوين مزدحمة وممتلئة فان شبكة البرق سوف تعمل بشكل جيد ولا تتأثر بهذا مطلقاً, وقد يكون هناك مشاكل بالشبكة نظراً لانها جديدة لكن اذا توفرت السيولة المناسبة فإنها ستعمل بشكل أسرع وعلى نطاق واسع ومن الجدير بالذكر ان هناك منصات رائدة فى سوق العملات الرقمية قد اعتمدت بالفعل شبكة البرق لذلك من المتوقع ان تنتظم الامور, لا داعى للقلق

لا أرى بطبيعة الحال أن Ordinals إيجابية لنظام البتكوين, والمعسكر الأول فى رئيي هم الأقرب لرؤية ساتوشى نكاموتو فى استخدام البتكوين كنظام نقد من نظير الى نظير, أما الفئة الثانية فهم يريدون قلب رؤية ساتوشي رأساً على عقب مما يجعلهم يشترون صور غير قابلة للإسترداد وأشياء سخيفة على بروتوكول BRC-20 ويقوموا باجراء الآلاف من المعاملات التى تلعب دور سلبى فى ازدحام الشبكة وفى تفاقم الرسوم على شبكة البتكوين وما يفعله المعسكر الثانى يصب فى مصلحة  المعدنين الذين لا شك يربحون الإيرادات الضخمة من النشاط الجديد على الشبكة. ايضاً  أعتقد انه يوجد أكثر من 400 الف معاملة معقلة وغير مؤكدة على شبكة البتكوين حتى الآن والجدير بالذكر أن بينانس اوقفت المعاملات بسبب الرسوم المبالغ فيها وازدحام الشبكة, أنه لأمر محزن حقاً, فكان من الافضل ان يكون سك الNFTs  والاشياء الاخرى على الاثيريروم والشبكات المخصصة والمصممة لذلك والابتعاد على نظام البتكوين الذى لم يكن لهذا الغرض, نتمنى ان تعود المياه لمجاريها وأن لا تصبح رسوم البتكوين التى نراها الآن مشكلة نعانى منها مستقبلياً مثل الاثيريروم.

مرحباً أصدقائى,
منصة أخرى افسلت بعد FTX ألا وهى منصة بيتركس الشهيرة [Bittrex]

التى يقع مقرها فى ولاية ديلاوير الأمريكية والتى أعلنت أفلاسها يوم الإثنين الماضى الموافق 8/9/2023

وجاء هذا بعد مرور 3 اسابيع من اتهام SEC للمنصة ولمديرها التنفيذى السابق بتداول اوراق مالية ليست مسجلة وانها انتهكت قواعد الأوراق المالية, ومن بعد عدة أشهر من إعلانها أنها ستنهى عملياتها بسبب عدم اليقين التنظيمى.

والجدير بالذكر ان الاصول على منصة بيتركس التى أفلست تراوحت بين خمسمائة مليون دولار ومليار دولار,

والخبر المفرح أن من كانت عملاته المشفرة على هذه المنصة فانه سيحصل عليها كاملة بوجب خطة التصفية ويمكنه سحبها على حد ذكر الرئيس المشارك للمنصة,

وكان لخبر الافلاس الخاصة بمنصة بيتركس تأثير سلبى على السوق حيث انخفضت اسعار العملات الرقمية بشكل ملحوظ.

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[1] https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/crypto-exchange-bittrex-inc-files-bankruptcy-after-sec-complaint-2023-05-08/