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1  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Has anyone ever heard of CP+ (CP Plus)? Is it a scam? on: November 15, 2020, 10:28:52 PM
I was contacted on the 9th of October by a girl met on some dating app site. Her name is Menjie but her FB is completely different (I figured out later). After a bit of small talk she introduced me to this "hobby" of hers consisting in trading on the CP+ platform. According to her, her uncle has a team of 20 analysts into this project and she sent several screenshots during this time showing how much money she is making.
The URL I was sent to download this app is https://yuxin20.com/myux

I dismissed it as a scam right away but after quite a while she seemed very legit. I gave in and invested less than $500. Most evenings, she would send me this "plans" her uncle made to make profit. And we did. I deposited, purchased and withdrawn. The bonus scheme was slightly different but basically the same: 3000 - 388USDT; 10000 - 688USDT; and so on.

Up to slightly less than 5k it went well. I made some money out of it. With the winnings I reached 9670 usdt more or less.

Then it started getting a bit funny: At this point the CP+ customer service pressed on making me recharge up to 10k, to get the bonus, as there supposedly was ONLY ONE PLACE LEFT fo this "activity" as they call them. I refused, they added 688 usdt to my account anyway (calling it a misunderstanding) and told me that I had 7 days to top up or the account would be frozen. I recharged (fool), thinking I'd do one last bid and finally withdraw for the last time before it gets even uglier (remarkably fool). The next night, finally the plan comes from Manjie... but I need 20k to participate. These bids get higher and higher. At the beginning I had

I thought: "Worst case scenario, I'll just bid some money blindly and withdraw the rest... but no! After you pass the 10k limit, you must purchase all your funds worth of data in one session in order to withdraw. Bear in mind that this stuff is told to you bit by bit. Rules keep changing depending on your membership etc.

Long story short: my money is stuck in that app, Menjie is behaving like she's offended and angry because I said that this starts smelling like a scam (no Manjie, no plans, no withdrawals), the customer service keeps playing dumb when I ask for Terms and Conditions, they're not registered anywhere and I'm an idiot.

I'll let you know if I manage to get out of it with some or nothing.

Can you turn your PM on for newbies?  I have some questions for you.
2  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: SCAM ALERT: coinspaceex.com on: November 09, 2020, 01:13:59 PM
Story:
A couple weeks ago, I matched with a guy on Tinder. After chit chatting for 3 days, he told me he can teach me how to earn easy money by doing cryptocurrency trading. I didn't think much and agreed.  Embarrassed

First he told me to download Binance from the app store, which I know is a safe platform.
I bought 300 usdt first to try it out. Then he sent me a link to download another app called CS EX where he does the trading. He told me to withdraw usdt from Binance and deposit to CS EX, because it's "more secure" he said.

I looked up coinspace, there were quite a few websites named coinspace. I didn't look carefully and assumed it was legit..

But when I clicked his link to download the app (not from the app store), it asked me to give permission to install configuration profile on iphone. I later read online that this could be a malware tracking my phone activities  Cry

On the first day of trading, I earned around 100 usdt. He gave me instructions on when and what to buy/sell. He even taught me how to withdraw it (CS EX -> Binance -> P2P). The withdrawal was successful. This led me to believe the app was real.

The next day he told me to buy 20,000 usdt. He said the market is doing really well, I shouldn't miss the chance.
Thankfully my bank has online purchase daily limit. But stupid me still deposit the 2000 usdt I had available.

We traded for another 5 days and I earned around 800 usdt. When I tried to withdraw it, a message pop up saying I must trade 1000 usdt more in order to withdraw. He explained this is how the app prevent people from money laundering. Again, he instructed me to trade the 1000 usdt, and finally I could withdraw the money. The 800 usdt withdrawal was successful.

The following days, he kept going on about how good the market is, insisting that I should call my bank to remove the daily limit so I can put in 20,000 usdt. That's when my suspicion kicked in. I searched online and found many cases on similar Tinder cypto scams.
Typically, the scammers would let the victims withdraw successfully a couple times to earn trust. By the time the victims have invested a lot more money in, the scammers would disappear.

I also looked into the CS EX website/app. Found out there was no result on google. The coinspace info I got were other websites with the same name.

When I told the guy I don't want to invest anymore, he stopped talking to me.  Undecided

I don't want to wrongly accuse anyone or business, but a stranger online that I've never met guaranteeing me a risk-free investment is obviously sketchy.
Has anyone heard of this website coinspaceex.com?

Scammers Profile Link:
Tinder/Whatsapp by the name Allen. I believe he used fake photos. He refused to video call.

Reference Link:
www(dot)coinspaceex(dot)com

Amount Scammed: None, but tried to scam me $20k USDT
Payment Method: USDT
Proof of Payment: Transfer from Binance to "CS EX" app.


PM/Screenshots: We chat in Chinese. I listened to his instructions. We would send each other screenshots of the trading results.

- The link he sent me to download CS EX
https://i.imgur.com/tQKGbD6.png

- The profile configuration to install app on iphone
https://i.imgur.com/fMoqslj.jpg

- The CS EX app icon & interface
https://i.imgur.com/EOTuosX.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pLN8tZg.png
https://i.imgur.com/lQCqXMi.png
https://i.imgur.com/zoHb4V7.png
https://i.imgur.com/BKdnZJ9.png
https://i.imgur.com/p2GfRtO.png

- Screenshots of him teaching me how to trade
https://i.imgur.com/2w8GlCb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IeH262y.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NMkxhDf.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MF0CWx1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xMfeL2b.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/h65QmhA.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/L4X8PnK.jpg

- When he told me to invest 20k and I said no
https://i.imgur.com/yzFynNl.jpg


So just to confirm you were able to withdraw the $2000 + the $800 USDT you earned?
3  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Has anyone ever heard of CP+ (CP Plus)? Is it a scam? on: November 05, 2020, 07:37:50 PM
Now I am agreed with this point. If they all have come through this way then it's really good. I did not try to search or think in this way for why I thought a band new account bump it again and again. So it also makes a little confusion. Thank you Rikafip for pointing out this.
No problem. That's why it is not a bad idea to report even those scams that are not yet here on bitcointalk as thread here might save someone who i doing a research before investing. Even if it's one person saved, it is worth the effort.


No not the same guy.  I have money there and they are telling me to pay taxes to withdraw. 

I don't know if this is the Chinese way of doing things or if it's just a scam. 
Do not pay them anything additional as you will loose that too. Sorry to say but you got scammed, I just hope you didn't invest much.

I invested quite a bit.  I am really sad but it's an expensive lesson to learn. 

Yes I'm not sure why there was some suspicion on the thread being bumped.  I wasn't able to find out about this site before so it was hard to research.  Hopefully this thread helps others out there not get scammed by this site.
4  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Has anyone ever heard of CP+ (CP Plus)? Is it a scam? on: November 05, 2020, 05:59:22 PM
No not the same guy.  I have money there and they are telling me to pay taxes to withdraw. 

I don't know if this is the Chinese way of doing things or if it's just a scam. 
5  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Has anyone ever heard of CP+ (CP Plus)? Is it a scam? on: November 05, 2020, 12:54:30 PM
Has anyone been able to successfully withdraw from the website?
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