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I can't stand the fact that Trustpilot and Cloudflare are not reacting to scam whistleblowers. Those companies are jokes. Is there any way to publicize the shameful behaviour of companies on the Internet? How to draw the attention of any law enforcement to investigate and chase scammers? Even the FBI and UK CyberCrime departments are not responding to my appeals. I'm all left alone.
Have you at least gotten a police report filed in your jurisdiction? if so, request a copy and send it to OKX so they know your case is in process and perhaps try to request for an extension as well. If you're from US or UK, maybe there's a way to file online too. If you can't get ahold of authorities after that, try calling or going over the counter because there is a good chance solely writing to them will get you inboxed for some time as it is safe to assume they are receiving a lot of complaints hence the mentioned suggestion will land you better chances. The sad reality is they have limited resources hence prioritize cases. If memory serves right, I remember reading an article about an FBI officer saying there are a lot that are too insignificant for them to look into. However I do think you have an edge since the perp is using custodial CEXs and the small number of addresses mentioned (perhaps the tip of an iceberg) have transacted with big amounts which I highly suggest emphasizing. I filled in a report for my local police a long time ago, a couple of days after I was scammed. OKX wrote me an email 5 days ago that they froze one scammer's account for 7 days. Will see what will happen next.
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I can't stand the fact that Trustpilot and Cloudflare are not reacting to scam whistleblowers. Those companies are jokes. Is there any way to publicize the shameful behaviour of companies on the Internet? How to draw the attention of any law enforcement to investigate and chase scammers? Even the FBI and UK CyberCrime departments are not responding to my appeals. I'm all left alone.
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Wow these scammers are fckin crazy ![Shocked](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/shocked.gif) They wrote me such email yesterday: Your refund period will end on August 15th, please log in to the company website (idmining) to refund as soon as possible, overdue we will regard you as giving up automatically. We will follow the request of the (Monetary Authority): transfer this money to a charity (International Red Cross).They gonna transfer money to charity ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Oh LOL, if you want to toy with them a little, ask what authority regulates such rule, or ask them to cite which articles of law in their country specified this. They are not replying to my emails ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) lol
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Wow these scammers are fckin crazy ![Shocked](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/shocked.gif) They wrote me such email yesterday: Your refund period will end on August 15th, please log in to the company website (idmining) to refund as soon as possible, overdue we will regard you as giving up automatically. We will follow the request of the (Monetary Authority): transfer this money to a charity (International Red Cross).They gonna transfer money to charity ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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I have some good news. I forgot to put another address in the money flow in the OKX appeal. I was tired when writing the appel. So 32BgauNVxn6A8byZtDjPTMLRkHYWGVbjun transferred money to bc1quhruqrghgcca950rvhtrg7cpd7u8k6svpzgzmrjy8xyukacl5lkq0r8l2d which I also found as an OKX related address. And this time OKX freezed that account for 7 days. I will contact my police department on Monday. I hope they will manage to send some official email regarding my scam. The appeal is only for 0.08 BTC but this is better than nothing. Maybe they freeze more money. Here is the response from the OKX, to which I'm grateful they would like to help me. Dear Valued User, We hope this email finds you well. We have conducted a thorough investigation into the wallet address bc1quhruqrghgcca950rvhtrg7cpd7u8k6svpzgzmrjy8xyukacl5lkq0r8l2d that you mentioned in your previous email. Our investigation has revealed that this address is associated with OKX's main wallet. However, we have also identified another OKX user address in the information you provided, and we have taken immediate action by freezing that account. Based on our findings, we recommend that you take prompt legal action by filing a report with the appropriate authorities. It is crucial to involve law enforcement in this matter. Kindly inform your legal representatives to contact us at enforcement@okx.com on your behalf. We kindly request that they reference the ticket number xxx when reaching out to us. Kindly ask your local law enforcement to email us on your behalf at enforcement@okx.com, as per our https://www.okx.com/support/hc/en-us/articles/360021858931-Law-Enforcement-Request-Guide. Please ask your local law enforcement to cite this ticket number xxx in their email to us.
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I got the response from OKX: Dear Sir/Madam, Greeting from OKX,
We deeply apologize for any inconvenience caused, and perhaps there might have been some misunderstanding regarding our previous email. What we intended to convey is that the scammer's wallet address does not belong to any OKX user. Consequently, we are unable to conduct a more in-depth investigation or take action regarding the scammer's address. As a result, we recommend that you reach out to your local law enforcement authorities for further steps regarding your case. Based on their guidance, they might have alternative methods to assist you. You may also refer to our https://www.okx.com/support/hc/en-us/articles/360021858931-Law-Enforcement-Request-Guide. We may also be able to provide certain documents and information to said local law enforcement authorities to assist with their investigation. We trust the above is helpful, and we look forward to receiving a request from your local law enforcement authorities. We hope that you will take the necessary steps to protect yourself from any future scams or fraudulent activities. If there is anything else we can do to assist you, please do not hesitate to let us know.-What I understand this time is the address 32BgauNVxn6A8byZtDjPTMLRkHYWGVbjun doesn't belong to OKX, which I don't believe is true. I asked explicitly if they think the scammer's address is indeed 32BgauNVxn6A8byZtDjPTMLRkHYWGVbjun. I haven't got the response yet. Where is the truth? My source was https://oxt.me/address/32BgauNVxn6A8byZtDjPTMLRkHYWGVbjun. However, I found in BreadCrumbs now that this might be a Binance address. I'm very confused. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcloud.screenpresso.com%2F3qILc%2F2023-08-04_21h41_44.png&t=665&c=-lrR1bWw7BHjeg)
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I don't think I understand what OKX's stance on this. Weren't on this table's pipeline, all they require you is to fill the victim's address, disregarding the source? And now they require an official warrant because the chain of transactions begin with a deposit from a binance address? Yes, this is what I understood from the email :/ I'm going to ask them so they say this explicitly.
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So, in other words, OKX is a dead end and they will not proceed to freeze the account due to insufficient materials? I am sorry to hear that. But for what it worth, OKX was a far fetched method, anyway, since [as previously said] there's a huge chance they can't recover your fund, only freezing their account, and the KYC will quite likely to be a fake one too. The problem is I made the first deposit from Binance and not from OKX. I understood if I had deposited from my OKX account and there was any OKX account involved along the money flow, then they would pick that up. They can pick it up still, but they need an official warrant from local law enforcement. My local law enforcement it's reacting slowly. I don't even know if they will start an investigation or not. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcloud.screenpresso.com%2FIw1mb%2F2023-08-03_15h02_06.png&t=665&c=KpnWMXOpCWgHwA)
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My apology for the [too] late response, OP, life gets the better of me. I was addressing to several other threads and when I am about to get to yours, I got distracted by matters that require my attention. If it worth, I was intending to reply to your post about since you were not depositing to TM1Z...wx9R and the address you send your fund to was not one of OKX addresses, then OKX will not be able to do anything, and that to pull a connection between TFZH..D6LP to TM1Z...wx9R might be very time consuming as anyone will need to check 50-something pages worth of transaction, and that if your friend has a tx hash, then it'll be better if he's the one submitting the complaint as he's the one directly affected, OKX most likely would want him to be the one raising the request of fund freezing. But... I figure OKX's reply to you topped all of my comment above. For this part, though, [...] I reported to OKX this BTC money flow from my Revolut account to OKX address, among others: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F08%2F02%2FG2Gc2.png&t=665&c=wA2FSCG7Rb3Fmw) I understand that you send them this after they give the conclusion of their investigation [" we have investigated ... to recover your fund"]? I'm happy to see you again ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) I appreciate your help. OKX responded to my appeal: In order to proceed with the next course of action more effectively, we kindly request you to provide the following information to help us gain a clearer understanding of the entire incident: 1. The victim's transaction hash value and a screenshot of the transaction's withdrawal record (not a block record screenshot). 2. The transaction address of the fraudster/hacker. 3. The amount of financial loss incurred by the victim. 4. A comprehensive description of the complete incident of fraud or hacking. 5. The complete block transaction record process from the initial fraudulent/hacked transaction to the Okx account address.I filled in all five points as required, including the filled-in money flow matrix: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F08%2F02%2FGaX8H.png&t=665&c=hrPedTcyOobViA) Unfortunately, they responded below the initiating account(my Binance account) was not OKX, so they could not help without a law order or warrant, even if the end address is OKX. It is sad because the police didn't even send me confirmation whether they will or will not investigate my case. I've been waiting since May for them to respond Dear Sir/Madam, We are sorry to hear that you have fallen victim to a scam and transferred your funds to an address that does not belong to OKX. We understand how distressing and frustrating this can be, and we want to assure you that we are here to help you in any way we can. We have investigated your account and found that the reported address does not belong to OKX. Therefore, we are unable to take any further action on that matter. However, we recommend that you immediately contact your local law enforcement and file a report of the incident. They can help investigate the matter and take any necessary actions to try to recover your funds. Also, kindly make a report to your local law enforcement authorities, and ask them to email us on your behalf at enforcement@okx.com, as per our https://www.okx.com/support/hc/en-us/articles/360021858931-Law-Enforcement-Request-Guide. We may also be able to provide certain documents and information to said local law enforcement authorities to assist with their investigation. We trust the above is helpful, and we look forward to receiving a request from your local law enforcement authorities. We hope that you will take the necessary steps to protect yourself from any future scams or fraudulent activities. If there is anything else we can do to assist you, please do not hesitate to let us know.
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That's it for OKX's help. If the money wasn't sent from OKX, they can't help. We have investigated your account and found that the reported address does not belong to OKX. Therefore, we are unable to take any further action on that matter. However, we recommend that you immediately contact your local law enforcement and file a report of the incident. They can help investigate the matter and take necessary actions to recover your funds.Police in my country is very clumsy. I can't call or email them and ask about the progress of the investigation. They must initiate every contact. I will go there and see if I can kiss the door handle. I reported to OKX this BTC money flow from my Revolut account to OKX address, among others: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F08%2F02%2FG2Gc2.png&t=665&c=wA2FSCG7Rb3Fmw)
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Transaction hashes below.
BTC d3d85b8babf8110f7cb2871b1fe9229fdcea5305109f146337f4b27705d5c93c
TRON USDT 23130b671457c2ea90e4dafacc848606190f50beff22c1ee8092eaf708f10e37
d9078905381192f00314fcde458b845b853d5cf197fad73d2fa73bc375b3f41b
7b7ac64b29dec8b4ac34fe6a4a6a42388d457220d879ef1e24802a1b163d2e0d
5a46a9c8b6b5a62abe801184a2e6c1a91131c49f34866637c13396c17ac20896
c4381a3612ffd24682cc85e86ec7148aa3dabf2441cfad98ef658aeb8859c656
63e4f3b9e3ddb799b596fd08724762f5141116a1a015289ab60478eda514bac1
6e82bb3910f9f79359377fcc417fbe16b09bdea0b917636d84009bd46c9806d6
e195b78c46a38a2f1223c95c6a9e1c8caa2013618073c0f01ecc08415f014e7e
I understand correctly that all of those tron hashes are from what you send to TFZHB2H7MuXXNruXvbvVKTSweaj2NxD6LP? Given on the opening post you said that you also send funds at a later time to TM1zzNDZD2DPASbKcgdVoTYhfmYgtfwx9R, can you perhaps provide the tx hash for the ones on wx9R? Given they're the ones labelled as OKX's, maybe it'll give us a direct and shorter field to fill on the table I'm sorry I confused you. I was depositing USDT only to TFZH..D6LP. I thought I used TM1zz..wx9R too, but I didn't. I wanted to write that scammers changed the IDM deposit address to TM1zz..wx9R later on. I feel stupid, probably because of the loss of money stress ![Embarrassed](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif) However, my colleague said he used that address. I asked for his TX IDs. I don't know if this can help with my appeal to OKX. I'm trying to check if those two addresses are anyhow connected.
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They asked to fill in matrices with tokens flow to OKX. It is a little bit complicated to fill this in. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F07%2F27%2FQJZmg.jpeg&t=665&c=ghydn5chclSn6w) Was about to address this matter yesterday, but I got a bit swamped. As I previously said, address digging is not my forte, but if you can provide a transaction ID ["transaction hash"] on the table, I'll see what I can do, or perhaps others can help fill the fields for you. But to do that, we'll need one of the TX ID as that's the first step to begin the trace. Transaction hashes below. BTC d3d85b8babf8110f7cb2871b1fe9229fdcea5305109f146337f4b27705d5c93c TRON USDT 23130b671457c2ea90e4dafacc848606190f50beff22c1ee8092eaf708f10e37 d9078905381192f00314fcde458b845b853d5cf197fad73d2fa73bc375b3f41b 7b7ac64b29dec8b4ac34fe6a4a6a42388d457220d879ef1e24802a1b163d2e0d 5a46a9c8b6b5a62abe801184a2e6c1a91131c49f34866637c13396c17ac20896 c4381a3612ffd24682cc85e86ec7148aa3dabf2441cfad98ef658aeb8859c656 63e4f3b9e3ddb799b596fd08724762f5141116a1a015289ab60478eda514bac1 6e82bb3910f9f79359377fcc417fbe16b09bdea0b917636d84009bd46c9806d6 e195b78c46a38a2f1223c95c6a9e1c8caa2013618073c0f01ecc08415f014e7e
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I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise they have different exchange accounts on their hands. See how the BTC's were consolidated/sent to different exchanges: ....
With these addresses they just use these exchanges' address directly to their platform and the connections between these scam platform and these exchanges like OKX is getting lower. It would be better if you OP will directly report these to those exchanges, provide screenshots proving they are scammers like the screenshots of asking you another deposit just to withdraw your funds, screenshots of withdrawal page, the deposit address, your transactions using those exchanges. They might not give you a refund at least the exchanges block their accounts and funds there. I send an appeal to OKX. I attached statements of the transactions and screenshots. They asked to fill in matrices with tokens flow to OKX. It is a little bit complicated to fill this in. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F07%2F27%2FQJZmg.jpeg&t=665&c=ghydn5chclSn6w)
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I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise they have different exchange accounts on their hands. See how the BTC's were consolidated/sent to different exchanges: ....
With these addresses they just use these exchanges' address directly to their platform and the connections between these scam platform and these exchanges like OKX is getting lower. It would be better if you OP will directly report these to those exchanges, provide screenshots proving they are scammers like the screenshots of asking you another deposit just to withdraw your funds, screenshots of withdrawal page, the deposit address, your transactions using those exchanges. They might not give you a refund at least the exchanges block their accounts and funds there. I send an appeal to OKX. I attached statements of the transactions and screenshots.
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It might be nice and helpful for others if you can add those new addresses to the opening post where it will have a bigger chance of get read by anyone stumbled upon this thread looking about idmining compared to if it's being slipped into the second page of the thread.
I edited my first post and added new addresses.
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To level with you, address digging is not exactly my forte, so I can't be a help for this matter, but I think even if an excellent address tracker helped you get to the bottom of the wallet transfer chain, there's a huge chance we still can't pinpoint it to one entity. The pseudo-anonymity of crypto could be a double-edged sword for cases like this, especially for cases like yours where there's no further info we could use as a starting point.
I found on their page new addresses allowed for depositing crypto: 1. TJjzBnVLJjbJRic9JhSqRLYWHcyyMjKjrh USDT-TRC20 2. 0xea5796bcf3f2ff15be2369af8c6278df9680d6f8 USDT-ERC20 3. MDT7CkwTXucXS1VReQumCo9GgGQKfnyNKa LTC-Litecoin 4. 0xea5796bcf3f2ff15be2369af8c6278df9680d6f8 ETH-TRC20 5. 3Lhy4FoCDuExGosmxyrTUpH4zvv4aP1Az1 - BTC
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That company is not theirs, "Bitcoin Mining Company, Ltd." registered under "#12145667" has their own website with a clear statement that it's their one and only website, as well as a clear difference of office address, Thank you for helping me. OKX hasn't responded yet. Do you think there is no other way to track the scammers?
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I flooded Reddit with scam alerts. I filed reports to the FBI, UK Fraud Police, my local police, almost every antivirus scam form and, of course, to the hosting provider Cloudflare, scammers email provider. I got from them reports receiving confirmation by email. The worst is Cloudflare, they are doing nothing, so I filled a report also to ICANN. Two months have passed now and nothing happened. Maybe one thing is positive, their email provider took down scammers' mailboxes. Now they are sending emails from a private Gmail ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) I didn't check their website up to few hours ago so I can't be sure if it's there before or they just recently put it there, but I think they're trying to counteract those wave of scam alert by placing a banner saying their withdrawal issue has been restored. [ archived website]. As for the UK fraud police and no response from them, I think that's because idmining is not from UK. So it's not on their jurisdiction. I can't find their company license or their legal name on their website to prove their registration on UK's database --and most certainly I've checked under "idmining" and it returned zero-- but I am somewhat sure they are not headquartered in St. Vincent, UK, because that office building image itself is taken from the net. Yes, I agree they are counteracting. However, the withdrawal functionality doesn't work. When asked why, it's because I need to pay taxes first. Also, they are sending emails with the withdrawal issue restoration from the private Gmail mailbox idmining6@gmail.com: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F07%2F19%2FZpivc.png&t=665&c=iHnzIcpahVHcqQ) Regarding the company registration. When asked them in the chat, they said this is their company: UK’s government website. I think they appropriated this company name and have nothing in common with that company. Regarding the building in Glasgow - my friend lives in the UK and went to check their office. He found nothing interesting there. It's a fake office location. Was the office picture taken from internet? It seems so, here is their "headquarters" in Gmaps: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F07%2F19%2FZpePf.jpeg&t=665&c=JcZEbNGXnM8JsQ) I managed to trace one IP address from the email headers when sending them emails: ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F07%2F19%2FZpD4G.png&t=665&c=HSEChXhJhtdOzQ) ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F07%2F19%2FZpOxD.png&t=665&c=tPfH21YLUzGkzw)
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It is a crazy world where this site is still active and scammers are stealing money from new people.
Why are so surprised? Did you file a complaint against the website operators for fraud with your local police or cybercrime? Did you contact their hosting provider or domain name registrar and tell them how you've got scammed by that website? Until a few do so nobody will take action since the one who can do something can't act on their won or don't know about it at all! I flooded Reddit with scam alerts. I filed reports to the FBI, UK Fraud Police, my local police, almost every antivirus scam form and, of course, to the hosting provider Cloudflare, scammers email provider. I got from them reports receiving confirmation by email. The worst is Cloudflare, they are doing nothing, so I filled a report also to ICANN. Two months have passed now and nothing happened. Maybe one thing is positive, their email provider took down scammers' mailboxes. Now they are sending emails from a private Gmail ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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