Hello all,
I just thought that I'd share my scamming experience with you all.
What happened:: I was contacted via PM on Yobit.net by someone called Placebo77 telling me about an exclusive 5% Daily BTC investbox that was invite only and limited amounts available. His username is very similar to Placebo1977 who is a regular trader / chatter on there and quite respected from what I can tell. I have already used other Investboxes on there so thought that this was legitimate. He told me to contact @WardenYobit - Alexander Warden (
https://t.me/WardenYobit) on Telegram. He initially told me that 0.075 BTC was OK as a minimum but later said that there was a mistake and that it had to be 0.2 BTC. So I sent the extra 0.125. Then I needed to send a 0.1 BTC 'activation fee' to mount the 'smart contract'. Then they apparently changed the minimum investment to 0.5 BTC. At this point I had to start borrowing from my credit card (behind my wife's back as she said that this was too good to be true!). That took a few days to go through. Then I was told that my activation fee only lasted 3 days so I had to send another 0.1 BTC. All the while they were telling me that this money would be added to my BTC balance and doubled as an introductory bonus so I would get an IB of 1.5 BTC (including a 0.1 BTC 'sorry'). Finally I was told that as I was below 1 BTC I needed to keep another 0.5 BTC in my Yobit balance or it wouldn't work. But that 0.5 BTC had to be sent via a 'Yobit code'. So in total I have sent 1.2 BTC and have nothing but huge debts on my credit card and I am keeping this all from my wife or she will literally divorce me and we have a child on the way in February! I just wanted to look after her and my family with BTC profits but now I am ruined.
I was obviously a bit dubious from the start but the e-mails came from
mailer@yobit.net so looked official. Also, Alexander Warden sent me to his 'boss' @RobertReece when I was moaning. Maybe this is the same person as they were never online at the same time.
AlexanderWarden is threatening me as I type and saying that if I post this to expose the situation then I can say goodbye to all of my BTC. I'm guessing that I've lost it anyway so what have I got to lose?
Scammers Profile Link: Placebo77 on Yobit.net (there are no links to profiles on there from what I can tell)
@WardenYobit on Telegram (Alexander Warden)
@RobertReece on Telegram (Robert Reece)
Reference Link: N/A. I did a quick Google search for 5% BTC Investbox and found something that looked like it was on the official Yobit Twitter account so I believed it was real. Placebo77 also sent me a link to a 'screenshot' showing his 5% daily IB.
http://piccy.info/view3/12569628/a820b4f134a59aab01fb9b11b10a1fa4/Looks convincing!
Amount Scammed: 1.2 BTC
Payment Method: 0.7 direct BTC transfers and 0.5 BTC Yobit code transfer
Proof of Payment: 22nd Aug - 0.07489 BTC - ed004d39b5f190ccd7aea0cf0d140981555ee43b9e74d3bb494baba28bb783ab (initial deposit into 'Investbox')
3rd Sept - 0.125 BTC - d790b2d9d77d9b571078f5f616e6123ef0760938c25476d19700a47ce5c8687e (To take the investbox to the new minimum of 0.2 BTC)
4th Sept - 0.1 BTC - 8a1aa51c04d9a66f18a3cc0b4e12532003504787de01c199f11e84688e866000 (1st activation fee)
6th Sept - 0.3 BTC - 5452a92493e089fefb10e169636b8b76f9fd9031245fd00e4e68bdf98369ed01 (To take it from 0.2 BTC to 0.5 BTC minimum investment)
10th Sept - 0.5 BTC - ebbfe49fcc3083bc46758ee988747ca87f20fffd19ccdc7e241cb548d7569e69 (Yobit code from my Yobit BTC address to whoever! As per request to keep 0.5 BTC in my Yobit balance)
12th Sept - 0.1 BTC - bc9ce2d8d93dd33240c5eaf0de62ff2e99964b0caacbc8db63f2047772465897 (2nd activation fee)
PM/Chat Logs: 2 x very long Telegram conversations with @WardenYobit and @RobertReece
Additional Notes: Don't be as stupid as me! I will probably end up being divorced and lose my family over this. :-(
I know that people will say don't play with what you can't afford to lose and if I was reading the above I'd think "what a tw@t!". I've let myself and my family down. :-(
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