I was checking out Coinroom.com which was massively advertised by this user - coinroomcom sometime back but on opening a link, all i see is a  home page filled up with notices and documents.

If there is any member who speaks Polish, I would like them to help interpret and give an overview of what exactly is on the notices. If it's an exit scam then i could try to create a warning in the scam accusation board.

[What happened:]

What happened: bittab.biz is impersonating bittab.io and hosting a malicious file which is infected with virus claiming that it's a bittab widget

Scammers Profile Link: Not in the forum

Scammer's Website: https://bittab.biz
Archived: http://archive.md/2bCmi
Genuine Website: https://bittab.io

Malicious File:

Code:

https://bitbucket.org/bittab/bittab/downloads/BitTabSetup2.1b.4.exe.exe

Malware Analysis:

42 engines detected that the file has malware
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8f4c9bc0fc56bc67fb144245113617438a94e405c9aaadeb72600afac75a44c5/detection

For the first time when posting a topic, Am not sure which board i should post this. Please if this is the wrong board, kindly let me know and i will move it to the appropriate board.

Back to the point, today I stumbled upon https://btcinformation.org and couldn't help but notice the similarity of its contents to those of https://bitcoin.org

My questions are;
1. Who is the person behind this site?
2. Was it created with good intentions (should it be trusted like Bitcoin.org)?
3. Should we warn people, most especially newbies about the copycat website?

Another day, another form of bad news for some crypto traders. This is another one of those reminders that one should not keep their funds in an exchange.

It's said that the CEO's whereabouts are unknown from the time they made an announcement citing an abnormal increase in withdrawals from the exchange 5 days ago

Dear IDAX users:

Recently, the demand for IDAX withdrawals has increased dramatically. The channel that causes the withdrawal of the mainstream currency is in a congested state. IDAX is reviewing the user's withdrawal requirements, please wait patiently.

Source: https://idax.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036736211-Announcement-of-IDAX-withdrawal-channel-congestion

As of now, users can not deposit or withdraw as the "cold wallet" has been restricted according to an announcement they made today

Dear user,

Following the official announcement "Announcement of IDAX withdrawal channel congestion" on November 24, We announce Urgent notice about current situation of IDAX Global.

Since we have announced the announcement on November 24, IDAX Global CEO have gone missing with unknown cause and IDAX Global staffs were out of touch with IDAX Global CEO.

For this reason, access to Cold wallet which is stored almost all cryptocurrency balances on IDAX has been restricted so in effect, deposit/withdrawal service cannot be provided.

IDAX Global is doing its best to try to grasp variety of news and current situation exactly including rumor on internet community.

IDAX Global is drawing up an emergency plan about platform services including deposit/withdrawal service so it is recommended that you refrain from using our all platform services.

Source: https://idax.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037327571-Urgent-announcement-about-current-situation-of-IDAX-Global


Honestly I think there is more into this story than just "a locked down cold wallet" just because the CEO's whereabouts are unknown. It could even be a planned exit scam.

For the past last year, i have developed a habit of paying for some services such as online subscriptions and refills using Bitcoin. I am trying to practice what i preach to my folks here so that they could also fall in love with bitcoin.

So i wanted to ask if anybody knows any good anti virus program that accepts payments in bitcoin. I would appreciate if you shared some knowledge with me  

[What happened:]

What happened: blender.work is a new clone pretending to be Blender.io

Scammers Profile Link: Not in the forum

Website: https://blender.work
Archived: http://archive.md/XjdEr

Domain information:

blender.work                                                                              blender.io

 

Screenshot:



Additional Notes:
Trying to mix your bitcoins through this tumbler will ultimately lead to the loss of your coins.

The only Legit URLs for blender.io are :
Clearnet addresses:
1. https://blender.io
2. https://blender.to

Onion address: http://blenderiocpxfema.onion

[What happened:]

What happened:
1. Bitcobox.com is a copycat website using templates and contents of bitmix.biz
2. No matter what browser and IP address you use, the deposit address is always the same

Scammers Profile Link: Not in the forum

Website: https://bitcobox.com/
Archived: http://archive.md/PyOU9

Domain information:

Bitcobox.com                                                                                                             Bitmix.biz

                 

Screenshot:



Same Deposit :
Trying to mix your bitcoins in this website will ultimately lead to loss of your coins as it portrays signs of scam. When i tried to visit the website using different IP addresses, Web Browsers and devices. The same Bitcoin deposit address kept coming up.

No serious Coin mixer uses only one BTC address for deposits

Bitcoin address that kept showing up: 18aALTKToWfwCPjqcaujSk19b2XQipDYUF (luckily, no deposit as of now)



The only Legit URLs for bitmix.biz are :
Clearnet address: https://bitmix.biz

Onion address: http://bitmixbizymuphkc.onion

[What happened:]

What happened: chipmixerr.com is a new clone pretending to be chipmixer.com.

Scammers Profile Link: Not in the forum

Website: https://chipmixerr.com
Archived: http://archive.md/zliYA

Domain information:



Screenshot:



Additional Notes:
Trying to mix your bitcoins in this website will ultimately lead to loss of your coins.

The only Legit URLs for chipmixer are :
Clearnet address: chipmixer.com

Onion address: chipmixerwzxtzbw.onion

[What happened:]

What happened: bestmìxer.com is a clone or copypaste of bestmixer.io which got seized and closed down in may earlier this year.

Scammers Profile Link: Not in the forum

Website: https://bestmìxer.com/
Archived: Unable to archive because of the nature of the Url

Code:

https://xn--bestmxer-61a.com

Additional Notes:
Bestmixer.io got a domain seizure by government back in May 2019 and consequently got shut down.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/europol-shuts-down-200-million-crypto-mixing-service-bestmixer

What's going on with this mixer

Am i the only one noticing that the domain has been seized?  is this known yet?

When a site is seized it's supposed to display the famous page "seized by abcd jurisdiction". However, the site is currently displaying 404 Not found. Are people worried just for maintenance (which could be just this) or there is something and the site is really seized??

Weird the site disappears, the exact same day another one is created

Edit:
The site has really been seized
http://archive.is/MymVC
https://i.epvpimg.com/nbzRbab.png


https://www.fiod.nl/the-fiod-and-the-public-prosecution-service-take-money-laundering-machine-for-cryptocurrencies-offline/

Screenshot of SCAM WEBSITE

When setting up my desktop wallet sometime back. I set up a password for the wallet to keep it from unauthorized access but to my surprise, whenever I open up the wallet even after restarting my computer. The wallet opens up straight away to my addresses without prompting for any password to decrypt it like most wallets do.

Someone can actually see all your balances and transaction history

NB: I haven't yet checked if one can send coins to another address without authorization too. Will update the thread with my findings.

As you may have noticed, there are lots of stable coins pegged against the US Dollar. What surprises is that aren't any much stable coins pegged against other famous local currencies(if they even exist) yet there is steep competition among Dollar pegged ones.

Why is it that there are so many US Dollar pegged stable coins yet Euro or Pound sterling pegged stable coins to mention but a few are nowhere to be seen in the crypto sphere?

[What happened:]

What happened: Ghostmixer.cc shut down their website in March 2019 probably due to no profitable business but the website is online again with the design same as that of SCAM Bitwhisk.io 2.0 and intention is definitely malicious. Probably a scammer bought the domain.

Scammers Profile Link: Not on the forum yet

Website Link: https://www.ghostmixer.cc/
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20190719144257/https://www.ghostmixer.cc/

Additional Notes:

THE OLD WEBSITE HAS BEEN OFFLINE FOR A WHILE

1. According to a thread by @LeGaulois, Ghostmixer.cc domain was discovered to have gone offline this year around March, which means they had stopped operating.

Ghostmixer: discontinued on Mars2019

Basing on the Forum profile: GhostMixer

They registered on March 29, 2018, 06:04:52 AM and made their ANN on April 12, 2018, 01:13:14 PM
www.ghostmixer.cc - GhostMixer - Bitcoin Mixer

They have been offline since June 04, 2018, 11:11:10 AM which could imply that business did not go well.

2. Their twitter(https://twitter.com/ghostmixeradmin) was also created in March 2018 and was last active on 22 Aug 2018

3. Same with Facebook page(https://fr-fr.facebook.com/pages/category/Business-Service/Ghost-Mixer-793218944209327/) Created on 16 May 2018, Last active 23 Aug 2018

This all shows that they have been out of business for a while


NEWLY REGISTERED DOMAIN

The reemergence shows that the  domain is just 49 days old according to domain tools.




FAKE YOUTUBE REVIEW CHANNEL
The channel was purposely created to promote scam. It has only one subscriber and the video was published on the 24th of July 2019




SAME BTC DEPOSIT ADDRESS
No matter what device you use, the deposit address provided is the same.

1MrnrjghFvbLEDJzbTpCWBRK4JotwHrVjQ



As of now no one has been scammed yet: https://btc.com/1MrnrjghFvbLEDJzbTpCWBRK4JotwHrVjQ

SAME WEBSITE DESIGN AS ANOTHER SCAM WEBSITE Bitwhisk.io

 

[Ghostmixer:]

According to a thread by @LeGaulois, Ghostmixer.cc domain was discovered to have gone offline this year around March. Which means they had stopped operating

Ghostmixer: discontinued on Mars2019

Unfortunately, i was unable to check the domain history of the mixer service in it's earlier days. All the data has been replaced with new domain info.
There is also no web archive of how the mixer looked like before march 2019.

1. But basing on the Forum profile: GhostMixer

They registered on March 29, 2018, 06:04:52 AM and made their ANN on April 12, 2018, 01:13:14 PM
www.ghostmixer.cc - GhostMixer - Bitcoin Mixer

They have been offline since June 04, 2018, 11:11:10 AM which could imply that business did not go well.

2. Their twitter(https://twitter.com/ghostmixeradmin) was also created in March 2018 and was last active on 22 Aug 2018

3. Same with Facebook page(https://fr-fr.facebook.com/pages/category/Business-Service/Ghost-Mixer-793218944209327/) Created on 16 May 2018, Last active 23 Aug 2018

This all shows that they have been out of business for a while


NEWLY REGISTERED DOMAIN

The reemergence shows that the  domain is just 49 days old according to domain tools.




FAKE YOUTUBE REVIEW CHANNEL
The channel was purposely created to promote scam. It has only one subscriber and the video was published on the 24th of July 2019




SAME BTC DEPOSIT ADDRESS
No matter what device you use, the deposit address provided is the same.

1MrnrjghFvbLEDJzbTpCWBRK4JotwHrVjQ



As of now no one has been scammed yet: https://btc.com/1MrnrjghFvbLEDJzbTpCWBRK4JotwHrVjQ

I believe this is a scam mixer, I am still digging for more info before i open a scam accusation

I don't know whether this is the right place to post this. If it is not, please advise accordingly then i will move the topic.

I am thinking of periodically depositing bitcoins in a special address that automatically locks them until a certain date.
Is it possible to make an address that can lock bitcoins and then get triggered to spend them only after that period has elapsed?

(side note: I am not very well versed with coding or the technical bit so anything that would be a little user-friendly would be highly welcome)

Websites to look into for more info would also be highly appreciated 

[What happened:]

What happened: Bitwhisk.io closed business in 2018 but the website is online again with different design and intention. Probably a scammer bought the domain.

Scammers Profile Link: Not on the forum yet

Website Link: http://bitwhisk.io
Archived: http://archive.fo/qwb63

Additional Notes:

Bitwhisk.io announced that they were closing business on 5th - November 2018 probably due to funding.

Closing after 5th November
If you want us to stay you may donate, we need around 0.05BTC to pay server's costs for the next 3 months

Their Official Profile on the forum was last online in November 2018. Which implies they really meant it(about closing business)




All of a sudden Bitwhisk.io is online again with domain information indicating that the domain was registered last July



No announcement has been made of the "return" from the previous official profile on the forum

No Announcement on their official twitter too: https://twitter.com/bitwhisk (thanks to @mjglqw)


Website design is totally different from the one in the past

As stated by one of the forum members who used the old site when it was still in operation.

The website looked different in the past. I am not even able to enter a discount code which I got when the mixer was founded.

The mixer had been operating for less than a year before it was closed. Bitwhisk mixed only 3 BTC in that period of time with a much lower mixing reserve.

I used it 2 or 3 times for small amounts a year ago. I also did a translation for Bitwhisk and got paid without any problems. However, I did not leave any feedback.

@BitMaxz confirmed that indeed the website design is totally different
basing on a review of the old website: https://bestbitcointumblers.com/bitwhisk-review/

Old Website Home page                                                                          New Website home page

     

Screenshot 2: https://i.imgur.com/I0EtxyG.png


Same bitcoin address to send coins to forwarded to each user

Thanks to @o_e_l_e_o's sharp alertness. He discovered that the so called Bitcoin Tumble was forward the same address to different users which translates to pure scam

So I have just accessed this website from 3 different devices in 3 different browsers and on 3 different IPs, and entered a different addresses to "receive" my mixed coins to each time. On every single instance, it told me to send coins to the same address (14iFzgaa2HcYQ3PiZtsHUxrZzx2LGiWypX), and they would be mixed and sent back to the address I had entered.

If anyone else would like to verify they are also shown the address above, then it pretty much confirms that this is a scam. A scam so poorly set up they couldn't even be bothered to generate a new address for each victim.

The address has already started receiving money from victims as i speak 

https://btc.com/14iFzgaa2HcYQ3PiZtsHUxrZzx2LGiWypX

[Closing after 5th November]

AFAIK, Bitwhisk.io announced the were closing business on 5th - November 2018 probably due to funding(not sure why funding a server would be an issue since i always believed that crypto mixers make a ton of money out of mixing)

Closing after 5th November
If you want us to stay you may donate, we need around 0.05BTC to pay server's costs for the next 3 months

Their Profile was last online in November 2018. Which implies they really meant it(about closing business)



Now all of a sudden Bitwhisk.io is online again with domain information indicating that the domain was registered last July



No announcement has been made of the "return" from the previous profile in the forum

Is this a scam attempt by someone else who bought the domain or Is it a genuine comeback?

I understand that  when someone is trying spend part of the BTC that is in their HD wallet. The whole amount is spent but the change gets sent back to one of the owner's wallet addresses (or in this case the change address).

Now since every BTC transaction requires a miner's fee... How is the fee of the new transaction to the change address catered for?

1. Is it part of the fee paid when spending the whole BTC amount in the first transaction or it's deducted from the change when it is being transferred to the new change address?

Thanks in advance to anyone who will help me understand these  

[What happened:]

What happened: Coin365bet.com claims to be what they are not. They just directly plagiarized their website from fun88.co.uk

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2656674
ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5171556.0
Archived: http://archive.fo/rz4iV


Type 1 Flag: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=553 (Support/oppose)

Scammer website Link: https://www.coin365bet.com/
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20190802222957/https://www.coin365bet.com/

1. fun88.co.uk domain is much older than coin365bet.com according to whois

https://www.whois.com/whois/fun88.co.uk


https://www.whois.com/whois/coin365bet.com


2. They claim to be in business for 15 years which is clearly a lie according to the domain information



3.  Claim to be sponsors of Newcastle United which is not true



4. Plagiarism from fun88.co.uk

coin365bet.com

Source: fun88.co.uk

[What happened:]

I made this scam accusation because there were lots of complaints from members but the culprits were never red tagged and there isn't any trust flag either. With the emergence of a new mixing service with an almost similar name; SmartMixer.io, Some people could still fall victim of the old scam website which is also still active.


What happened: SmartMix.io scammed off a number of users. There have been complaints but no action was take to tag their profile.

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1738960

ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2815450
Archived: http://archive.fo/pPK0b

Website: SmartMix.io
Archived: http://archive.fo/Wm3de

Type one flag; Please support - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=498
I would also like DT Members to tag their profile as no one did put a red tag on it.


Reference Links:
Quotes of people who have been scammed

SmartMix.io is a scam - Evidence, Part 1

User received an email request for evidence supporting the claim that SmartMix.io is a scam.

The user responded as follows:


Some peripheral supporting evidence can be found here:

1) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2827109.msg40602386#msg40602386
2) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2815450.msg32960872#msg32960872
3) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2815450.msg36160019#msg36160019


Concrete evidence is shown in attached .pdf showing screenshots of two recent Txs with SmartMix.io.  
1) The first Tx did not end in the theft of the user's BTC, but is pertinent in that it shows an address owned by SmartMix.io.  
2) The 2nd Tx resulted in the user's BTC being stolen.  

Viewing the Tx via blockchain.info, one can clearly see that the user sent BTC to SmartMix.io's address.  One can further see that the BTC was not mixed, nor was BTC sent back to the user's specified address.

SmartMix.io has failed to respond to any communication via their website support contact form at https://smartmix.io/support or emails sent to smartmix@gmx.net.

Thus it can be confirmed that SmartMix.io received BTC and failed to send BTC back to the user.

Here are direct links to the relevant Txs on the BTC blockchain:

1) Tx showing SmartMix.io ownership of address, 3PVFJCMNti7kY4fxZ3nnwALX4qTS6xsoj4
https://blockchain.info/tx/51a67b7d3a4593df246969004e75d70f307f043275afb0b8ea205c3397216a33

2) Tx showing SmartMix.io's address, 3PVFJCMNti7kY4fxZ3nnwALX4qTS6xsoj4, received BTC from user.
https://blockchain.info/tx/50135c1e012202f60ac414faebeec8a1a138589fa1bbf86c7d40cad0922790d1

3) User's specified output address shows balance of zero - i.e. user did not receive BTC (mixed or not) from SmartMix.io.
https://blockchain.info/address/1DFnmz26X4c3gBtpbgwz2HRJHkCqJfRuh1

Of course, feel free to try to contact SmartMix.io and obtain his side of the story, if he has one.  

Simple question for him to answer:  Tx #2 (above) shows conclusively that you received 1.8620081 BTC, but you did not mix those BTC and send them to the user's specified address.  User claims that you have also failed to respond to any of her communication attempts.  Why?

If you have any further questions, I'll try to answer them.  Email me.


The .pdf mentioned can be found here.   It consists of annotated screen shots that step through the two transactions discussed above.

hello i have tried contact you 3 times on your support still no reply i sent 2.3 btc and still waiting on my btc, i have used your service before but never wanting so long time.

All i need is my 2.3 btc back asap!!!!!


when i entered my mixing key, first it said:

Since the amoun of BTC you have sent is high, your transaction has been send for approval by the admin.

now when i enter the mixing key it says:

This mixing key is either expired or does not exist.

its day 3 now and iam still missing my 2.3 btc, please understand its hard worked money, iam under stress and need my 2.3 btc

regards

SmartMix.io == TOTAL SCAM.... STAY AWAY.

Scammer allows user's first Tx to go through.... Then steals user's BTC on subsequent Tx.

User's first Tx will typically be a small amount to test the service to see if it's a scam.  The SmartMix.io scammer processes the small test Txs to make the service appear legit, but then steals the BTC sent via any subsequent Tx, which is typically larger than the initial test Tx.  Scammer ignores all contact attempts.  Support form on website is meaningless.

SmartMix.io is a COMPLETE SCAM.  STAY AWAY.

We also have been scammed.  We sent coins to the wallet they posted and then when we went back to check the transaction some how the wallet totally changed.  

[⚠️ BITCOIN MIXER SCAM/CLONE WEBSITES ⚠️]

I was amazed by the number of scam/clone bitcoin tumbler or mixer websites out there that are still online. People are losing money to these scams almost every day, So i decided to create a list of those Scam/clone websites.
With Credit to LeGaulois, i will try to add some of the scam websites he listed on his thread that are still online too.

This list will be updated from time to time.

⚠️ BITCOIN MIXER SCAM/CLONE WEBSITES ⚠️

	WEBSITE		STATUS		COMMENT		REF LINK		ARCHIVE LINK
	Bitcoinmixer.eu		ONLINE		SCAM		Link		Archive
	Coinmixer.es		ONLINE		Clone of Coinmixer.se		Link		Archive
	Coinmixer.sx		OFFLINE		Clone of Coinmixer.se		Link		-
	Coinmix.to		ONLINE		Clone of Coinmixer.se		Link		Archive
	Bch-mixer.com		ONLINE		Clone of Coinmixer.se		Link		Archive
	Bitcoin-Laundry.com		ONLINE		SCAM		Link		Archive
	SmartMix.io		ONLINE		SCAM		Link		Archive
	Smantmix.io		ONLINE		Clone of Smartmix.io		-		Archive
	Helixmixer.org		ONLINE		CLONE		-		Archive
	Helix-light.info		ONLINE		CLONE		-		Archive
	Grams.link/helix/light		ONLINE		CLONE		-		Archive
	Bitcoinfog.site		ONLINE		SCAM		Link		Archive
	Btcblender.com		ONLINE		SCAM		Link		Archive
	Btcblenders.io		ONLINE		Clone of Btcblender.com		Link		Archive
	Bchblender.com		ONLINE		Clone of Btcblender.com		Link		Archive
	Bitmixer-original.com		ONLINE		Clone of Bitmixer.io		Link		-
	Bitzmixer.xyz		ONLINE		Clone of Bitmixer.io		Link		Archive
	Coinmix-service.lima-city.de		ONLINE		Clone of Bitmixer.io		Link		Archive
	Bitmjxer.com		ONLINE		Clone of Bitmixer.io		Link		Archive
	Bitmixer.to		ONLINE		Clone of Bitmixer.io		Link		Archive
	Coinice.net		ONLINE		Clone of cryptomixer.io		Link		Archive
	Cryptomixer.se		ONLINE		Clone of cryptomixer.io		Link		Archive
	Cryptomixer.us		OFFLINE		Clone of cryptomixer.io		Link		Archive
	Cryptomixer.eu		ONLINE		Clone of cryptomixer.io		Link		Archive
	Cryptomixer.in		ONLINE		Clone of cryptomixer.io		Link		Archive
	Cryptomixer.ml		ONLINE		Clone of cryptomixer.io		Link		Archive
	Coinmixer.io		ONLINE		Clone of cryptomixer.io		Link		Archive
	Chipmixer.se		ONLINE		Clone of Chipmixer.com		Link		Archive
	Ultramixer.net		ONLINE		SCAM		Link		Archive
	Bitblender.eu		ONLINE		Clone of Bitblender.io		Link		Archive
	Bitcoin-blender.com		ONLINE		Clone of Bitblender.io		Link		Archive
	bestmìxer.com		ONLINE		Clone of Bestmixer.io		Link		-
	Bestmixer.biz		ONLINE		Clone of Bestmixer.io		Link		Archive

I have over 20 more scam mixer domains here which i will add onto this list when i get more time(probably tomorrow) and I believe that's not all, there are more out there.

Have any suggestions? please drop them in the thread