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I have mentioned this again and again.. there should be a dedicated thread titled Hall of Shame meant for errant casinos. A kind of Oscar award for scheming casinos. The evil kind of Oscar, that is.
The 5x wagering requirement is a calculated and pernicious tactic to bring revenue to these casinos. The odds are almost always against the gambler. Wagering 5x will almost always guarantee that the house sweeps and retains the entire deposited funds. Even with their claims of provable fair gaming, I am not convinced they can't foresee or predict the outcome. The provably fair model is based on the premise that the past is a predictable event and as a consequence of this, the future can be just as easily predicted, given complete information (which they of course have). Thus the 5x wagering requirement is unlikely to give the gambler the upper hand.
Listing these casinos on some kind of blacklist or watchlist should give advance information to potential bettors before they make that fatal mistake of irrecoverably sending coins to the gambling den's address.
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A unique business model. I haven't seen anyone offering signature design services here. And it's good to see a newbie making a significant material effort in earning money honestly here. Threads like this give hope to the few entrepreneurial newbies to rise and shine.
I hope you will be successful in marketing these signatures. I can see a strong market for this, given the many projects that come and go on this platform. Even existing services may want to have their signatures redesigned but you need a strong and proven presence here for those services to recognize you.
And I like how you offer this for free initially. It helps build trust and shows a real drive to grow and improve before commercializing your offer.
Well done.
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Dear Hacker, Firstly I'd like to sincerely congratulate you for such a perfect and traceless job in emptying my Bitcoin wallet after hacking my Gmail account, in spite of all security measures I had put in place to safeguard it. As you may have expected, the addresses that you sent my bitcoins are being watched and I have asked my crew to warn all Bitcoin exchanges about this hack, including LocalBitcoins. Additionally, I'm hiring a bitcoin tracker analysis team to watch any future transactions that you might be doing with my bitcoins. I'd like to offer you a bounty of 20% of the total hacked in case you return my bitcoins. Please, do contact me on allexandre73@hotmail.com for further instructions on how to receive your bounty in an anonymous way, of course. Thanks for your attention, Allex Ferreira If this is true, your efforts to put those coins under surveillance and to forewarn exchanges will not help apprehend a clever scammer. Stolen bitcoins are not at all difficult to liquidate. There are well-engineered mixers designed to effectively do that. Then you have those felons who will trade the bitcoins for altcoins anonymously which would perfect the mixing process. If you have a cautious scammer, he might opt to retrade those altcoins for bitcoins again which would further obfuscate the trail of your coins. If mixed, all the exchanges you alerted can't help you. further instructions on how to receive your bounty in an anonymous way
I'm a bit confused and amused about that part. Why would an anonymous thief return 100% of something in exchange for 20% of what he returned? And given that you have made it clear to the hacker that you intend to pursue him by hook or by crook, I can imagine a sharp thinking conman would be less keen to contact you, let alone return the coins. My sympathies for your loss but I don't believe the thief will happily accept your offer. If he does, that would be a first. Care to share how many bitcoins this hacker manage to perfectly and tracelessly pinch from your wallet? Just to quell my curiosity. Threads like this make for entertaining reading, despite the sad ending I can already foresee. |
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You dont know who is behind this bank ? Well let me tell you who is behind . He's name is Michael Gastauer and he is a scammer ( fraudster ) according to wikipedia: "Michael Gastauer is a convicted conman and white collar criminal and was sentenced to 18 months prison in 2010 in Zürich, Switzerland, in connection with commercial fraud related to G&S Vermögensverwaltung GmbH. [5] [6] Contrary to the facts, (prison sentence for Mr. Gastauer and bankruptcy of G&S Vermögensverwaltung GmbH [7]), Michael Gastauer claims that "after five years of steady growth, the business reached a mid 8-digit valuation based on over CHF 1 Billion AUM, and was sold to a Swiss Investment firm." I have opened an account with them too. After 1 min verification , my account was good to go .. I sent them my ID and proof of address . Verification took place too fast ..way too fast for a BIG company with 500.000 clients and growing  There are many things that are not normal with WB21 .. Too many followers on facebook , twitter and so on . I guess they bought some visitors Their ALEXA rank and traffic was build with bought clicks probably from PTC sites. Visitors showed up on ALEXA are from US and INDIA. What about others ? What about Europe ? Wb21 claims to be a swiss/german established company .. so ...where are the europeans  If they have 500.000 clients why we dont see one with a VISA or MASTERCARD issued from their side? Why there is nobody out there posting pro/good things about them ? Everything is fake ! wb21.com is a scam site BEWARE !!! Michael Gastauer is a scam artist . He did it once in Germany and now will do an international scam bigger then the first one . That explains it then. An insolvent and convicted fraudster who created a bank with a doctored valuation. When a bank KYC-verifies and validates you online within minutes without the usual cautious requirements, there must be something fishy about them. A legitimate bank, especially one in the EU, will make you go through hoops and fire before they allow you to hold an account with them. It is the primary mandate of every bank: all beneficial owners of accounts must be properly identified. Not doing so would expose the bank to significant reputational, regulatory and other risks. A bank that bypasses this core requirement is a phony bank. I have to admit the site is well constructed, complete with SSL encryption and mobile banking apps on the iOS and android app stores. This is a very sinister and sophisticated scam with so much criminal energy put into it. No detail spared in presentation and design. Bitcoin accepted too. How convenient. And this: +864000233151 +74993466392 +27875508787 +15873330277 +6562484658 +555139377888 +61885208218 support@wb21.comWB21 Pte. Ltd. | 80 Raffles Place | UOB Plaza 1 | Singapore 048624 Probably virtual numbers which diverts to one single person's cellphone. That's a prestigious address in Singapore's most expensive CBD location. Raffles Place. What's funny is that "WB21" is not listed on the property's directory: http://www.estate.sg/uob-plaza.htmlBut media reports about their acceptance by MAS Singapore: http://bit.ly/2eQ5xaLhttp://bit.ly/2wxJrS6Shady shady... |
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HUGE experience, but you don't know how to calculate interest? 
15% a month is 435% a year, not 180%. Unsustainable. Ponzi. I love the pure unadulterated no-nonsense analysis. The rare and few here do good work dissecting the numbers and weeding out the undesirables. Those are unsustainable figures indeed. You would need more and more injected funds to compensate older investors with promised returns of 435% which is a staggeringly high rate of return. Finding future backers to keep the scheme afloat would be the only way to sustain this operation and this essentially fulfills the definition of Vod's conclusion above. |
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You can tell that you are a novice !!! I was willing to give you the password, but I continued investigating on your own ... Pay attention to my email: I am lidermundialbitcoin@gmail.comI do not need anything from you ... But I continued with your ideas ... I registered on this page was just to give a hand ... Luck !!! You were willing to give him the password? How do you know the password when you just registered here and haven't even spoken to him yet? I believe you have other plans. And you insist on speaking privately or on whatsapp and not on this platform. You should understand that this makes one feel suspicious. If you can help the OP, you should transparently discuss your intentions here. Or were you hoping to impose a fee of some kind which, let me guess, should be paid upfront? Have a look at other posts on this thread. If you have decent intentions, you would discuss your proposed solution here. |
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Let me guess? Is it Security Bank and the code required to do a cardless withdrawal? I read somewhere about someone who had such an issue and her story mentioned that she was made to wait while Coins.ph made inquiries with the bank. She was then instructed to attempt the withdrawal again. I don't remember the rest of the story and whether or not she successfully resolved the issue.
My advice would be to contact Coins.ph and to explain the situation. They usually respond quickly but the inquiring part with their bank is what could take a while. This is a situation I would hate to experience. I once had a similar experience with using my card but the ATM failed to dispense cash (and the money was debited from my account). Getting the money refunded to my account was a nightmare. It took almost 2 months and endless emails.
Edit.. I just re-read your story above and realized it's a different case. The other user did get a code but the ATM rejected it. As for your case, it might be a temporary system-related issue at the time you tried to generate the code. Is it not generating and sending codes to your phone the entire day?
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If you opened a US-based PayPal account while not being in the US and if you do not have a US bank account, this is not going to be easy. That's because PayPal often requires verification before processing withdrawals to bank accounts and part of the verification process is providing verifiable ID and SSN information. Even if you pass that, the bank account you can link for the withdrawal should be a US account with a Fedwire or ABA routing number. And getting such an account is impossible if you do not have an SSN or TIN.
Another verification procedure used by PayPal is linking your credit card to your PayPal account. Being a US PayPal account, it must be a US card. Attempting to link a foreign card could trigger a flag.
Attempting to withdraw the funds could trigger a "limited account" flag and that's when you will be asked to provide the documents and bank account I mentioned above. If you can't, then you might be forced to wait 180 days before the flag is lifted. Even after it is lifted, I doubt you can withdraw the funds without a US bank account. If the PayPal account and the funds are legitimately yours, you can try to negotiate another withdrawal method such as a cheque (check).
Or you could try to get around it by linking a friend's bank account, since ACH withdrawals don't cross-check names. The ACH system requires the account number and routing number only.
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You can either buy your bitcoins from trusted members here or from Localbitcoins. Escrow is recommended. There are several highly trusted members with their own dedicated buy/sell threads where you can buy without escrow. They have been around for a while and have good trust ratings.
With Coinbase you can't withdraw your coins instantly. They will take your money quickly but process your withdrawal slowly. As I posted on other similar threads, this is a company operating negligently with impunity. They seem to think that they are untouchable. They don't even have a thread here to monitor or invite feedback and complaints from their customers.
There is another site, Paxful, but I am not familiar with their buy/sell process. If the trade is instantly processed and if they send coins instantly, that's another option for you to consider. Some sites place withdrawal requests in a pending queue while they review and manually approve or reject the withdrawal.
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You think it's not possible to find the pass word or something like that ? with the file i will check with my possible password used normaly
Try this interesting website to check how long it would take to crack a password: https://howsecureismypassword.netI tried my phone number and it would take 25 milliseconds to crack it. 25 MILLIseconds. That's less than 3% of a second. Computing power is a fascinating thing. But when I added a single letter "P" at the end of the number, it would take a full day to crack it. The site is fun while also encouraging a security minded approach to keeping accounts safe. As for your private keys, if you secured them with a complex password and if you can't remember even parts of that password, it will not be easy to decrypt and access your wallet. |
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I use Cryptopay (and WageCan soon). Never had any issues with my Cryptopay visa card from day 1 of using it. They are shifting to a contactless card, now that their contract with Wave Crest is coming to an end.
The buy/sell different is indeed in the +/- $100 range but it's worth it as they instantly exchange coins to fiat. You can even offload funds from the card and use it to buy bitcoins. The card worked flawlessly at retailers and online merchants. I even used it to pay for airline tickets.
I agree. I would use Cryptopay over Wirex too. Wirex seems to be having endless issues with their card loading system. Have a look at their thread.
You need to be verified to enjoy the entire unrestricted features of these cards. If you don't verify, loading can be a pain even if you stay within your limits. They seems to be cautious with anonymous accounts and will often ask you to verify or even block your card as you approach the card's upper limit.
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This always happens to Coinbase whenever Bitcoin price increasing rapidly, it's not that they lack supports but they just do it for their own purpose IMO, of course, they get huge benefits when the price increased that why they just hold the withdrawing process for their clients and will release soon when price got stable at the moment. And I'm not wondering if this exchange got the highest received complaints for this year since they always do even last year.
Manipulating transactions is a fraudulent act. If the manipulation is perpetrated to gain a pecuniary advantage while causing losses or inconveniencing their customers, then this is fraud. If their customers were to reverse roles and conduct trades where Coinbase feels they are disadvantaged, I'm sure this company would use every legal tool in their arsenal to not only financially ruin them but to also make them suffer the full brunt of the law. This is a company operating negligently with impunity. Their excuses and apologies mean nothing if they actually do not implement changes to their operational procedures. Have a look at their pitiful reviews: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/coinbase.comhttp://bittrust.org/coinbase |
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Buying an ATM can be a bit tricky, not just in terms of the licensing and regulatory requirements but also the integrity of the ATM itself. Buying directly from the manufacturer might be expensive but there is less risk of encountering scams. For the novice, there is a risk of manipulation of a second hand ATM's software, some kind of backdoor access installed by the seller. One never knows. And since you will be linking the ATM to a hot wallet, caution is advised when choosing your seller.
There might be a reset function to essentially destroy third party manipulation, if that kind of risk even exists, but as I just mentioned earlier, one never knows. It's like buying a second hand KeepKey or Trezor.
If you want the ATM shipped internationally, think about the Customs requirements too. They will probably impose taxes and will ask for the paperwork too. The kind of paperwork allowing you to import and operate it.
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I thought Mycelium was meant to be a good mobile wallet. Why do you think it's a piece of junk?
I made the mistake of trying Mycelium's iOS wallet. Horror story. I sent bitcoins and it was showing "sending" below the bitcoin amount for nearly 2 hours. There was a transaction ID on the app but it didn't exist on the blockchain. When I tried to derive the raw transaction, I was getting errors. I tried everything. Even used the recovery phrase on another wallet to try to salvage the coins. The transaction finally went through after 2 hours. It was probably queued on their server. Or they probably send the bitcoins in batches. Never again. I uninstalled it. |
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It would be nice to see signed proof of your bitcoins. That would be the first step in establishing trust, even if just 1% of trust since the 99% will hinge on how you intend to handle the transaction. By that I mean using escrow and trading transparently.
Why email? Email is so 1990s. I suggest you trade here where people live in the bitcoin age and don't forget to include escrow in your trade terms.
Or do you have other (ulterior) motives behind using email? Care to share? No?
How do you intend to transact? More information needed beyond what you wrote above. And just to remind you again, you forgot to mention escrow. Trades between strangers are best secured and executed with escrow protection.
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Just when bitcoin started to become more popular our card issuers from MY Choice Corporate decide to call it a day thought this meant more business for them?
It's not like they had a choice. They were acquired by Visa International and must take orders from their new bosses. I wonder why EU residents are allowed to keep and use their cards while the rest of the world is excluded. What is the rationale behind this? Are we non-EU card holders all money launderers and criminals in the eyes of Visa? Or is it a move to maintain and sustain a competitive edge in the payment industry? Baffles me how choking the geographic majority and favoring a minority can lead to better revenue figures. But it's Visa. They have been around before I was even born. So I guess they know what they're doing. |
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When you don't deliver what you promised to deliver in lieu of value received, you are a fraudster. If your website advertises The easiest place to buy, use, and accept bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Using digital currency has never been so safe and easy. and yet you have terms and conditions which negate that, you are a fraudster.
Complaints will keep soaring for as long as people don't realize that they are dealing with a tolerated fraudster. A fraudster with FinCEN credentials and the government's blessings to operate with impunity. Doesn't it surprise anyone how easy and fast it is to inject funds into the Coinbase system and how difficult and cumbersome it is to remove those very same funds or coins from their coffers?
And of course their spokewoman declined to comment on the CFPB complaints. Silence is the best defense.
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It's always the new ones who offer to be long term partners. They want to build trust. And of course they want you to send first. PayPal and coins don't work together in harmony. One can be easily charged back while the other is stubbornly irreversible. On average, when bitcoin is involved, PayPal sides with the scam artists. I struggle to understand how or why people still use this payment method for bitcoin purchases. Yes, it is convenient. Yes, it's easy and less of a hassle compared to heading to Walmart or CVS to transfer funds with cash. If you have bitcoins and trade them for PayPal, always keep in mind that this is a company which has one thing in common with credit card companies. They are pretty much organized crime rings. Tolerated crime rings, for want of a better description. $2 or $1000, trade with PayPal at your own peril. |
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That's rich. Dense in fact. $300 per hour for novelty nonsense. And to top it off, "nothing said is legal advice". So what exactly is the $300 PER HOUR for? Small talk? Inconsequential chit chat about your client's problems?
This explains why the law profession is one of the most derided and detested careers on this planet. Yes, I agree, the law schools do make a conscientious effort to produce good quality lawyers. And there are the licensing pathways which also do a good job weeding out the rubbish from entering the system. But law being a preeminent profession doesn't qualify one to charge $300 for novelty talk. And because nothing said is legal advice I can picture such a conversation littered with the typical refrain it depends which is hardly helpful when you have a very real legal problem.
You could all pm me and tell me your problems and I will respond with a safe and relative it depends or a bunch of could/would/might to rake in 300 bucks without actually giving any legal advice, given I'm not a lawyer. Looks and sounds lucrative. I'm in.
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