Yes but it's only to make it less risky for you.

As you already know, most instant exchanges are centralized and can freeze your funds. The idea is that when they do, only a portion of what you're trying to swap gets locked as you did not send them all at once and did a one by one exchange. Further, there's a notion that the higher the amount, the more likely for it to move up on their radar. However, do remember these exchanges also collects user information e.g. addresses connected, IP, etc. that could identify related transactions so I'd say make it different each time.

The 2fa is only on your blockchain.com account which means if someone sweeps/import your seed using a compatible wallet like electrum, they don't need the 2fa anymore. Also, worth nothing that your 2fa should remain intact even if the hacker used this method to drain your funds. This is why I think the perp had to disable your 2fa to access your wallet which means they didn't have your seed at that time.

Also don't think op's seed was exposed/or it came from electrum because there would be no need for the hacker to disable blockchain.com's 2fa... As pointed above, it's pretty easy if you have access to the email account: you just need to approve the email request and your 2fa is gone. I think you can try to request account logs to blockchain.com, it's likely that they deleted corresponding emails.

Whatever the case, you should drop blockchain.com. Even for small amounts, there are better ones out there.

Privacy matters aside, identity verification/KYC can be a very inconvenient process. 

For instance, you can do all the basics DOs and DON'Ts e.g. photo should be clear, text should be readable, etc. and still fail. There should be lots of threads complaining about how they have to try multiple times. There were also cases where people have to wait for days to be approved, worse is if the software can't verify them and they have to be put thru manual verification which is a longer process. This reason alone is enough for me to prefer no-kyc ones since I don't need to be subjected to any of that.

Do you have a specific situation in mind?

As for me, I just give a unique address to someone so I can easily identify it's from them. Since I've only given it to a single person and not expecting anyone else, I've never confused certain payments with someone else. Perhaps this is something you may wanna communicate to the other party? But of course, if you need a proof then signing a message it is as others pointed out.

I noticed their traffic has been significantly dropping the past few months perhaps it was part of the reason, if this was a recent change, that is. Putting disclaimers similar to what the forum does could be a middle ground approach but I could see why they won't care...

How's the conversion preview looking? There were cases of crypto to crypto conversions having a 1 dollar CB fee... if we're talking about a very small amount, perhaps look if the fee is eating your trade, otherwise, start writing to coinbase ig.

What are you trying to buy op? In any case, you can check:

1. purse.io
2. overstock.com
3. newegg.com

Alternatively, you can try the gift card route, see: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5208530.0

While not everyone will buy it, you can try to minimize these numbers by suggesting them another p2p platform you go to. This is what I did when LC was about to wind down, few days later, I found two traders in agoradesk.

To clarify, yes, you should be able to withdraw your funds. Here are some responses from their official support:



Note: the self-help bot may suggest you to verify straight away but I think you should contact an agent (real person) first in the live chat just so you're extra sure you aren't taking any unnecessary steps.

Since the account in question has not been verified before, I understand that the typical identity verification would not 'be enough' to prove you own the account and it doesn't look like BigOne will yield to this stance anytime soon. Plus you kinda told the support, the phone number binded is your girlfriend's AKA another person...

I suggest asking them if proving past account records would help? for instance, I remember some exchanges would ask stuff like proof of source of funds for past deposits and rough idea of the remaining balance. If you have withdrawn from a non-custodial address before and still have an access to it, you could also try signing a message. CEXs typically sends deposit and withdrawal emails, I assume bigone does the same.

I have to ask, have you confirmed with your mobile service provider that the previous phone number is completely unrecoverable?

Did you send anything else? consider anything you sent to them leaked. They can use your ID for their other scams to make themselves appear legit and/or sell it. Although anything like taking a loan probably won't be possible with just that, I still think it's better to keep an official report of what happened to relevant authorities in your country for the sake of keeping a record. Just in case, also pay attention to some points where they can try to approach you and/or harvest more info e.g. social media.

I still wouldn't run it even if AVs returned nothing alarming since we can't expect them to pick up every little thing. Further, unknown programs are considered risky and must not be run on a PC where they store and do important stuff. If for some reason, one needs to dabble into it, always try to compartmentalize.

Interesting. I can definitely see this happening since it involves money. People are usually recommended for rehab if they become a danger/risky to themselves and/or to other people, and money is pretty much vital to live normally hence if one becomes addicted, then they're likely just blowing money... keep that up and you'll be broke soon.

From a non-professional perspective. One way to tell the difference between normal and addicted traders is how dependent they are to it. For instance, those who suffer from addiction could experience withdrawal symptoms if they stopped trading and is basically mainly trading to feel good/satisfy themselves.

Yeah, it's a popular scam. Don't give anymore money and if you supplied any personal documents to them, consider it leaked.

This thread has some good advises on what to do next, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/nz1y8h/what_to_do_when_one_is_in_a_pigbutchering_scam
-> a little add on to this: I remember there was a victim who tried to explore if their case was tax deductible to minimize their loss. This guide could be a great start: https://koinly.io/guides/

The live chat will try to solve your problem thru self-help articles first. You just have to click unsolved (or anything similar) so you'll be given an option to be transferred to a live agent. From my experience, once you're in the queue, it takes more or less an hour to get a reply (probably depends how hectic it is as well).

Saying this just in case but try to contact them in a calm manner as doing the opposite could irk the customer support.

Jeez. even someone else's passport? sounds like they milked whatever they can from you op. They're known for having ridiculous KYC to trap user funds.

I'm not sure if you can still appeal BUT if they ask for more, I advise weighing down which is more important to you -- your funds or your personal documents. Given hitbtc's piss poor history over the years, your information is a lot more unsafe there compared to other CEX. Personally, if I ever gave my passport to hitbtc, I would consider it leaked.

If your account is verified and you're able to provide supporting information (they'll likely ask you to reverify and stuff), pretty sure you can. Start by writing to their support: https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/215601908-Contacting-Kraken-Support

I'm guessing you don't have anything else like email address, 2fa access, etc.?

Perhaps there's a problem with your blockchain.com account. Try importing your seed in electrum using a clean device, see: https://bitcoinelectrum.com/restoring-your-standard-wallet-from-seed/. Make sure to select bip39 and legacy addresses during the process. You can then use "ctrl+F" to search for your address.

Did you triple check the address before sending? Another possibility is you have a malware in your system. There's one that messes with your clipboard where the address pasted would be different from what you intended to copy -- basically sending funds to a scammer.