BTC-E Update [December 2021] Watch out!

[umrealx]

Hi, @24 Dez, I received this message:

Dear xxxxxx,
Your wallet on BTC-E.COM has recovered with 0.01038918 BTC available balance.
We are currently running on private servers to help members withdraw funds for limited time.
In order to access our new server, we kindly ask you to donate (BTC) and support us!
This will help us re-invest in Cryptocurrency world again.
Send to this address : bc1qzvacn8wlp6ffac8rdmfsydlqj9w6jdylk53eae
The minimum needed donation per account is (0.0025 BTC) or 10% of your balance.
Once donation completes please send the username and transaction ID to : recovery@btc-e.com
and you will receive the private wallet link with instruction on how to withdraw your balance.
P.S : This information is highly sensitive and you are not allowed to share it with any third party.
Login: xxxxxx
Regards,
Administration of BTC-E.COM


Any chance it is not a SCAM?     Did they have access to my old btc-e account ?

Thanks and beware!!

[Slow death]

this is a scam, and to be clear:

you shouldn't give them anything, they're the ones who should give you something if you had something stuck on their site, so if you took everything off their site they don't owe you anything and you shouldn't give them anything either

this is a scam and i hope no one falls for it

[adzino]

Hi, @24 Dez, I received this message:

Dear xxxxxx,
Your wallet on BTC-E.COM has recovered with 0.01038918 BTC available balance.
We are currently running on private servers to help members withdraw funds for limited time.
In order to access our new server, we kindly ask you to donate (BTC) and support us!
This will help us re-invest in Cryptocurrency world again.
Send to this address : bc1qzvacn8wlp6ffac8rdmfsydlqj9w6jdylk53eae
The minimum needed donation per account is (0.0025 BTC) or 10% of your balance.
Once donation completes please send the username and transaction ID to : recovery@btc-e.com
and you will receive the private wallet link with instruction on how to withdraw your balance.
P.S : This information is highly sensitive and you are not allowed to share it with any third party.
Login: xxxxxx
Regards,
Administration of BTC-E.COM


Any chance it is not a SCAM?     Did they have access to my old btc-e account ?

Thanks and beware!!

This is obviously a scam. They just randomly send emails and hopes that one person would fall for the scam. If you had funds in their exchange, why would you need to send anything to them to recover your money? All you have to do is send them your BTC address and they will send your coins back. Don't send them anything. Or they could just send you your money minus the "donation" (scam) fee.

P.S : This information is highly sensitive and you are not allowed to share it with any third party.

Lol. Couldn't be more obvious.

[DdmrDdmr]

The same crap has been around since, at least, march 2021:

https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/reports/1JkniVoEnEzTQbmUETGYFxDiJjVpSsqctM
https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/reports/16yrWqhcyBp1Pf9LGQBnLbd3EoMutRxq4H
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/mhqlt1/btce_recent_fishing_mail/

Different address, but same scammy crap.


The version you mention has been around at least since the beginning of xMas:
https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/reports/bc1qzvacn8wlp6ffac8rdmfsydlqj9w6jdylk53eae?page=1

When in doubt, apart from asking here as you did, google the BTC address, or parts of the message, and see what crops-up.

[franky1]

(im joking to show the mirror of the topics scam)
hey guys.. your great great cousin from another mother died and she has left you $1trillion dollars. but it requires a admin fee of $1,000 to release the funds to you. please pay


this 'we have loads of funds waiting for you but we just need you to pay us first' scam has been around for decades

[umrealx]

As I expected. It is just another SCAM!!  :-(

[examplens]

As I expected. It is just another SCAM!!  :-(

if it's easier for you to accept that it's definitely a scam, I also received the same email, with exactly the same content.
It's interesting that I have no funds left on BTC-e, on my luck I withdraw it all just before the crash. So, they haven't to recover anything from my zero balance on there.
The owner probably trying to use for one more time an email address database of registered users.