What happened: Btcprofits.club is a fake cloud mining site which promises abnormal hourly returns. The payout transactions are fake and the people behind the website do not even explain how they "mine" the BTC to payout to Investors.
No company information or Location.
Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2636848Type 1 Trust Flag: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=637 [Support/Oppose]Reference Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5159406.0Archived: http://archive.is/2DufaScammer website: https://btcprofits.clubArchived: http://archive.is/HUJOVAbnormal ROI: Still wondering how someone Parks their Bitcoins Under the bed
So apparently if i sent
5 BTC to them I should be able to make
10 BTC in 100 days (~3 Months)
Fake Payout Transaction IDs: So I checked out the so called Payout transaction IDs... It's all fake. The transactions are just previous random transactions from the bitcoin blockchain that are just picked out by the scammers to make people believe that they are paying. I randomly picked out 2 of them
TX 1:
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/81c85a355822252fbd13026faa5a5bc3abd27db2a890d8a4bf51c88f1bc8da90According to their website, they claim the paid it out today... Time stamp:
2019-08-16 12:00:24But the transaction took place last month... Time stamp:
2019-07-30 10:55:46TX 2:
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/c8d2a1ac08c37c3b1cc5df5b3ca9383a21bca52cfae696312f5e3ec8ba851c27According to their website, they claim the paid it out today... Time stamp:
2019-08-16 12:00:23But the transaction took place last month... Time stamp:
2019-07-30 10:57:18