55.com Exchange | Weird Thing | Why? | Does anyone vouch for this exchange?

[akamit]

I wanted to sale one of the shitcoin which is listed in 55.com; I have known about this exchange just now from CMC.
I signed up and they sent a verification mail where I needed to click "Verify Email" and it forwarded me to the site again (I know you guys know this is common procedure; LOL) but the domain is different this time, it's 55com.io


I registered with this domain.

Code:

https://www.55.com/home

The verification mail I received from the same domain as above.

Code:

no-reply@post.55.com

I have been forwarded to this domain after email verification.

Code:

55com.io/home

Do you guys think it's normal or you guys are thinking the same as me? Any positive or negative reviews?

And the token which I wanted to sale has a price of 55 sats in 55.com whereas Coinbene has 20 sats only...

[mk4]

The redirection from 55.com to 55com.io is really shady. If an exchange has 2 URLs(mostly for SEO reasons), I'd expect one to redirect to the other, like how blockchain.info now redirects to blockchain.com instead of them using both. But in this case? It's really 2 separate URLs with the same website LOL.

I'm not saying that this is a scam, but there's a small chance that it's just really bad bad web practices on their end. Regardless if it's legitimate or not, I would be really hesitant to enter my personal information in it though. If the shitcoins you're holding isn't worth that much, then maybe it's not worth it.

With that said, it's really freakin cool that they're selling some hyped sneakers for USDT lol.

[Potato Chips]

Ask them if 55com.io is theirs too. If not, I'm guessing that the malicious email also came from them and of course the phishing site as well. It's a perfect plan since you could scam ppl while saving your face. Users falling to phishing sites is out of their responsibility.

Like what's the probability of some third party sending that malicious email to you right after you registered? 🤔

In any case, I'd stay away from anything obscure.

[audaciousbeing]

Ask them if 55com.io is theirs too. If not, I'm guessing that the malicious email also came from them and of course the phishing site as well. It's a perfect plan since you could scam ppl while saving your face. Users falling to phishing sites is out of their responsibility.

Like what's the probability of some third party sending that malicious email to you right after you registered? 🤔

In any case, I'd stay away from anything obscure.

Of course they will say yes. Some sites have this unique way of synchronizing several sites to the same landing page. While some did it as a result of concern for their clients such as I have seen Yobit having like 3 others have done it to scam users of their resources. So, what you should be concern with is if the site is legit to transact business and the moment you have confirm that, then there is nothing to worry about. After all, its a shit coin you are looking to offset.

[coin-investor]

I wanted to sale one of the shitcoin which is listed in 55.com; I have known about this exchange just now from CMC.
I signed up and they sent a verification mail where I needed to click "Verify Email" and it forwarded me to the site again (I know you guys know this is common procedure; LOL) but the domain is different this time, it's 55com.io


I registered with this domain.

Code:

https://www.55.com/home

The verification mail I received from the same domain as above.

Code:

no-reply@post.55.com

I have been forwarded to this domain after email verification.

Code:

55com.io/home

Do you guys think it's normal or you guys are thinking the same as me? Any positive or negative reviews?

And the token which I wanted to sale has a price of 55 sats in 55.com whereas Coinbene has 20 sats only...

I don't know the purpose why they should use other domain for verification when they can easily create a subdomain from their main domain, it is questionable, they should address this issue, in case of a hack they can disown that domain, especially since this is an exchange where people are very careful and particular on the name of the domain, this is a bad practice, and they should have a reasonable explanation, for me it's risky, if they have a telegram channel you should ask it.

[1Referee]

http://whois.domaintools.com/55.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/55com.io

What concerns me is that the IP location of both domains isn't the same, which means that you are dealing with different servers.

http://whois.domaintools.com/blockchain.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/blockchain.info

In blockchain's case the IP location of both domains is the same, which generally is something that you want to see when you get redirected.

I can't find anything pointing at a scam online about 55.com so it's either something that just occurred or people went ahead without noticing the difference but without any problems.

[akamit]

I have contacted one of the admins found in their TG and asked for an explanation. But the admin seems not much active, last login 8th Nov.

@mjglqw
As you said the total thing is shady and it's nothing related to SEO if it was then it'd have been something like blockchain.com/.info redirection.
I'll wait some time to come to a conclusion, but it's heavily shady to me and I didn't use any of personal information. Gladly I used the random pass when I signed up, as I knew I'll never return to this exchange again.

I liked two sneakers, cool designs...


@Potato Chips
I already asked them as you suggested. The email came from 55.com and I signed up at 55.com, till this part everything was ok. The thing changed when they forwarded me to 55com.io from that email.


@audaciousbeing
There is actually no way to know if the exchange is legit or not. Actually there is very limited info and the reason could be of newborn. Nowadays there are too many exchanges and almost everyday new exchanges are being created, legitimate or the fake ones to scam.


@coin-investor
Not really, there are peoples who are very careless and for this reason the total scam thing still exits in the virtual world, otherwise, it'd have ended a long time ago.


@1Referee
IP location looks same to me "Massachusetts - Cambridge - Akamai Technologies Inc." and it is probably the server location. They are also using WhoisGuard.
I did a reverse IP lookup and it is clear that the owner is the same for both domains (55.com & 55com.io) or the both domains are hosted in the same server.

I tried to find some reviews as well but found nothing except this.

[examplens]

@1Referee
They use the same IP and pointed to the same server.

Code:

Tracing route to 55.com [104.103.90.247]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms     1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2     5 ms    28 ms    31 ms  ****
  3     8 ms     8 ms     8 ms  ****
  4     8 ms     4 ms    10 ms  ****
  5    35 ms    11 ms     9 ms  ****
  6    10 ms    15 ms    16 ms  ****
  7    18 ms    22 ms    29 ms  ****
  8    20 ms    19 ms    20 ms  vix-vie.netarch.akamai.com [193.203.0.168]
  9    17 ms    22 ms    19 ms  a104-103-90-247.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com [104.103.90.247]

Trace complete.

Code:

trace 55com.io

Tracing route to e17462.dsca.akamaiedge.net [104.103.90.247]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2     7 ms     6 ms     7 ms  ****
  3     8 ms     9 ms    10 ms  ****
  4    10 ms     8 ms     8 ms  ****
  5     9 ms     9 ms    10 ms  ****
  6    13 ms     9 ms    10 ms  ****
  7    20 ms    19 ms    21 ms  ****
  8    18 ms    24 ms    21 ms  vix-vie.netarch.akamai.com [193.203.0.168]
  9    22 ms    19 ms    19 ms  a104-103-90-247.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com [104.103.90.247]

Trace complete.

@akamit
Did you try to log in on both domains using your username and password? do they use the same base?

[akamit]

@akamit
Did you try to log in on both domains using your username and password? do they use the same base?

No, I didn't take the risk because I was not sure in which exchange I'll be logging in, the original or the shady one.

[Furious 7]

@akamit
Did you try to log in on both domains using your username and password? do they use the same base?

No, I didn't take the risk because I was not sure in which exchange I'll be logging in, the original or the shady one.

Try to register on both of these websites if you have the exact same, I'm afraid this is a phishing site that is looking for its prey.
Or check again carefully thoroughly so as not to be fooled by these 2 domains.

[examplens]

@akamit
Did you try to log in on both domains using your username and password? do they use the same base?

No, I didn't take the risk because I was not sure in which exchange I'll be logging in, the original or the shady one.

I tried it for you 

Same situation, register on 55.com domain, and confirmation redirected to 55com.io
I successfully logged on both domains. For 55.com use Chrome browser and Firefox for 55com.io. It seems it is the same place on the server, same user ID.
I am not sure that I can make a deposit because KYC is mandatory

Your ID verification has not been approved yet!

You must pass identity verification before engaging in any deposit, withdrawal, trade, and all other fund, token, and currency functions.

I could not log in using a VPN. tried on both domains.

I have a similar situation with Huobi exchange, we discussed here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5156293

[akamit]

@examplens

Thanks very much for your efforts. I hope you used a random username & password for this operation as the situation is still unclear. I still haven't received a word from the admin from TG whom I have contacted for an explanation. Just now checked twitter which I got from CMC, and it doesn't exist. Looks like this is the active account, picked from 55.com.

I still want to sale the shitcoin which has the volume only at 55.com, elsewhere volume zero. 

[dunfida]

@examplens

Thanks very much for your efforts. I hope you used a random username & password for this operation as the situation is still unclear. I still haven't received a word from the admin from TG whom I have contacted for an explanation. Just now checked twitter which I got from CMC, and it doesn't exist. Looks like this is the active account, picked from 55.com.

I still want to sale the shitcoin which has the volume only at 55.com, elsewhere volume zero. 

Why not try on depositing a small amount of those coins to lessen up the risk incase you're dealing with shady platform?

Its been tested by other members which they can logged in both on same log-in credentials so i can presume that they are just the same
but i cant conclude yet.

[examplens]

@examplens

Thanks very much for your efforts. I hope you used a random username & password for this operation as the situation is still unclear. I still haven't received a word from the admin from TG whom I have contacted for an explanation. Just now checked twitter which I got from CMC, and it doesn't exist. Looks like this is the active account, picked from 55.com.

I still want to sale the shitcoin which has the volume only at 55.com, elsewhere volume zero. 

The last tweet on active account is from 28 August, they are not much active.

In your case, I will think twice about this exchange, if you want to deposit or withdraw KYC is a must. After all, they do not inspire trust by me to give them my personal data. I am not sure how much worth assets which you want to sell there, but don't look only to volume, check open buy orders in other exchange compare with 55com and calculate how much you can lose if sell this shitcoin. I know small exchanges like 55com, where show false volume just to persuade people in a situation like yours.

[akamit]

Why not try on depositing a small amount of those coins to lessen up the risk incase you're dealing with shady platform?

The amount I hodl is low, so the small amount deposit would be double trouble and on top of that KYC is mandatory as examplens said. I'm a skeptical person when it comes to KYC and when the exchange in question doesn't have a reputation than it works 2x inside me. And also I don't do KYC in exchange when I don't have plan to use second time.

The last tweet on active account is from 28 August, they are not much active.

In your case, I will think twice about this exchange, if you want to deposit or withdraw KYC is a must. After all, they do not inspire trust by me to give them my personal data. I am not sure how much worth assets which you want to sell there, but don't look only to volume, check open buy orders in other exchange compare with 55com and calculate how much you can lose if sell this shitcoin. I know small exchanges like 55com, where show false volume just to persuade people in a situation like yours.

Yes, they are not active at all on social platforms.

The token is listed in two exchanges, 55.com and CoinBene. When I created the thread CoinBene had a price of 20 sats per token with almost zero volume and 55.com had 55 sats. Tonight, price in Coinbene is 13 sats with zero volume and 55.com has the same price with some volume. You are right about the false volume and those types of exchanges are targeting peoples like me.

Off-topic

A similar case I witnessed a few minutes earlier. I had an account in TextNow.COM which was suspended due to inactivity, so I tried to recover and they sent confirmation email from TextNow.ME, but when I clicked verify they forwarded me to TextNow.COM again. It seems companies are using different domains for different purposes, is it a trend now?

So what should I consider about 55.com and 55com.io, a trend or shady?

[BitMaxz]

It seems that 55.com email server is compromised and maybe the hacker has access to the email server of 55.com and injects a script to redirect users to another domain. It's too risky if you receive a different domain after you register so I believe that their email server is hacked and maybe the 55.com is using shared email hosting.
 
Be careful much better to don't use the 55com.io when logging in.

What I noticed when trying to deeply search for this website I see lots of Chinese spam backlinks and most of the backlinks are new.

Look at this sample link below.

Code:

http://www.cn-htly.com/gycpfl/2019/1009/881.html

Just put it in the code to make sure the owner of the website won't get benefits of linking here.