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March 13, 2020, 01:42:16 AM |
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The terms used in that email are utter bullshit, the scammer is trying too hard to sound "technical" by using widely used terms for crypto.
Words that are weirdly combined and non-existent crypto terms: "Blockchain system", "turnover operation", "default HASH", etc.
He used those common terms in a very outlandish way.
Speaking of scams, please check every user's profile that replied here by clicking on their names (left-side of posts, specially the latest ones).
Make use of the forum's "trust" feature and I suggest you to do not trust the profiles of those who've got a bad reputation.
Take care.
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Stones229
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March 13, 2020, 10:50:09 AM |
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This is definitely a mental manipulation of sorts: waving money in front of you and asking for money to get more of it. As soon as you give them the funds, they will either disappear or ask for more upping the stakes.
This is a very easy scam to detect, just remember the African Prince saga. Having a bunch of technical mumbo-jumbo in the email just makes it easier to see imho.
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March 13, 2020, 11:26:31 AM |
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Here you go, now the others don't have to manually open them  They're pretty huge though. |
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March 13, 2020, 12:10:53 PM |
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You stated that the site was "coin-bits", and that it wasn’t online anymore (even though the alleged support email belongs to another domain, but being scammers, don’t expect too much coherency). Although it may not be of that much use now, you can see what the landing page of that site looked-like here: https://web.archive.org/web/20191008040906/https://www.coin-bits.com/#If the exact spelling of the URL is different, try to search for it there to see what it looked like (although it’s a snapshot, so it’s not an operative active site). |
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badgerboy66 (OP)
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March 13, 2020, 01:18:38 PM |
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Again, thanks to you all for your views and advice. Although not a programmer I've been involved with computers for years and can see the clear inconsistencies and discrepancies with the email content etc. I don't have any experience with trading bitcoins which is why I'm asking you (more experienced people) to chip in with your views on what has been sent to him, in relation as to what you would expect to see. So, thanks for that. I did have a whiff of an issue with his 'trading' in late 2019 but couldn't really get enough details to be able to get involved. The coin-bits website was definitely '.com' back then so they've obviously moved to '.co' for dodgy reasons. Plus the website has been done by a company set up in Kingstown, St Vincent - major alarm bells there! Unfortunately, my brother isn't computer savvy and he's been totally sucked into the scam. On a more positive note, looking into bitcoins has me intrigued and I'm thinking of having a go - obviously following the valuable advice on here!  Cheers |
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The Cryptovator
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March 14, 2020, 08:49:13 AM |
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I believe OP has realized that your brother scammed by scammers. That's the real reason why people should minimum study about bitcoin before dealing with it. Otherwise there is chance of easy scam and it has been happened with your brother. I will prefer for good practice from beginning, for store your bitcoin should use Ledger or any other hardware wallet I there is such as big amount of bitcoin. Or if there is small amount of bitcoin then you may use Electrum, it's easy to use and open source wallet. Must verify signature if you can. And always be careful when you need update it, don't click update popups. Just go original website from where you installed first time and reinstall your software. Your funds shouldn't affected for this updates. Remember, there is no support team for bitcoin nor anyone could help you to recover your fund even it has sent to the wrong address. Bitcoin is a irreversible cryptocurrency. There is not such as opportunity that you need to pay for active your account or recover your funds. |
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March 15, 2020, 02:40:48 AM |
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Hi
I'm a complete novice and have had no dealings with bit coins whatsoever.
However, I've joined this forum to try to gain some understanding on how things work with wallets etc.
In short, I believe that my brother has been scammed as he has bought bitcoins over the last 6 months and for various 'unbelievable' (in my eyes) reasons cannot access his coins/money. I have read some of the threads on here and a few of the discussions have raised alarm bells with me as he has mentioned some of the malware/hacks particularly the Ctrl C, Ctrl V issue.
I'm not sure what wallet/s he has or who he is dealing with blockchainwise but I believe he has access via a laptop using Windows. He seems to use the correct terminology when talking about things, in relation to what I've read on here and other sites, but I've not seen anything legitimate about the transactions need to recover his coins. I've not actually seen his laptop or how he accesses his wallet.
So, in general terms, he is being told that his coins are available in a wallet (possibly not his? I'm not sure) but he needs to put in cash (using the term 'Overturn') to activate the wallet and release his funds. Apparently, he has 4.8 bitcoins in there but needs £6k to get them back. This appears to be complete bullsh*t to me but as I've said I have no experience of this.
Is 'Overturn' a genuine thing? Does this sound like a typical scam?
Is there a way of sorting this out?
I'd be really grateful of your help/opinions.
Thank you
There is no such thing as blockchainwise wallet the domain is on sale, and there is no such thing that you are going to pay a certain amount of money just so you can open the wallet, the rule here is you have the key you have your coin, not your key not your coin, and you are right it's completely bullshit you two should educate yourself on how things work especially when it comes to a wallet, it's not tricky after all. |
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March 15, 2020, 11:08:12 AM |
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Hi
I'm a complete novice and have had no dealings with bit coins whatsoever.
However, I've joined this forum to try to gain some understanding on how things work with wallets etc.
In short, I believe that my brother has been scammed as he has bought bitcoins over the last 6 months and for various 'unbelievable' (in my eyes) reasons cannot access his coins/money. I have read some of the threads on here and a few of the discussions have raised alarm bells with me as he has mentioned some of the malware/hacks particularly the Ctrl C, Ctrl V issue.
I'm not sure what wallet/s he has or who he is dealing with blockchainwise but I believe he has access via a laptop using Windows. He seems to use the correct terminology when talking about things, in relation to what I've read on here and other sites, but I've not seen anything legitimate about the transactions need to recover his coins. I've not actually seen his laptop or how he accesses his wallet.
So, in general terms, he is being told that his coins are available in a wallet (possibly not his? I'm not sure) but he needs to put in cash (using the term 'Overturn') to activate the wallet and release his funds. Apparently, he has 4.8 bitcoins in there but needs £6k to get them back. This appears to be complete bullsh*t to me but as I've said I have no experience of this.
Is 'Overturn' a genuine thing? Does this sound like a typical scam?
Is there a way of sorting this out?
I'd be really grateful of your help/opinions.
Thank you
Probable it can be considered as a scam if your brother got into that wallet, made or donated that huge amount of bitcoin. I have heard some websites or wallets that are also having that kind of scam, that you need to deposit first in order for you to activate the wallet. But the experience of your brother is different, he already had such amount of bitcoin in his wallet, and then had asked to donate 6k euro. Probably it's a scam, but try to make background checks for that wallet. |
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March 15, 2020, 11:16:32 AM |
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Yes your brother is scammed obviously. As what I mostly read on replies in this thread most of it is true. Signs of scam sites are explained in some replies here. If you are thinking if you can recover the funds in the wallet without depositing first then the answer is no. There is no actual funds in the wallet said. You share the site to let anyone who doesn't know about this site.
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