Bankera..3 years after ICO...a money grab ICO???

[Chathusand]

They have updated their website with additional supported languages, but other than that, I notice no progress on their project, as if they are simply making noises but doing nothing. If you are an investor in this project, I encourage you to examine the situation and decide whether to hold or sell.

[Serpens66]

Does anyone has experience with their banking service at bankera.com (the exchange moved to exchange.spectrocoin.com, bankera.com is now a banking service)?

I see that the ICO was kind of scam, but that does not mean that the services they offer are scam. The fact that eg. their exchange spectrocoin does not have a very high trading volume is even a sign for not being a scam (the exchange itself, not the token), since there are still alot of exchanges faking their trading volume.

I'm not asking about their tokens, I'm asking about their services. Is it save to use the exchange or bankera.com as bank account? They have a e-money license, but does this prevent them from stealing my money I deposit there?

So is anyone using/used their services and can tell if they stole money/won't let you withdraw?
(of course I already searched alot for Info like this, but all you find is about their ICO and I'm not interested in their token)

[asriloni]

Does anyone has experience with their banking service at bankera.com (the exchange moved to exchange.spectrocoin.com, bankera.com is now a banking service)?

I see that the ICO was kind of scam, but that does not mean that the services they offer are scam. The fact that eg. their exchange spectrocoin does not have a very high trading volume is even a sign for not being a scam (the exchange itself, not the token), since there are still alot of exchanges faking their trading volume.

I'm not asking about their tokens, I'm asking about their services. Is it save to use the exchange or bankera.com as bank account? They have a e-money license, but does this prevent them from stealing my money I deposit there?

So is anyone using/used their services and can tell if they stole money/won't let you withdraw?
(of course I already searched alot for Info like this, but all you find is about their ICO and I'm not interested in their token)

This guy is the one behind bankera and spectrocoin. Spectrocoin was a very well known as a scam platforms. This guy was stealing a lot of bitcoin from the users of its service https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=317543

It's better if you are searching for all of victims that created so many scam accusation thread to the spectrocoin. Bankera was a scam and spectrocoin too.

That guy can run away with your money even when you are using your service.

[CarlosCorreia]

Hello everyone, sorry for digging up this topic.

I was away for quite some time due to the bear market. I am just putting my accounts in order...

I had some Bankera tokens in Spectrocoin, but now they are gone.
Does anyone know what happened?

I know this could be a scam, but I had tokens, and they are quite valuable now compared with purchase value.
But my tokens disappeared. Anyone has idea what they did with tokens that were on Spectrocoin?

[Deox]

Hello everyone, sorry for digging up this topic.

I was away for quite some time due to the bear market. I am just putting my accounts in order...

I had some Bankera tokens in Spectrocoin, but now they are gone.
Does anyone know what happened?

I know this could be a scam, but I had tokens, and they are quite valuable now compared with purchase value.
But my tokens disappeared. Anyone has idea what they did with tokens that were on Spectrocoin?

They introduced an account inactivity fee which automatically deducted tokens every month after 12 months of no login. Maybe this is the reason you lost your tokens.
Another scammy behaviour.

[mdzahed134]

I had some Bankera tokens in Spectrocoin, but now they are gone.
Does anyone know what happened?

I know this could be a scam, but I had tokens, and they are quite valuable now compared with purchase value.
But my tokens disappeared. Anyone has idea what they did with tokens that were on Spectrocoin?

Bankera is ERC-20 network, so i don’t know why you didn’t holding in your personal WALLET as like myetherwallet or trust wallet those are highly secured for the long term holding. Whatever if they're disappeared so you never expected to back your coin. Although Bankera is almost dead coin, but you can sell in hotbit exchange still now.

[Shmigamiex11]

I'm lucky, only invested 0.01 BTC, now worth $12 I think (BNK Tokens). But yes, this is scam obviously but could be worst like with some other ICOs, for example: $STAC (Coinstarter), $STQ (Storiqa), $VNT (Vanta) ... any many more.

Hello, Where you a USA investor who participated in the ICO ?

[forexandcryptoauditor]

Yes, it's complete silence there. I still hold a few bnk tokens. I think it's dead. Previously, after purchasing, they used to give a weekly bonus payout in eth. It was a small amount, but it was consistently received. That time, it was like, now there would be a complete revolution in the banking system. Now I see it was just hype created to get the attention of the investors. I still hold those 1000x reduced bnk in my spectroscopic wallet. However not logged in since months as the value is now nothing.

[Shmigamiex11]

Yes, it's complete silence there. I still hold a few bnk tokens. I think it's dead. Previously, after purchasing, they used to give a weekly bonus payout in eth. It was a small amount, but it was consistently received. That time, it was like, now there would be a complete revolution in the banking system. Now I see it was just hype created to get the attention of the investors. I still hold those 1000x reduced bnk in my spectroscopic wallet.

Are you a US citizen ? I only ask to see if the SEC can take action.

[forexandcryptoauditor]

Yes, it's complete silence there. I still hold a few bnk tokens. I think it's dead. Previously, after purchasing, they used to give a weekly bonus payout in eth. It was a small amount, but it was consistently received. That time, it was like, now there would be a complete revolution in the banking system. Now I see it was just hype created to get the attention of the investors. I still hold those 1000x reduced bnk in my spectroscopic wallet.

Are you a US citizen ? I only ask to see if the SEC can take action.

No. Why? What kind of actions will be there from the SEC for US citizens if they hold BNK tokens? After the successful completion of the ICO, I read somewhere in the news that there was some audit or regulation applied to bnk project, and that went on for a couple of weeks. But I've never heard of the SEC taking any action against US citizens. Anyway, I am uncertain about the future of the Bankera project.

[bayu7adi]

I recall that it was an era when ICO for the banking industry were all the rage, and many investors were drawn to the world of crypto-based banking. In some instances, ICO investors might have relied on somewhat loose parameters. A team with impressive credentials could be manipulated, a professional whitepaper could be crafted by others, and a website with a .io domain could be built by anyone. It was a realm of total freedom, and there were no checks in place to prevent individuals from launching fake ICOs.

A figure of 151 million dollars is a substantial accomplishment, even if it was the most meticulously executed scam in the ICO world at the time. Presently, money laundering can be easily facilitated, especially within the realm of casinos. They've likely absconded with all the funds they acquired.

However, can you believe that the actual sum is 151 million USD? I mean, websites can be manipulated, and even wallets can receive transfers from other wallets owned by the same person. I am suspicious of ICOs reaching figures above 100 million dollars; they might have manipulated the numbers to attract more investors. The actual proceeds may not be as substantial as claimed.

[Shmigamiex11]

I recall that it was an era when ICO for the banking industry were all the rage, and many investors were drawn to the world of crypto-based banking. In some instances, ICO investors might have relied on somewhat loose parameters. A team with impressive credentials could be manipulated, a professional whitepaper could be crafted by others, and a website with a .io domain could be built by anyone. It was a realm of total freedom, and there were no checks in place to prevent individuals from launching fake ICOs.

A figure of 151 million dollars is a substantial accomplishment, even if it was the most meticulously executed scam in the ICO world at the time. Presently, money laundering can be easily facilitated, especially within the realm of casinos. They've likely absconded with all the funds they acquired.

However, can you believe that the actual sum is 151 million USD? I mean, websites can be manipulated, and even wallets can receive transfers from other wallets owned by the same person. I am suspicious of ICOs reaching figures above 100 million dollars; they might have manipulated the numbers to attract more investors. The actual proceeds may not be as substantial as claimed.

The above figure was most likely accurate. Bankera itself is just a proxy company for this entire operation. You have Spectrocoin and Pervesk that hold most of the funds. The CEO of Bankera confirmed on telegram that Pervesk is apart of the Bankera ecosystem and he is apart of their board. The Pervesk financial records is publicly available online as well spectrocoin and Bankers. As I said before, Pervesk has most of the funds with a 2022  of 58 million EUR in total assets.

https://rekvizitai.vz.lt/en/company/pervesk/turnover/

[Shmigamiex11]

Yes, it's complete silence there. I still hold a few bnk tokens. I think it's dead. Previously, after purchasing, they used to give a weekly bonus payout in eth. It was a small amount, but it was consistently received. That time, it was like, now there would be a complete revolution in the banking system. Now I see it was just hype created to get the attention of the investors. I still hold those 1000x reduced bnk in my spectroscopic wallet.

Are you a US citizen ? I only ask to see if the SEC can take action.

No. Why? What kind of actions will be there from the SEC for US citizens if they hold BNK tokens? After the successful completion of the ICO, I read somewhere in the news that there was some audit or regulation applied to bnk project, and that went on for a couple of weeks. But I've never heard of the SEC taking any action against US citizens. Anyway, I am uncertain about the future of the Bankera project.

The SEC is not always aware of illegal activity that goes on. From the information I collected in the past few days it seems as if Bankera ICO allowed USA citizens to participate with little KYC to check if they are acredited investors which means they offered the ICO to USA retail investors. This is considered an unregistered sales of securities because Bankera token itself is a security under the howey test and the Bankera ico is an illegal unregistered offerings of securities. This means the SEC can open up a lawsuit to Era Financial LTD (the company who owns bankera), Bankera CEO and Co-Founder, Spectrocoin, and Pervesk. Just because the SEC has not started a lawsuit yet doesn't mean that one won't come. I reported Bankera and Spectrocoin a few days ago to the SEC and I am awaiting a response. The SEC in recent years have been going after crypto companies and I think they will soon get to Bankera.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Yes, it's complete silence there. I still hold a few bnk tokens. I think it's dead. Previously, after purchasing, they used to give a weekly bonus payout in eth. It was a small amount, but it was consistently received. That time, it was like, now there would be a complete revolution in the banking system. Now I see it was just hype created to get the attention of the investors. I still hold those 1000x reduced bnk in my spectroscopic wallet.

Are you a US citizen ? I only ask to see if the SEC can take action.

No. Why? What kind of actions will be there from the SEC for US citizens if they hold BNK tokens? After the successful completion of the ICO, I read somewhere in the news that there was some audit or regulation applied to bnk project, and that went on for a couple of weeks. But I've never heard of the SEC taking any action against US citizens. Anyway, I am uncertain about the future of the Bankera project.

The SEC is not always aware of illegal activity that goes on. From the information I collected in the past few days it seems as if Bankera ICO allowed USA citizens to participate with little KYC to check if they are acredited investors which means they offered the ICO to USA retail investors. This is considered an unregistered sales of securities because Bankera token itself is a security under the howey test and the Bankera ico is an illegal unregistered offerings of securities. This means the SEC can open up a lawsuit to Era Financial LTD (the company who owns bankera), Bankera CEO and Co-Founder, Spectrocoin, and Pervesk. Just because the SEC has not started a lawsuit yet doesn't mean that one won't come. I reported Bankera and Spectrocoin a few days ago to the SEC and I am awaiting a response. The SEC in recent years have been going after crypto companies and I think they will soon get to Bankera.

There have been around 81k contributors to the bankera ICO a few years ago and we can expect there would be a few of them were US investors. It's caused by we can't sure if the scammer behind bankera would care to disallowed the US investors to participate.

https://fintech.global/2018/02/12/bankera-passes-100m-for-its-ico-which-is-still-live/

A bit surprised that how SEC is not even paying attention to this shit after the scammer has been farming so much money from investors.
I hope there will be an action to be taken against spectrocoin owner. This scammer is still free right now.