Someone heard or know about this bitcoin website?

[SupraMayro]

I started using zefinex.com,And it just says to me "Protection from bots, Your new account is temporarily restricted in withdrawal, deposit 0.12 btc so your account will be activated"
something like that.
now I wanna know if its a scam or is it legit site?
thank you

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[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Do not deposit anything. It's scam.
I have not heard about this website, never used them but from the experience it is clear that this is a scam. When a site ask you to deposit money first to be able to withdraw, it surely is fishy. No legit business will ask you such thing.

[Jawhead999]

I wonder how you can know this platform because this sites created just 2 days ago. If you looking for trusted and popular centralized exchanges you can choose Binance, Kucoin or Coinbase. You won't be asked to deposit xxx amount like this scam exchanges.

Domain Name: ZEFINEX.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2560325638_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2020-09-17T08:57:57Z
Creation Date: 2020-09-17T08:52:56Z

[SupraMayro]

someone send me a message that I won and I received 0.41 BTC on that site.
I sign up and then on the balance I do see 0.41 BTC.
I know it stupid to believe this
but I had 0.1% of hope that I might, maybe ,somehow got free money and the site looks so legit and on .com
so I had to check before I might lose my "free BTC".

[AhmadM]

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Won on what? Contest? Giveaway/raffle? The thing is you even didn't ever sign up and knew about the site, how the ways you able to win? It does not make a sense. Obviously a scam attempt, if you follow that instruction you just ended up losing your money.

Anyway, from where you got the messages? Telegram or email?

[Eureka_07]

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Don't be hooked on that. It''s just a typical way of some fraudsters. Leading their victims to deposit large amount(if they are really desperate) of money on their site, you'll just lose your money, you are hoping to gain money right? Next time, don't even bother registering on their website. Report the site if you have time.

[Asuspawer09]

I started using zefinex.com,And it just says to me "Protection from bots, Your new account is temporarily restricted in withdrawal, deposit 0.12 btc so your account will be activated"
something like that.
now I wanna know if its a scam or is it legit site?
thank you

The websites seem to be legit when you visit it because the design of the websites seems to be good looking but still.

I wonder how you can know this platform because this sites created just 2 days ago. If you looking for trusted and popular centralized exchanges you can choose Binance, Kucoin or Coinbase. You won't be asked to deposit xxx amount like this scam exchanges.

Domain Name: ZEFINEX.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2560325638_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2020-09-17T08:57:57Z
Creation Date: 2020-09-17T08:52:56Z

Having a website that is 2days old is always sketchy, no one is going to trust a website because it doesn't have the trust one the users and investors yet.

In my opinion, there is a high chance that the website is a scam, for me, I will not take the risk of investing in this kind of website because there are so many options exchanges in the market that are available that is trusted than this websites.

The method of depositing first to activate your account already suspicious, looks like a classic way of scam websites.

[Mpamaegbu]

... the site looks so legit and on .com
so I had to check before I might lose my "free BTC".

Don't be deceived. A site being on .com doesn't prove it to be legit or not. After all, BTT (this site we're on) is on .org, and not .com yet it's as legit as it can be. The .com thing is an old trick of scammers. Flee, bro. BTW, always use coinmarketcap or coingecko to access any exchange you want to make use of to ascertain level of authenticity.

[Ayiranorea]

More such websites are found commonly, all that required is the patience to go through and find the real working of the website. When I'm new to cryptocurrency, without any research just used to invest on multiplier schemes/softwares that are developed to scam the people. Later on learned the truth about cryptocurrencies and the increased number of scams getting promoted in the name of cryptocurrencies. Based on my understanding the mentioned website is a pure scam.

[Chrystora123]

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It's my first time hearing this site..  don't believe it, this site was just created.  be careful in the present, don't easily believe the lure like this.  This dirty method does not only happen 1 or 2 times in crypto space..

[SupraMayro]

Thank you guys
I really appreciate your help 3>
It really do good when the world have people like you guys to help prevent a scam and things like that.
thanks again.

[GeorgeJohn]

This question is very technical because know one knows better investment sites,but i will like to advice you not to invest there because it might be scam. Before we adventure into investment websites we have to enquire very well because scammers have no conscience to any one.

[bL4nkcode]

I started using zefinex.com,And it just says to me "Protection from bots, Your new account is temporarily restricted in withdrawal, deposit 0.12 btc so your account will be activated"
something like that.
now I wanna know if its a scam or is it legit site?
thank you

Sounds like a scam, no? That strategy always came from untrusted website/party who wants to fool users, unless you're one of them, kidding.

Avoid such site that asks payment before you can do something on your account. You can use other reputed exchange such binance, kucoin, etc. if your only concern is trading.

[o_e_l_e_o]

Any person/website/service which tells you to deposit before you are allowed to withdraw is a scam, 100% of the time.

This particular scam is a cookie-cutter website which crops up repeatedly with a new name, but the exact same content and scam attempt. For example:

https://10altcoins.com/
https://tradecoins24.com/
http://www.viral.kz/
https://coinvus.com/

Since you say you have registered an account on this scam site, if you have reused a password which you use anywhere else (especially your email account), then I would thoroughly recommend changing it immediately since it is now in the hands of scammers.

[Bitcoinislife09]

I started using zefinex.com,And it just says to me "Protection from bots, Your new account is temporarily restricted in withdrawal, deposit 0.12 btc so your account will be activated"
something like that.
now I wanna know if its a scam or is it legit site?
thank you

It's safe just to use a popular or trusted exchanger than this one that is just made 2 days ago basically. The websites are obviously a scam and no need to risk your funds if you could just use a better website like Binance, Coibase at other more popular exchanges. They are always trying to scam people in the community so something like this is not new already investing in an exchange like this? I just cant see any benefit about it.

[logfiles]

someone send me a message that I won and I received 0.41 BTC on that site.

It's a form of scam that has been here for ages. It requires common sense sometimes. Who on this earth is going to randomly send you a telegram message offering you free BTC worth over $4K?

Check this thread by Royse777 List of (un)known methods scammers user to scam users with honorable mention

Deposit before withdrawing
It mostly happens in gambling section but I have seen people coming up with currency exchange service and try this method.
The trick is very easy. You will see an ANN or service announcement of a new website out of nowhere. You will be given X amount of free BTC to try their website. You will spend those fee BTC and play games in their site. Instantly you will find yourself very lucky. You will make Y times of the X and once you will request a withdrawal they will ask you to deposit Z amount BTC. Once you will contact the support they will give this explanation that the primary deposit is required to verify your account. I have seen people to be trapped and lose their money. Do not send any single satoshi to anyone who will come to you with this method. Stay away, you have been warned.

Example victims or offers:
Stay away from Fake Coinbase giveaway ! (accusation, send btc first)
be aware. exmofit.com scam website (accusation, this time it was a fake exchange)
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Don't be deceived. A site being on .com doesn't prove it to be legit or not. After all, BTT (this site we're on) is on .org, and not .com yet it's as legit as it can be. The .com thing is an old trick of scammers. Flee, bro. BTW, always use coinmarketcap or coingecko to access any exchange you want to make use of to ascertain level of authenticity.

An exchange appearing on coingecko or especially coinmarketcap does not guarantee that it's legit. Many scam and volume faking exchanges are still listed on coinmarketcap

https://10altcoins.com/
https://tradecoins24.com/
http://www.viral.kz/
https://coinvus.com/

More of the scam exchanges with similar design
- https://bitvux.com/
- https://bitwave.ltd/
- https://www.tiqex.com/
- https://bitextrum.com/
- http://144.76.183.47/
- https://cryptonetus.com/
- https://coinmarketc.com/
- https://fexcoins.com/
- https://coinetus.com/
- https://vuxbit.com/
- https://coinax24.com/

[Oilacris]

I started using zefinex.com,And it just says to me "Protection from bots, Your new account is temporarily restricted in withdrawal, deposit 0.12 btc so your account will be activated"
something like that.
now I wanna know if its a scam or is it legit site?
thank you

It's safe just to use a popular or trusted exchanger than this one that is just made 2 days ago basically. The websites are obviously a scam and no need to risk your funds if you could just use a better website like Binance, Coibase at other more popular exchanges. They are always trying to scam people in the community so something like this is not new already investing in an exchange like this? I just cant see any benefit about it.

I cant really blame myself on why sometimes i do think that these people do end up on using these unknown or shady platforms from nowhere.Do they able to make some google search or just totally get or read
it from someone online as suggestions?

This is just a common scam that had been known in the past on anything that do ask out for some payments or deposits before you do able to have again access into your account is a big SCAM!
Its just really an alibi for them to fool out people.

[superkirby]

Any person/website/service which tells you to deposit before you are allowed to withdraw is a scam, 100% of the time.

This particular scam is a cookie-cutter website which crops up repeatedly with a new name, but the exact same content and scam attempt. For example:

https://10altcoins.com/
https://tradecoins24.com/
http://www.viral.kz/
https://coinvus.com/

Since you say you have registered an account on this scam site, if you have reused a password which you use anywhere else (especially your email account), then I would thoroughly recommend changing it immediately since it is now in the hands of scammers.

Thx for your advice, that shows it all...we were sceptical as we won and should first deposit 0.014 BTC (classic Nigerian Prince scam), but the design and TOS, Adress etc, looks really good...damn i really could use that 0.41 BTC ^^'

[examplens]

Code:

https://10altcoins.com/
https://tradecoins24.com/
http://www.viral.kz/
https://coinvus.com/

More of the scam exchanges with similar design

Code:

- https://bitvux.com/
- https://bitwave.ltd/
- https://www.tiqex.com/
- https://bitextrum.com/
- http://144.76.183.47/
- https://cryptonetus.com/
- https://coinmarketc.com/
- https://fexcoins.com/
- https://coinetus.com/
- https://vuxbit.com/
- https://coinax24.com/

Both of you, do not post direct links to these scammers. Remove https: and www in front of the domain. That way we will all understand the message and your good intentions will not be able to have a negative effect. this is how it looks like a promotion of these websites, linking to the site such as Bitcointalk can positively affect the future authority of websites.
I guess we will not help them in their work.

[Pffrt]

this is how it looks like a promotion of these websites, linking to the site such as Bitcointalk can positively affect the future authority of websites.

I doubt such websites ever plan to have increased their domain authority at all. What they do is registering domain every now and then and try to get one or two noobs with that domain and trap them. They never use one domain more than couple of times I think as using couple of times would mark their website as fake.