BTC Airdrop Conflict

[Feax21]

I joined the site binancedrop.us through a telegram channel mocking binance dex service having a fake 6.000 BTC Airdrop and asking me to send them my bitcoin funds, promising that they would return them double through the binance dex fake “airdrop”. I wouldn’t believe them but their telegram channel was full of bots with fake users reassuring me that it was true through personal messages and even in their website, they had embedded an official Binance Dex video about the launching of their service. But due to my FOMO of losing the airdrop, I decided to give them a try and i withdrew my 0.06614129 bitcoins in their shared address 1MLVs6A6YFQZkQxYt9y8994MR5sYCDANGa in order to receive their “airdrop” but as soon the bitcoins were delivered, both the channel and the site disappeared. Later Chrome browser identified the website as dangerous and deceptive before it was completely removed from the world wide web.
My funds were initially available in their shared address according to https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/1MLVs6A6YFQZkQxYt9y8994MR5sYCDANGa but it appears that they forwarded them into another address bc1q4m7f7j3ypkxe6j3nkzewkqh7rgla9msrn2r2sg according to https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/bc1q4m7f7j3ypkxe6j3nkzewkqh7rgla9msrn2r2sg so i can’t recover them anymore.

Binance Customer Support isn’t even willing to respond to my submitted ticket (4545344) or provide any compensation as the scammers used illegally Binance Dex logo, trademark, launched videos and intellectual property. Their customer support service is awful.
Binance TxID is b6f4ebff7d3478aed63f09ffc2882e80b0f99176324332a6a2e4e0f4be300a8a

Is there anybody available who knows how to recover them and claim them back? I can provide 1/3 of my funds if they will be recovered.
Is there anyone from binancedrop.us available to provide any assistance?
My BTC deposit address is 1F4gXLY5MdCkZ3MexFuyXCtPsbQLKAtXix
Please help me if possible to recover my funds.
What i hate about hackers is that they target hard working middle class crypto users instead of hunting down the rich people. Or is it too difficult to scam rich people ?
Relevant Article:
https://www.coindesk.com/binance-recovers-344k-from-defi-exit-scam-that-launched-on-its-platform
feax21 crypto blog: https://cryptomonkey.weebly.com/

[Stalker22]

Their customer support service is awful.
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I don't understand. Why do you think Binance should help you if you are aware that you have fallen for a scam that has nothing to do with them?
Just because scammers used their logo and trademark doesn't mean Binance is responsible for your recklessness.

It's no use in crying over spilled milk. The amount may be big for you but that is the price you pay for your greed. Next time ask here for advice, not after the fact.

[Charles-Tim]

You can move this topic to 'beginners and help', scroll down this thread, you will see 'move topic' below, then move it to beginners and help will be better.
First of all, there are many scams like this these days, it is we that needs to be very careful, in a legit airdrop, any payment will not be requested for, everything will be free. Any airdrop that ask you to pay is just a scam, you should avoid such next time. Even, if not asked you to pay, it can still be scam, collecting peoples information in a way to track them down and scam them. I will advice people to be very careful of airdrops because many are scams. There was one that asked me to pay certain amoint of ether as vip fee some months ago, I knew it was scam, and that was my last time of looking for airdrop.

Sorry for your loss, but there is nothing binance can do, they were not the one that scammed you. The money is lost already, be careful of recovery services, they will not do you two things than to scam you the second time. Also, be careful of bitcointalk members that will send you personal messages, they also want to scam you. There is nothing you can do, the bitcoin is gone already.

[aesma]

The scam described is advanced, although I would personally not fall for it (for starters I don't use telegram). Back in the day it took much less to make me participate in a couple of ponzis, they even worked for the first transaction, so if you were not greedy you could make a buck. Of course FOMO kicked in, you sent 10 times the amount, and nothing came back.

Feax21 : you should open a scam accusation thread or maybe a mod could move this thread there.

BTW binancedrop.us redirects me to binance.com

[Jating]

It is an obvious scam scheme:

Dates    14 days old
Created on 2020-10-24
Expires on 2021-10-24
Updated on 2020-10-29

https://whois.domaintools.com/binancedrop.us

I'm sorry to burst the bubble to the OP, but you have been scam by cyber criminals and there's no way that Binance will help you out get your money back. Let this be a lessons for everyone not to fall for this kind of trap. If you don't believed me, go to Scam Accusations board, you will see a lot of members here giving us heads up and warnings about all type of scams in crypto sphere.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

I joined the site binancedrop.us through a telegram channel mocking binance dex service having a fake 6.000 BTC Airdrop and asking me to send them my bitcoin funds, promising that they would return them double through the binance dex fake “airdrop”.

You should avoid greed. You will lose all the money to scammers due to it. Nobody in their right mind is going to instantly double the bitcoins you send to them

Binance Customer Support isn’t even willing to respond to my submitted ticket (4545344) or provide any compensation as the scammers used illegally Binance Dex logo, trademark, launched videos and intellectual property. Their customer support service is awful.
Binance TxID is b6f4ebff7d3478aed63f09ffc2882e80b0f99176324332a6a2e4e0f4be300a8a

Binance support won't help you or refund the money. They have always warned people about scams and phishing attacks. You should start being keen.
Forget about the money, it's never going to be recovered since bitcoin transactions are irreversible once confirmed.

BTW binancedrop.us redirects me to binance.com

Probably when the domain was reported, the decided to make it redirect to their official website to avoid other people from falling for the phishing scam. I have seen some services do this kind of thing.

[Lucius]

What i hate about hackers is that they target hard working middle class crypto users instead of hunting down the rich people. Or is it too difficult to scam rich people ?

Hackers have no morals, no honor, and they don't care if they stole someone's last coin or stole from someone who won't even notice. The reason why they target those from the bottom and middle of society is that they are much easier targets, because the rich have enough to not get into situations like this at all (although an exception can always happen).

Consider this a valuable life lesson, and believe that you are not the first or the last to whom this has happened. If you learn a lesson then you will realize that the Internet is full of scammers, that everything you see or read should be approached with a great deal of caution and that this is the only way to protect yourself.

[Fesatmas]

the pretext of fraud is unpredictable, even coming from good platforms. so I often tell my friends to stay focused on trading, which is clear where our funds are flowing, and when in which competitor. we need to know that crypto airdrop is free crypto. that's my motto with comrades in arms. if there is a platform that requires us to pay upfront it could be 90% fraud. as for 10% based on information that is really actual, precise, credible and up to date. driven based on information known to everyone and from official social media.
Regarding the telegram groups being so closed off with the authenticity of the platforms, it couldn't be helped. and countless. I recommend that you continue to monitor your funds, it is feared that the virus has infiltrated so that all remaining assets are also lost. Regarding your funds that have gone somewhere it is a lesson to always be careful in making transactions. carry out ordinary transactions and do not raise suspicion.

[XCANA]

Well, this is a mistake on your part, becasue the site you mentioned wasn't an old website which would have be a yardstick for determining their illicit act. Anyone that promise some sort of good return of investment should be flag becasue such profits don't come easy. There's always a price we all will pay for a new technology like Bitcoin and some have already paid theirs in the past, this will make you strong and wiser next-time, i understand your pains but take heart as thing get better.

[NeilLostBitCoin]

First of all, airdrop suppose to give you free tokens and doesn't need you to deposit any amount, if I am seing such so called airdrop I rather not join to it because if they are asking for money why do they launch an airdrop? for what? also binance is clear about that thing that it is your responsibility to filter out things and to know some thing if it is scam or not, best thing to do is work hard to earn it again but mate keep in mind that thing so that you will not get scammed again.

[fiulpro]

WHY would someone send you Double the amount !
HOW would someone send you Double the amount ?
Why would they return your money if you do not know anything about them and at the same time weren't there like a millions scams which taught you already to stay away from things like these ??

This was clearly a scam, you can get fake followers and even real one's in a matter of seconds and therefore instead of trusting a channel with maybe a considerable amount of followers why not do research in advance and go the the main website they are referring to and then see if they are doing it.

Even if someone is going to airdrops you tokens or funds I do think that they won't ask money in return otherwise there is no reason they would even do that in the first place.

[khaled0111]

Sorry for your loss but Binance's customer support can't help with this as they don't have anything to do with the phishing website. So don't expect any kind of compensation from their part.

What i hate about hackers is that they target hard working middle class crypto users instead of hunting down the rich people. Or is it too difficult to scam rich people ?

So, do you think it's OK to steal from rich people!!

[Stalker22]

So, do you think it's OK to steal from rich people!!

Yes, if you share your spoils to the needy and to the poor!
                                                                                   - Robin Hood 🎯

[carter34]

but as soon the bitcoins were delivered, both the channel and the site disappeared. Later Chrome browser identified the website as dangerous and deceptive before it was completely removed from the world wide web.

This is a sorry story, I can feel your surprise and shock immediately. Next time try and ask or make a proper investigation including reading reviews about the web. Airdrop means free, you get free tokens from doing either simple task or just signing up. If an airdrop ask you for money related, exit the airdrop to avoid this issues of scam.