Blockchaintradingfx.com is SCAM

[jelke78]

Hi guys,

Please, be aware of the portal Blockchaintradingfx.com.

These guys are representing themselves as a mining portal of Blockchain.com, but get away of them. They are fraud!

To be honest Blockchain.com also should be avoided. These guys have secure flaws in their portal. But that's another story.


Following the Scam report format:

What happened:: Someone transferred (without my knowledge) bitcoins from my Blockchain wallet, then explained that they were not stolen, but were invested into mining process, could be followed into Blockchaintradingfx.com platform and after 5 days I will be able to collect the investment. After 5 days these guys told that I will be able to collect the investment after I pay taxes of 20%. Of course, I did not want to pay these taxes, but they already transferred bitcoins, so I have nothing else to do, but to spread the word. These guys are from Blockchaintradingfx.com platform and represented themselves as part of Blockchain, as the advisors.
I turned out to be fool, but the thing that tricked me is Blockchain platform. I did not expected that someone could have had access to my Blockchain wallet (made transaction without my knowledge) and by that I believed (in the beggining) in the story that these guys are connected to Blockchain platform.
 

Scammers Profile Link: https://blockchaintradingfx.com/

Reference Link: https://blockchaintradingfx.com/
Amount Scammed: 500$
Payment Method: By card, but this is irelevant for this accident.
Proof of Payment: I have proof from the bank, but do not want to share.
PM/Chat Logs: Too many chats with Blockchaintradingfx.com guys to be shared.
Additional Notes: I do not want to write about my experience with Blockchain support about this accident, because it is too frustrated. These guys have serious secure flaws in their platform.

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[Smartvirus]

It's really nice of you to have identified a scam in your little and as well chose to warn the public about it. Not like i don't believe you, of cause i want to neither do i plan any investment with the said blockchaintradingfx.com but then, in presenting a case or an accusation, it's more believable should it be accompanied with evidence or verifiable facts. It could take either form but then, It becomes really loud that way and just like that, a new scam scheme is exposed to the public. Good job mate, just do well to add an evidence next time.

[tabas]

Rather post it on Scam Accusations. Following the Scam report format.

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[hugeblack]

Please, be aware of the portal Blockchaintradingfx.com.

Where did you find this scam website? I searched on Google and couldn't find many details.
Mining selling sites are sites that sell devices, so it is not acceptable to hide information about the company or the nature of manufacturing and other information.

The website's owner is hiding his identity on WHOIS using a paid service

This website has only been registered recently.

This website does not have many visitors

We found many low rated websites on the same server
We detected cryptocurrency services which can be high risk
Financial services (or content) identified with a high risk/retur

Source ---> https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/blockchaintradingfx.com

This site should be avoided.

[jelke78]

@Smartvirus

Totally agree about evidence. However, you should agree that it's not easy to provide evidence (even I have proof of payment) if someone transferred (without your knowledge) bitcoins from your Blockchain wallet, then explained that it was not stolen, but it was invested into mining process, then that the bitcoins could be monitored into Blockchaintradingfx.com platform and after 5 days could be collected as an investment. After 5 days these guys told that I will be able to collect the investment after I pay taxes of 20%. Of course, I did not want to pay these taxes, but the bitcoins were already transferred into their hand. So, I have nothing else to do, but to spread the word.
I turned out to be fool, but the thing that tricked me is Blockchain platform. I did not expected that someone could have had access to my Blockchain wallet and by that I believed (in the beginning) in the story that these guys are connected to Blockchain platform.
I do not want to write about my experience with Blockchain support about this accident, because it is too frustrated. These guys have serious secure flaws in their platform.


@tabas

I will post it in the appropriate board.


@hugeblack

Yes, that was one of the things I found out when my bitcoins was transferred and I was asked for the taxes. But at that stage I had no control of my bitcoins and could just have monitored allegedly earnings.

[SFR10]

I turned out to be fool, but the thing that tricked me is Blockchain platform. I did not expected that someone could have had access to my Blockchain wallet and by that I believed (in the beginning) in the story that these guys are connected to Blockchain platform.

If they did ask you to input something other than your BTCitcoin address, then it has nothing to do with blockchain.com's connection with them.

I will post it in the appropriate board.

Just move this one into that board ^{[move button is in the bottom left corner of the page]}.
@jelke78
Just to help you with providing something against this scam platform, I quickly checked and it's not just a "Ponzi scheme", it's also a "rip-off of other fake/scam platforms"...

Check the similarities:

• Bit-Advisory ^[archived]
• PennyWorth ^[archived]
• PennyWiseTraders ^[archived]
• DuttaCapitals ^[archived]
• Coinwealth ^[archived]

[jelke78]

"If they did ask you to input something other than your BTCitcoin address, then it has nothing to do with blockchain.com's connection with them."


No, I was using only bitcoin address. The real issue was that advisor/scammer opened blockchain account/wallet in my name using my email and told me just to change the password. I did not want to use that wallet, but opened it by myself. What I did not know, at the time, that this two accounts were somehow connected in term that they were sharing common balance. I enabled 2-factor authent. and did not enable secret keys on my wallet which meant that I should have gotten notification if someone was trying to login into account. After some time I realized that my balance is missing, checked on transfer logs and saw that bitcoins were transferred to few unknown wallets. Scammer told me that this is normal process where bitcoins were transferred to another platform in order to achieve investment. The scammer opened account for me in Blockchaintradingfx.com platform where I could have monitored my investment. As I wrote, I had no doubts that this is true because I did not get any notification (2FA was enabled) that someone was logging into my account. From that point I did not have control of bitcoins. I already explained the part in which scammer was asking for taxes and my understanding that I was deceived.
Related to Blockchain.com portal, please, check out this article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-blockchaincom-scam-works-kenneth-g-ken-mages?trk=read_related_article-card_title


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"Just move this one into that board [move button is in the bottom left corner of the page]."


I did it as you advised. Thanks.


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"Just to help you with providing something against this scam platform, I quickly checked and it's not just a "Ponzi scheme", it's also a "rip-off of other fake/scam platforms"...

Check the similarities:
Bit-Advisory [archived]
PennyWorth [archived]
PennyWiseTraders [archived]
DuttaCapitals [archived]
Coinwealth [archived] "


Nice job! Well done! The platforms look the same.
What a fool I turned out

[SFR10]

The real issue was that advisor/scammer opened blockchain account/wallet in my name using my email and told me just to change the password. I did not want to use that wallet, but opened it by myself. What I did not know, at the time, that this two accounts were somehow connected in term that they were sharing common balance.

Did you create another account with the same email or a different one?

I enabled 2-factor authent. and did not enable secret keys on my wallet which meant that I should have gotten notification if someone was trying to login into account. After some time I realized that my balance is missing, checked on transfer logs and saw that bitcoins were transferred to few unknown wallets. Scammer told me that this is normal process where bitcoins were transferred to another platform in order to achieve investment.

AFAIK, regardless of the security settings, the "real" blockchain.com wallet always sends an email to authorize every single login attempt and if you didn't get any, then perhaps you were using/accessing a fake version of that wallet + that explains how they were able to easily transfer your funds into their wallets.

Related to Blockchain.com portal, please, check out this article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-blockchaincom-scam-works-kenneth-g-ken-mages?trk=read_related_article-card_title

Based on the thumbnail image ^{[header area]} of his "blog" I strongly believe that he was a victim of a phishing scam and the same goes for you ^{[it would've been better to see screenshots of the above issue but that's most likely the case here]}.
^{- I'm not trying to defend Blockchain.com's wallet [I wouldn't recommend them since it's not a safe place to store funds] but I think it's not fair to blame them for this [if it was indeed a phishing scam of some sort].}

Nice job! Well done! The platforms look the same.
What a fool I turned out

Thanks and sorry for your loss ^{[don't be too hard on yourself, it could happen to anyone]}.

• ~Snipped~
  maybe a company like "Chainalysis" could come in handy...
  ^{- Having said that, I'm not sure if they'll entertain individuals but it's worth a shot.}
  

[jelke78]

"Did you create another account with the same email or a different one?"

I opened the account with the same email. I believe it must not be the issue if you open account with the same email because someone's email is public info.



"AFAIK, regardless of the security settings, the "real" blockchain.com wallet always sends an email to authorize every single login attempt and if you didn't get any, then perhaps you were using/accessing a fake version of that wallet + that explains how they were able to easily transfer your funds into their wallets."

No, I did get an email to authorize my every single login attempt. That's the catch. I got it every time I was accessing my account.



"I'm not trying to defend Blockchain.com's wallet [I wouldn't recommend them since it's not a safe place to store funds] but I think it's not fair to blame them for this [if it was indeed a phishing scam of some sort]."

I could agree with you if I was a victim of phishing scam. But I do not believe that's the case, because I was getting notification (via email and/or mobile) every time I was accessing my wallet. So, it must have been the real Blockchain's wallet.
Of course, I'm not saying that Blockchain is 100% guilty, but believe that had some part in it, because someone transferred bitcoins from my wallet without notifying me. The rest of the blame is on my back, on my naivety.



Anyway, thank you for your support and for sharing the info about a company like Chainalysis. It's really appreciated.

[jelke78]

Hi guys,

Updates regarding this case:
Believe it or not, someone started me on LinkedIn and introduced herself as a expert trader in bitcoin and binary trading options/a digitally asset investor . Her fake name on LinkedIn is Evelyn Manning, Investment Specialist at Blockchaintradingfx, Indianapolis, Indiana Area.

After I asked her about scam on the Blockchaintradingfx platform she vanished from my connections and messages .

Take care!