Ukrainian Scam Donation Posts and Users

[Stalker22]

The address 3CcF942kYVRotGrfYQxD4QNn4aKVywpRxb belongs to an exchange, more like a hot wallet, so I am certain the past scams used it for exchanging the stolen Bitcoin.

The name of the exchange is Kuna.io, a Ukrainian crypto exchange. What I think is happening is that the Official donation address was created from that very exchange, so sent Bitcoins are being automatically spent off to the hot wallet like most exchanges usually do.

Yeah, that's what I thought too.

When I searched WalletExplorer.com for additional information about that address, I saw that it was part of an extremely active wallet along with more than 700 other addresses: https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/0001973d1acf52ac/addresses

But how do you know it is a Kuna.io exchange? Is there a way to confirm this information?

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[DireWolfM14]

The address 3CcF942kYVRotGrfYQxD4QNn4aKVywpRxb belongs to an exchange

I think you're right.

The address was originally posted by an old twitter account that claims to be the official account of the Ukrainian government, and I have no reason to suspect it isn't.  The address was posted by that account over 48 hours ago, and the fact that it's still up also makes me think it's legit.



According this post, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Austria has confirmed that the address is indeed controlled by the Ukrainian government.



Honestly, I'm still skeptical about making bitcoin donations.  I am also not in any hurry to donate to the Ukrainian government for a variety of reasons.  I am inclined to donate to humanitarian efforts, but I don't want my donations used for any military purposes.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I remember this user made some good posts and i sent few merits to him[1]. But looks like the real reason he made those posts is to build reputation for scam attempt, what a shame. Now he delete all almost all of his posts and edit other post with title/body "del".

[1] https://bpip.org/smerit.aspx?to=interiawp&from=ETFbitcoin

Not your fault. There are people here with different interest. They may look legitimate but they won't leave the opportunity to scam if they get a chance. To build up another new account does not take much if one knows how to manipulate the system and earn merit from other members. Merit fishers are everywhere.

[Frengki_cisco]

I also noticed there were new donations.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3451491

Voices of Children

This is a Ukraine-based organization that works with children, providing psychological support to those affected by war with art therapy and storytelling. The organization also provides financial support to families in need due to the effects of war.

Bitcoin is accepted

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[TheBeardedBaby]

I just reported a post from a newbie >  1of16.game when I thought that the link he posted as one of those trying to scam ppl but it turns out that it's legit. I apologies to the guy here, but I never heard of www.binance.charity before. It was weird that the guy last post was from 2017 and then came back yesterday to ask for moderators help. So I quickly assumed that is just spam/scam.

Here's the deleted posts.

hello community. there will be no appeals and political slogans. just join or go to another post.
if you want to support the Binance initiative and help Ukraine - I will be very grateful to each of you.
https://www.binance.charity/Ukraine-Emergency-Relief-Fund

So ppl sometimes there are legit links posted by the suspicious newbies, just double check before you report.

[BlackHatCoiner]

Along with @ETFbitcoin, I had also had conversations with interiawp. They were perpetually trying to figure out ways to unlock some outputs from the blockchain whose transactions were non-standard and therefore couldn't be accepted from the network.

But looks like the real reason he made those posts is to build reputation for scam attempt, what a shame.

I doubt they wanted to build reputation, they just had an account spared and chose to earn the most they could that way. They were looking shady anyways.

[LTU_btc]

I remind the community in this forum, ukraine does not need funds, they have billions of funds that have been donated by other countries.
• UK provides Ukraine with $120 million in financial aid
• World Bank ready to provide financial aid to Ukraine amid Russian invasion.
• Council adopts €1.2 billion assistance to Ukraine

This amount of funds, if they are not corrupt, is sufficient to meet the needs of the Ukrainian people in the next 1 year.

Ok, Ukraine don't need for more money because YOSHIE decided that they got enough. But even if they survive war, do you think that money that they reiceved will be enough to rebuild country detroyed by war - infrastructure, economy and etc.

The address was originally posted by an old twitter account that claims to be the official account of the Ukrainian government, and I have no reason to suspect it isn't.  The address was posted by that account over 48 hours ago, and the fact that it's still up also makes me think it's legit.

And this address was reposted by some high rank Ukrainian officials, so, for me there isn't many resons to believe that it may be not legit.

Honestly, I'm still skeptical about making bitcoin donations.  I am also not in any hurry to donate to the Ukrainian government for a variety of reasons.  I am inclined to donate to humanitarian efforts, but I don't want my donations used for any military purposes.

That's understandable. If you don't want to donate for military purposes, you can donate to provide help to war refugees for example.

[YOSHIE]

do you think that money that they reiceved will be enough to rebuild country detroyed by war - infrastructure, economy and etc.

@LTU_btc, that's a different story, if it is said to restore infrastructure, facilities, economy and so on that have an impact on war, money we are talking about today donations from the Bitcointalk forum for ukraine from irresponsible members aka scams, if the donation is officially like the address published by @DaveF, I don't think it's a problem, the bottom line: for today, assistance continues to grow from various parties both from companies and foreign countries, for example Binance is also participating in donations for ukraine.

I mean, humanitarian donations are currently coming from various parties for ukraine, if I'm not mistaken a total of 41,167,336 ukraine residents in 2022 were recorded, if the aid is right on target, there will be no corruption by certain parties, with the help I see it is sufficient for their needs in the future.

As far as I know, a country that is peaceful/independent from war, to repair damaged facilities, economy and so on, the state has another budget to repair damaged infrastructure.
bottom line: each country, has a different way of repairing the damage caused by war, you can read the history of countries like: Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, Ukraine, Chechnya or a former Soviet Union country and others.

[Little Mouse]

Can you please update the post with $DOT address-
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Here's the original tweet- https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1498547710697345027?t=FZMyYlzCbzFlgMUzdaQ9hw&s=19

This is ridiculous how scammer is trying to use it an opportunity.

[chigo]

Can you please update the post with $DOT address-
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Here's the original tweet- https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1498547710697345027?t=FZMyYlzCbzFlgMUzdaQ9hw&s=19

This is ridiculous how scammer is trying to use it an opportunity.

https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1498676695607480327?cxt=HHwWjsC4rfWgr8wpAAAA

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#SOL address:     
66pJhhESDjdeBBDdkKmxYYd7q6GUggYPWjxpMKNX39KV

this Solana's donation address comes from the tweet of the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine!

[SFR10]

Found another user ^[zuklon21] that apart from "creating a thread ^[archived]", has posted the exact same post in "a few other threads as well"!
^{- Tagged and "created a flag".}

[hosseinimr93]

Here is another user trying to scam people by asking them for donation to Ukrainians.
kanab4eg has made the same post in 12 different threads and will probably make more posts until he gets banned.

Click here to see kanab4eg's post history on Loyce.club.

[JollyGood]

I left negative trust for the user below. He is asking for donations using different wallet addresses from those that Dave_F has put in the OP. He has posted the same copy/paste message in various threads.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Attention !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
URGENTLY need funds to help UKRAINIAN civilians !!!
                  !!! Do not remain indifferent !!!
The funds will be used to help children and the elderly,
                        for food and medicine!!!
                              
                               BTC wallet:
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                               MetaMask:
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        Together WE are strong! Let's STOP Putin!

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I would add another, who obviously wants to abuse the current situation and the suffering of the people.
Newbie user shredded_ceo started "SlavaUkraini DAO" scam
On the website are several pictures on the site with current topics from Ukraine and of course donation addresses. behind every charity, there must be real people, by name and surname. I don't see anything here, except a cheap website and a bit of pathos with pictures from the internet.

quoting for reference:

hello friends,

The ongoing invasion of Ukraine has shown that putin's regime has no respect for human rights. On Feb 24 a full invasion has commenced, civilian neighborhoods have been bombed, and innocent people have been killed. Refugees are fleeing the violence and the population is being forced into conscription by Ukrainian officials.

SlavaUkraini DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that was created to help the people of Ukraine in their time of need. We are a self-organizing network of volunteers from around the world who are working together to achieve our common goal of stopping the Russian invasion and putting an end to Putin's terrorism.

We believe the fate of humanity will be decided at the frontier of technology and democracy, and we are prepared to fight for what is right.

- Every contributor will be rewarded $PEACE tokens.
- DAO decisions are made based by staked-weighted voting.
- First 1000 contributors will receive air drop of Peace Dove NFT’s collection.
- After a successful mission, together with contributing artist from around the world we will launch PEACE NFT Collection that will be sold on auction for $PEACE token holders.

We all have the potential to make an impact, whether it's through donating funds or contributing your time and skill.

Join us today, get $PEACE and let's make history!

www.slavaukrainidao.com #slavaukraini $PEACE 🕊️

edit: link to the thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5388162.0

[lovesmayfamilis]

www.slavaukrainidao.com #slavaukraini $PEACE 🕊️

edit: link to the thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5388162.0

Domain Name: SLAVAUKRAINIDAO.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2678515819_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2022-03-01T16:19:19Z
Creation Date: 2022-03-01T12:32:49Z

The site was created recently. The swindler is in a hurry to snatch a piece of profit from the misfortune of the people.
However, even here, no matter how great his "grief", there are fake photos. You shouldn't believe everything you see.

https://zefirka.net/2015/06/22/raboty-fotografa-stiva-makkarri/
The photo of the wounded child belongs to the Afghan tragedy.

[lovesmayfamilis]

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Another petitioner who writes in all topics. Now, this is a former miner. Turn on the brain first, and then the heart before believing it.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3290201

Gents, I have left Kyiv a week ago, evacuated to west of Ukraine. I was forced to stop and disassemble my rig, when it started to explode near home.

If anybody want to do donation of any size, I can convert this donation, give money to local defense force and make photos of what was bought for those money. Money will go directly to the defense of Ukraine.

https://loyce.club/archive/posts/5942/59422631.html

Guys, I'm from Ukraine. Now evacuated from Kyiv to west of Ukraine. There is local territorial defence, but they are extremely poor. If you have a wish, send me some BTC, I will transfer it to local bank and give money for first aid kits, food, warm clothes.

https://loyce.club/archive/posts/5942/59422535.html


https://ninjastic.space/post/56801081

[shasan]

I remember this user made some good posts and i sent few merits to him[1]. But looks like the real reason he made those posts is to build reputation for scam attempt, what a shame. Now he delete all almost all of his posts and edit other post with title/body "del".

[1] https://bpip.org/smerit.aspx?to=interiawp&from=ETFbitcoin

Scammer never feel shame. If they had a shy then they would never did like this. They never tried to scam by the name of critical issue which require for fundamental necessity of the people who are affected for the war. And also they never tried to do any scam attempt either for this issue or for another.

[qwertyup23]

I have seen a number of TikToc users posting live streams of what is likely to be a sound recording of someone crying, and a repeating video of an old building in poor condition, with the caption saying they need money to escape.

It is sad that people are taking advantage of the situation for their own personal benefit.

Unfortunately, there are people who are twisted enough to take advantage of such situation purely for their own advantage and benefit. With all the donations that are being sent globally, there are people who create fake addresses and videos in hopes of scamming kind-hearted and genuine donators.

I really appreciate the list you provided, DaveF! With all the number of scams being scattered across the internet, a board like this is definitely essential in alerting willing donators to take precaution and warning before donating.

[Rikafip]

Yet another scammer attempting to profit from this ongoing situation by creating an useless token that will allegedly be used to help the people but we all know that he will only help himself with donated money. They invested a little bit more effort though than a regular scammer just sharing address as they launched the website as well, to appear more legit.

Ann thread is of course self-moderated so he can easily delete all warnings.

User ualm
Ann thread [ANN] Ukrainian Lives Matter - ULM Token. BSC.
Archive https://archive.ph/FnFw2
Website https://ualivesmatter.com

Flag Type 1 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=2923

[dkbit98]

Yet another scammer attempting to profit from this ongoing situation by creating an useless token that will allegedly be used to help the people but we all know that he will only help himself with donated money. They invested a little bit more effort though than a regular scammer just sharing address as they launched the website as well, to appear more legit.

I even got an email on one of my old junk email addresses from a guy (scammer) who is asking for help and donation.
If anyone receives something similar like content I post below, just ignore it and send it to spam folder.
First his name was Stepan Morozov and then in the end he wrote with all respect, Andrew  
I removed wallet addresses because someone already sent them coins :/ ...

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Wow, hello!, my name is  Stepan Morozov 
 I am an outcast. Me and my 2 children had to urgently leave the country with the current threat.
 
 Most recently, I lost my wife and now I am a single father.
 
 We are very hungry, there are no vacancies for refugees, and the allowance is not enough to feed all my children.
 I really ask for your help. Do not remain indifferent.
 
 If you have the opportunity, I ask for financial assistance from you.
 
 I'll leave the details:
 
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 BTC: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
 USDT TRC-20: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
 USDT ERC-20: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
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 With all respect, Andrew