bitcore223

[greppi13]

Hello, I've gotten myself into a bit of a situation and I need you wisdom to help me out.

For reasons too long and convoluted to get into, I have a sizeable sum of money deposited on this exchange (trading platform): https://bitcores233.com/index.html#/home

Is this exchange legit?
Do you know them?
Google says nothing.

The reason I asked is that the exchange has disabled my withdrawals and the customer service person is demanding more deposits becouse of third party account which helped me with deposit.  Naturally I was immediately sketched out by this and now think the whole exchange might be a scam.

Thank you

[OmegaStarScream]

Yes, it's a scam. Google says nothing because the platform has only been around for about a month: https://who.is/whois/bitcores233.com

There's sadly nothing you can do at this point, just don't deposit any more money.

[greppi13]

Thank you very much. Are you really sure? Can I be sure in any way?  Sorry for asking but I have quite a lot of money there so I want to be sure with that.
Thank you once again

[Charles-Tim]

There are many exchanges that you can go for these days which have excellent reputation already. Why a new exchange that you do not know about and you deposit your coins on the exchange? This is one of the scam that is no more new, but people are still falling for it.

Is this exchange legit?

An exchange that is not even a month old yet, that brings suspicion.

Google says nothing

Google advertise scam as usual and no reply for your report nor taking the site down if many people do not report the site. Google breeds scam.

The reason I asked is that the exchange has disabled my withdrawals and the customer service person is demanding more deposits becouse of third party account which helped me with deposit.

This brings it to clarity that the exchange is a scam. They would also have luring offers like high bonus.

Are you really sure? Can I be sure in any way?  Sorry for asking but I have quite a lot of money there so I want to be sure with that.

100% certainty that it is a scam. Sorry, you just have to forget about the fake (scam) exchange.

How to report the scammers to registrar

[Potato Chips]

Are you really sure? Can I be sure in any way?  Sorry for asking but I have quite a lot of money there so I want to be sure with that.

Because no legit exchange would ask for a deposit first in order to withdraw, it doesn't prove anything... Let me guess, an internet stranger introduced the exchange to you? and each time you profit, you were encouraged to come back with more money? and now they have halted the withdrawals. It's a very popular scam, if you bring the money they're asking, they will just ask for more so don't give any cent or your personal documents.

If you don't mind me asking how much did you end up depositing?

[greppi13]

Thank you for your comments. It is sad for me.

I deposit it about 60K USD.
SO there is no way to see the money?

[YOSHIE]

Is this exchange legit?
Do you know them?
Google says nothing.

oh god, where do you know bitcore223 exchange, Telegram, Twitter, Facebook, they don't have, social media including google is not visible, how can you find such exchange.

There is not much information we can get about bitcore223 exchange, I believe you are caught in exchange scam.

I deposit it about 60K USD.
SO there is no way to see the money?

It's a fantastic fund for an investment or trading, in the future try to find detailed information first about the exchange, don't deposit money right away.

What happened to you is one of the bad experiences that has ever happened, hopefully in the future you will be more careful in making exchanges in any form, you ask here first before registering or depositing.

[Husires]

Thank you for your comments. It is sad for me.

I deposit it about 60K USD.
SO there is no way to see the money?

Sorry for your loss, but are you serious? It's more than 3 bitcoins in an unknown site? If you can prove that you sent that money by signing a letter from a bitcoin address, we may try to help you, although there is no guarantee that you will get your money back.

Are you willing to pay for a service that tracks your coins? There are some services that track your coins, and in cooperation with the local authorities, you may get useful information that leads to knowing the location of those who scammed you.

[Potato Chips]

Thank you for your comments. It is sad for me.

I deposit it about 60K USD.
SO there is no way to see the money?

It's not impossible but the chances are typically not favorable on your side as a lot of these scammers obfuscate their tracks. You could start an investigation but know that it doesn't guarantee answers to the questions who and where. Further, legal proceedings are also to be expected when trying to recover money. This shouldn't stop you from reporting to your local authorities tho. It's free and maybe it could be of some help someday.

Another thing you could try is to look if this type of scam is tax deductible in your country, see: https://koinly.io/guides/

[noorman0]

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I deposit it about 60K USD.
SO there is no way to see the money?

What currency did you deposit?
If you deposited in fiat, chances are it can be pursued more easily through the legal process. Seeing this fantastic number, just hope that your report will be processed faster.

Anyway, regarding the exchange interface which is quite cluttered, I don't know what made you fall into this trap. Maybe your little story will save others.

[greppi13]

Hi all,

thank you for reactions.
Yes, I know I am idiot now. I did not have any experiences with that and it felt like really great idea. Of course I will be more careful in the future.

The way how I sent the money - I bought USDT (Tether) on crypto.com and I sent throught external wallet to my acount on their app. Is there any way how to help me? So I have the adresses where I sent the money.
I am willint to start investigation or legal proccesses.

How can I start the investigation?

I tried to check if this scam is tax deductible https://koinly.io/guides/, but my country is not in the list. I did not find anything on google either. I am from the Czech Republic.

Thank you very much for any information guys.

[OmegaStarScream]

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The way how I sent the money - I bought USDT (Tether) on crypto.com and I sent throught external wallet to my acount on their app. Is there any way how to help me? So I have the adresses where I sent the money.
I am willint to start investigation or legal proccesses.

How can I start the investigation?
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Do you mean the wallet's address? Since you withdrew your funds from Crypto.com, you should have some kind of withdrawal history page where you can check the addresses you withdrew your funds to along with the transaction ID.

I'm not an expert in legal matters, but if you can link that address to a centralized exchange (like Binance for example) then you can probably seek help from law enforcement. I'm not sure what they can do after getting his identity though, especially if the scammer is not from the Czech Republic.

[greppi13]

Yes, the wallet's address. I can see withdrawal addresses, everything.
I am not sure if this is helpful for me.

I will try to look if we have something like financial police, that could help me.

[OmegaStarScream]

Yes, the wallet's address. I can see withdrawal addresses, everything.
I am not sure if this is helpful for me.

I will try to look if we have something like financial police, that could help me.

Which network did you use to send the USDT to the scammer? Ethereum's? If so, you can use Etherscan.io to lookup his address and see if he made any deposits to some exchange.

[greppi13]

Not Ethereum's.
I bought USDT on crypto.com. Then I asked Bitcore (this scammers) for sending wallet address, which I copied to crypto.com and withdrawed USDT there and sent to this external wallet. I hope it is clear for you. Please let me know.
Thank you for your help

[Potato Chips]

I am willint to start investigation or legal proccesses. How can I start the investigation?

Frankly, I'm unsure whether this is worth pursuing but I guess it wouldn't hurt to get a free consultation. I only know one blockchain analysis company who work for individuals, they're called coinfirm.com. If you go to their website to schedule a free consultation, there's a category called reclaim crypto that you can opt for which is pretty self-explanatory. Afaik they have also partnered with kroll.com for this. Ultimately, you'd have to see to it that the cost wouldn't outweigh the reward.

I tried to check if this scam is tax deductible https://koinly.io/guides/, but my country is not in the list. I did not find anything on google either. I am from the Czech Republic.

Quick search and this doesn't seem like a route for you.

I will try to look if we have something like financial police, that could help me.

Have you reported this at: https://www.europol.europa.eu/report-a-crime/report-cybercrime-online?

Not Ethereum's.
I bought USDT on crypto.com. Then I asked Bitcore (this scammers) for sending wallet address, which I copied to crypto.com and withdrawed USDT there and sent to this external wallet. I hope it is clear for you. Please let me know.

USDT is available in multiple blockchains e.g. eth, tron, omni etc... you can tell us the first few characters of the address or if you're fine with sharing the transaction IDs publicly, you may post it here.

[greppi13]

Thank you very much. I understand that chances are very low.
I can try coinfirm.com for consultation. I will be carefullabout costs.

I will try to report it to europol as you wrote. As well as local police dept.

About address, I am sending somefirst digits - is it ok? 0x0C548D1DB3CE... I do not see any ID on crypto.com

If you have any other idea I would appreciate.
Thanks again

[Potato Chips]

About address, I am sending somefirst digits - is it ok? 0x0C548D1DB3CE... I do not see any ID on crypto.com

Yes this is on ETH chain and you can use use etherscan.io.

For the transaction ID, you can check this article: https://help.crypto.com/en/articles/2500695-crypto-withdrawals-general-information. If you scroll all the way down, there's a tutorial for it.

[greppi13]

Thank you,
ID of transaction 0xce816b56170965158288e7a73e88aa3fbd9d687ac31deea96710a14b58ed1db7
Is it helpful somehow?

[OmegaStarScream]

I could be wrong:

1. It looks like most of the funds are still in the same address you sent the funds to but a small portion was moved to here -->

https://etherscan.io/address/0x21bc9188e72620049de15cdcd27a464f9a2a47a1#tokentxns

As you can see, the funds were then sent to a Crypto.com wallet which means that the scammer might have an account there.

2. The address also received 0.08 ETH (as its first transactions) which I'm guessing was meant to cover the gas fees for later transactions. The ETH was received from a Binance hot wallet. I suspect the scammer has an account there as well.

I have also noticed that a lot of transactions are coming from Crypto.com. Are all of these transactions yours? Did you deposit multiple times to the same address or were you given a different address each time?