I got scammed by Freewallet.org for 120000 USDT TRC20. SCAM alert! Don't use th

[n1k_lev]

Dear Bitcointalk community,

I want to warn everyone not to use Freewallet.org as a web wallet.

What happened:

On July 10, 2023, I decided to buy 120000 USDT TRC20 by P2P cash transaction. Find out about Freewallet.org, a good web wallet that works with USDT and TRC20. Opened the account with that service. Everything seems to look professional, and I decided to give the Freewallet TRX address TViVimsS3pQnwBPCdyotUzqE37QiCd4r8y to the seller. Everything went smoothly, and I saw my funds in my Freewallet account. https://tronscan.org/#/transaction/e5fcfe67218750bfe5a2c484724ba381c347875c2454e856274d25e7654380cd

Dirty things started to happen when I decided to withdraw my funds from another account. Freewallet cancelled my first outgoing transaction, and after I tried to make another one, they wrote that my account was suspended. I received an email from them saying 

"We’d like to inform you that our security system has detected suspicious activity on your account." "In case it was a hacking attempt, we had to temporarily suspend withdrawals from your account. This way, your funds will be absolutely safe, and access will be restored once the verification procedure is finished."

Then I found out about a lot of the same cases all over the internet about the way to perform a scam. Even I agree to pass the verification process because my money is totally clean, but in order to pass verification, you need to enable 2FA authentication. Then I try to enable it in my account. Google Authenticator gives me the code, and Freewallet says it is the wrong one. So they made everything so that you couldn't restore your funds.


Scammers' Profile Link: 

www.freewallet.org


Amount Scammed: 

120000 USDT TRC20


Payment method:

TRX


Proof of Payment:

https://tronscan.org/#/transaction/e5fcfe67218750bfe5a2c484724ba381c347875c2454e856274d25e7654380cd


Screenshots:

https://imgur.com/SYLiChu



Additional Notes: 

Please give me advice on how to act in that situation. I am ready to invest money in that case in order to make their lives harder. Can you propose a legitimate law firm that can take care of that situation? They also plan to make a website about their scam activities. I appreciate your help and advice.

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[logfiles]

On July 10, 2023, I decided to buy 120000 USDT TRC20 by P2P cash transaction. Find out about Freewallet.org, a good web wallet that works with USDT and TRC20.

I suppose by now your opinion about them has changed.

What amazes me is that fake that you missed out the hundreds of negative reviews about them only and immediately concluded that the wallet was good.
I mean, they do have a profile in this forum. See the negative feedback on their profile yourself - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1177176

At one point, they even blocked Elon Musk's account. He had to tweet about it to be unlocked.

Please give me advice on how to act in that situation. I am ready to invest money in that case in order to make their lives harder. Can you propose a legitimate law firm that can take care of that situation? They also plan to make a website about their scam activities. I appreciate your help and advice.

Maybe make a lot of noise on Forums, twitter, Reddit until they act?

But next time, opt for better wallets (at least non-custodial software wallets or Hardware wallets). Avoid custodial web wallets.

[icalical]

Freewallet has a really bad review among crypto community for years, aside from that buying that a lot of USDT using custodial wallet is very risky, they have the obligation to prevent money laundering, and they can use that reasons to withhold your fund. I think what can you do right now is being loud on their social media, other than that you can find several case against freewallet in this forum that might help on this link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249178.0

[rat03gopoh]

This is their default way of stealing customer money plus gaining important identities. Out of all the cases I've read about freezes, they almost all end up never coming back with a nice update even after doing all the support instructions. Just hope, you have good luck this time.

[Rikafip]

Even I agree to pass the verification process because my money is totally clean, but in order to pass verification, you need to enable 2FA authentication. Then I try to enable it in my account. Google Authenticator gives me the code, and Freewallet says it is the wrong one. So they made everything so that you couldn't restore your funds.

Have you contacted the support regarding this issue, that you keep getting "false" code, and if yes what did they say?

I am ready to invest money in that case in order to make their lives harder. Can you propose a legitimate law firm that can take care of that situation?

If you want to go that route, you will have to find a lawyer in Estonia as that's where their company is incorporated. Other than that, I would simply try to pressure them over social media and hope for the best.

What amazes me is that fake that you missed out the hundreds of negative reviews about them only and immediately concluded that the wallet was good.
I mean, they do have a profile in this forum. See the negative feedback on their profile yourself - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1177176

Problem is, when you type in Google "is Freewallet good/secure wallet" (that's probably what majority of people write), you won't get bad reviews, and that's why many end up using them. What I am surprised though is the fact that OP used custodial wallet for such a huge amount of money.

At one point, they even blocked Elon Musk's account. He had to tweet about it to be unlocked.

That just proves that even Elon thought that Freewallet is legit.

[mocacinno]

I hate to say it, but you're not the first one that says they'll get their lawyer involved... I've heard it dozens of times... But freewallet is still going strong and selectively scamming people on a regular basis.
This either tells me they've got a very good lawyer and a TOS that allows them to selectively scam, or people tend not to follow up on their thread of getting their lawyer involved...

This being said: the advice to keep making noise is usually the only advice we can give after the scam has happened... It seem to work from time to time, but most victims lose their funds.
The only thing we, as a community, can do is keep raising awareness about freewallet's tactics.

[Lucius]

Just when you think these scammers are finally gone, a new case arises, and I have to admit it with a pretty large amount. It doesn't make sense to repeat what others have already written, but it's definitely strange that someone who obviously doesn't understand even the basics invests as much as $120k in a way that chooses an intermediary with such a disastrous reputation.

However, such an amount would activate red flags on any CEX, and I am sure that the account would be blocked until verification was made - with the difference that it would happen within some reasonable time, while Freewallet has a modus operandi consisting of endless requirements that few can meet.

Given where the company is registered, I'm surprised there hasn't already been a joint lawsuit because there are hundreds or maybe even thousands of people to whom this has happened.

[aioc]

Additional Notes: 

Please give me advice on how to act in that situation. I am ready to invest money in that case in order to make their lives harder. Can you propose a legitimate law firm that can take care of that situation? They also plan to make a website about their scam activities. I appreciate your help and advice.

It's good if you can launch a campaign against Freewallet I encourage you to do just as 1xbit is a notorious scammer in the casino industry Freewallet is their version in a custodial wallet, I would not even think of trading huge funds like yours without doing research on the status of the wallet, the best that this forum can do is to support your accusation but if you want to go further we'll support and hopefully you will succeed.

[albon]

Then I found out about a lot of the same cases all over the internet about the way to perform a scam. Even I agree to pass the verification process because my money is totally clean, but in order to pass verification, you need to enable 2FA authentication. Then I try to enable it in my account. Google Authenticator gives me the code, and Freewallet says it is the wrong one. So they made everything so that you couldn't restore your funds.

Open the Google Authenticator app and tap Settings > Time correction for codes > Sync now

If this method did not work for you, they are the ones who did it so that you could not pass the verification, I do not even have a 10% hope that even if you succeeded in passing the verification, you will be able to withdraw the $ 120,000 that you deposited because Freewallet.org has a terrible reputation and there are a lot of affected customers who have had what happened to you and lost their capitals.

I am sad about your loss, and I hope you will do your best to expose and defame them and try to seek the help of a trustworthy lawyer to help you get your right from them.

Check out the following list of lawyers in Estonia that I found on Gov.uk, and don't forget to read the disclaimer of liability and do your research: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estonia-list-of-lawyers/list-of-lawyers-in-estonia

[Slow death]

Please give me advice on how to act in that situation. I am ready to invest money in that case in order to make their lives harder. Can you propose a legitimate law firm that can take care of that situation? They also plan to make a website about their scam activities. I appreciate your help and advice.

according to google their ceo is called -  Alvin Hagg, I recommend that while you are trying to see if your google authenticator sends you a code, you can look for a lawyer in your country for him to give you instructions of how can you open a criminal case against you freewallet.org and its CEO Alvin Hagg, I believe your country's police will have sufficient means to obtain his true location and send or order you to open the case against him in the court of country he lives in, I saw this thread about someone accusing him:

Alvin Hagg and his Bitch Hanna Hagg Running Fake Company Called Freewallet.org

this thread was created in 2018, that means the same scam scheme continues today. I hope you are not mistaken with the internet lawyer that you are not talking to him physically. look for a lawyer in your own country and he will give you all the instructions on how to proceed, do not hire a lawyer on the internet, you have to have a lawyer in your country and someone reliable and who has a good reputation and competence

[GxSTxV]

Find out about Freewallet.org, a good web wallet that works with USDT and TRC20.

First of all i don’t know and understand from where did you get that this wallet is reliable when you can find out that it’s a 100% scam from a simple google research or anywhere.
Even on Bitcointalk we have many cases against it and several users got scammed by them for the same reason always and it’s not getting any better if this wallet still online and the owner still out there scamming and fishing more victims with ways that i don’t understand.
If you search about legit or reliable open source wallets that support TRC or USDT you will get a long list of them and none of them are scam, i hope you explain what made you certain that Freewallet is legit ?

[Martingaleboy]

Use Trustwallet. Why sending your coins to others .

[mindrust]

You should have checked the reviews before you used freewallet.org... They are everywhere. Everything you will see and hear about them is no good. It has been more than 5 years probably since people realized their scams.

$120k is not peanuts and you didn't do your homework. This is going to leave a mark in your finances.

Hopefully you will lighten up and don't do stupid stuff next time... or else there won't be a next time.

[coin-investor]

$120k is not peanuts and you didn't do your homework. This is going to leave a mark in your finances.

It's my entire salary for a whole year here in my country, my advice to newbies do a test first and check the reviews there are so many scams in every sector of the industry, on casinos, on exchanges just about everywhere else the Cryptocurrency industry is the most targeted industry even a legit platform can turn into scam like the case of FTX so be mindful and cast a doubt until you proved that the site is really legit.

[Lucius]

$120k is not peanuts and you didn't do your homework. This is going to leave a mark in your finances.

It's my entire salary for a whole year here in my country...
~snip~

If you have a salary of as much as $10 000 a month many on this forum would envy you and wonder what exactly you do for that money - and you still have time to participate in sig campaigns - a great success

Who knows, maybe OP earns twice as much as you, so that loss won't be too much of a problem for him

[Gladitorcomeback]

I never used this wallet but I wonder why anyone would take such a big risk without proper research. My cousin given me advice that when ever you want to make big deal then first start with small $ to check service, if it's going smooth then you can do big. Now i am applying this everywhere whenever i need to deposit or Withdraw and also other big deal. If OP started with small $ (100$) then he would not regret now.

Review for this wallet is not good, i searched on google about it and first site user has given bad review on 22 October. If OP had spent only five minutes on research, he would have avoided this loss. Anyway i appreciated that you share this with all and we will be careful when doing such deal.

https://www.softwareadvice.com/cryptocurrency-wallets/freewallet-profile/

Use Trustwallet. Why sending your coins to others .

Actually OP want to buy through P2P cash transaction and Trustwallet has only Binance P2P option for buying and OP skipped Binance to buy so probably He doesn't want to involve in any Cex, This why he choose other wallet but unfortunately his fund stucked.

[Potato Chips]

About the making noise. I suggest stepping up the game because loads of stories are out there as well and if you want yours to be noticed asap/as much as possible, it has to stand out, no?

For instance, you could hire/ask some people with decent following to retweet your post and/or start writing to news outlets/blogs (with decent visits) to cover your story. I would suggest web3isgoinggreat.com as I think they're relatively more open on publishing stories like this.

Lastly, another way to make the content more catchy is to gather fellow victims and form a collective story or some sort.

[ScamViruS]

I am surprised that you have added such a large amount of funds to a wallet that already has many complaints of scamming its customers' funds. You posted on Bitcointalk now, but if you had posted here earlier to suggest the best wallet to ask community members, you would have found the best wallet and your funds would have been safe. However, Freewallet's reputation is pretty bad on this forum, as their scams have been exposed here. So they left this forum!

[khaled0111]

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Sorry, you seem like a novice, therefore, the only one you can blame here is the one who introduced you to this field and told you that freewallet is a reliable service. Anyone around here can tell you that any custodial wallet (some may go miles further and say closed source apps) shouldn't to be trusted. I'm sorry for your loss, but you should have done your own investigation! Can't say any thing else, unfortunately!

[Stakefast]

Looks like the user is able to withdraw his money again, he just moved 70k USDT TRC-20 out of his wallet.