Idmining.com is hellish scammer

[b3b3ch]

Stawy away. It is a scam. I was looking for a passive income strategies. I purchased the first contract worth USDT 5,800 (a cryptocurrency with a unit value similar to the US dollar), IDMINING initially paid me the so-called daily profits and thus paid me about  4200 USDT. I made all transactions with BINANCE(.)com. I was depositing USDT cryptocurrency directly from Binance(.)com to an IDMINING wallet whose TRC20 network wallet address is TFZHB2H7MuXXNruXvbvVKTSweaj2NxD6LP and BTC wallet 3J46FZi5TAisEgM2Sd6WGNsG9MsBKnj1m1. Later they changed the USDT address to TM1zzNDZD2DPASbKcgdVoTYhfmYgtfwx9R, but unfortunately, I didn't use it for depositing. Satisfied with how things turned out, I purchased another contract worth USDT 28,000. Unfortunately, the ability to withdraw daily profits has been blocked for me. After contacting the support on the scammer's website the same day, they told me that I needed to buy a second contract worth 28,000 USDT and only then would they unlock my account. In the end I bought a second contract and at the same time I wrote to the technical department a request to unblock my account. Unfortunately, despite this request, they said my account's scoring value low and I can't withdraw until my scoring will high again. They nagged me to refer my friends to increase the scoring. It is brutal scam. Stay away. They are blocking withdrawal after you reach some threshold or when you buy a more expensive contract. Then when you ask their support what is going on, they:
-tell you must buy another contract
-ask you to pay a deposit
-ask friends to join a referral program
This is an obvious scam. "Trust"pilot is not reacting to complains. They are flagging truth comments very quickly.

You can read stories of the other people who were scammed:
1. https://medium.com/@amin.sajedi/idmining-is-scam-and-you-must-not-trust-at-all-dbabeb3e25e8
2. https://youtu.be/1QqBBXeHDSs

I pay 1000$ to the person who exposes Idmining scammers or wallets owners with their names and addresses.

Edit 1:

The IDMINING's deposit addresses later changed, although I didn't use them because IDMINING blocked withdrawals on my account. The other scammed people I'm in contact with were using the new addresses. Moreover, the money flow on the crypto chain proves all the mentioned accounts are connected.
1. TPkJiS3r7bmKo6YZvtRCMLtD3ySbqYVxkA [USDT]
2. TM1zzNDZD2DPASbKcgdVoTYhfmYgtfwx9R [USDT]
3. 32BgauNVxn6A8byZtDjPTMLRkHYWGVbjun BTC

Edit 2:

I found on IDmining page new scammer's addresses for depositing crypto:
1. TJjzBnVLJjbJRic9JhSqRLYWHcyyMjKjrh [USDT]-[TRC20]
2. 0xea5796bcf3f2ff15be2369af8c6278df9680d6f8 [USDT]-ERC20]
3. MDT7CkwTXucXS1VReQumCo9GgGQKfnyNKa [LTC]-[Litecoin]
4. 0xea5796bcf3f2ff15be2369af8c6278df9680d6f8 [ETH]-[TRC20]
5. 3Lhy4FoCDuExGosmxyrTUpH4zvv4aP1Az1 - BTC

!!!! SCAM ALERT!!!!

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[khaled0111]

I'm really sorry for your loss OP! But I can't understand how can, you guys, invest such huge amounts so easily without doing a proper research.
They scammed you for 28k the first time, I can understand that. But didn't you think that something was not right when they asked you to invest another 28k and buy a second contract! Are there anything on their terms saying that you have to do so in order to withdraw your money! I don't think so.

[robelneo]

Cloud mining works like a Ponzi scheme that's already a big fact we have already proven that so many times on so many reports here in Bitcointalk and yet so many people do not still know this fact because they failed to do the most important when looking for a platform to invest and that is doing their research, this is why Ponzi scheme are proliferating because they have willing victims.
I'm so sorry for you OP but these scammers are good at hiding their addresses although it's good if one can provide the identities of these scammers.

[b3b3ch]

I'm really sorry for your loss OP! But I can't understand how can, you guys, invest such huge amounts so easily without doing a proper research.

Thank you for kind words. I think the reason behind such behavior is the greediness. Let's use classical words - I am an idiot. I investigated on the internet before and I found many articles that were backing up this company like this one
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/idmining-launches-cost-effective-cloud-131500225.html. Now I know that these articles were written by scammers themselves. Also in May, idmining had score 4.5 on trustpilot and negative reviews. In the end I think I was too lazy to think more critically, but greediness did the job. I realized that they changed agrement after I bought first 28k contract just to get money from me. I want to find who are these guys.

What I also found is scammers most probably have other sites for scamming people. One of them is Happyminer.us which is now gone and cryptolyi.com the websites have the same tech stack and they use same wallet addresses.

[Potato Chips]

Quick lookup indicates they're using OKX

For instance, their BTC address has a lot of transactions going to 32BgauNVxn6A8byZtDjPTMLRkHYWGVbjun

and this address is tagged as OKX, see: https://oxt.me/address/32BgauNVxn6A8byZtDjPTMLRkHYWGVbjun

One of their USDT address is also tagged as Okex which is previously OKX, see: https://tronscan.org/#/address/TM1zzNDZD2DPASbKcgdVoTYhfmYgtfwx9R



Their OKX account is most likely not tied with their identity but perhaps you'll be able to freeze (not necessarily recover) some of their coins specially since it does seem like it is actively being used. That is, if OKX cooperates, so yeah, reach out to them.

[CryptoGrizzly]

According to Archive.org Idmining.com was up for sale.

Looking at Whois.com, the DNS settings were changed in February 2023 and the new scammer site popped up.

[hugeblack]

Their OKX account is most likely not tied with their identity but perhaps you'll be able to freeze (not necessarily recover) some of their coins specially since it does seem like it is actively being used. That is, if OKX cooperates, so yeah, reach out to them.

OKX began to freeze accounts and set a limit for withdrawals of about $1,000 from the date of creation of the account. Therefore, if there are on-going transactions at that address, they are locked until scammer complete KYC L2.
There is a good chance of getting your money back if you submit an application to OKX with details of what happened and some police or legal data attached.

I'm really sorry for your loss OP! But I can't understand how can, you guys, invest such huge amounts so easily without doing a proper research.
They scammed you for 28k the first time, I can understand that. But didn't you think that something was not right when they asked you to invest another 28k and buy a second contract! Are there anything on their terms saying that you have to do so in order to withdraw your money! I don't think so.

Unfortunately, they are good at marketing, and these links appear first in Google searches, along with some paid articles.

[dzungmobile]

OKX began to freeze accounts and set a limit for withdrawals of about $1,000 from the date of creation of the account. Therefore, if there are on-going transactions at that address, they are locked until scammer complete KYC L2.

They smartly use the term Lifetime for their KYC requirements and limits on deposits and withdrawals.

They are shady because they don't publicly tell their users about deposit and withdrawal limits that are related with their KYC levels.

This article How do I verify an individual account? should have link to another article that has information about lifetime limits on deposits and withdrawals or should have that information directly.

The verification process is to ensure the exchange is safe and prevent fraud and other illegal activities. The amount you can trade and deposit/withdrawal is based on your verification level.

That's it and no more detailed information.

[Latviand]

The fact that they didn't mind giving you the first investment back meant that these scammers are experienced when it comes to social engineering and psychology, they know that when someone sees that they can make money out of the platform because they trusted the platform to give back the money with the profits, I don't know if they coerced you into putting in more but if they do, that's a tell tale sign that it's a pyramid scheme. Also OP, you should know that no matter how grave the offense is, doxxing isn't the way, you're putting yourself and the people that accepts your request in an awkward if not dangerous position even if you offer a reward. My suggestion is that you do it legitimately and talk with the authorities about the identity of these scammers and regarding their identities, even if you were to know it, there's a possibility that they're not from your country.

[Potato Chips]

Their OKX account is most likely not tied with their identity but perhaps you'll be able to freeze (not necessarily recover) some of their coins specially since it does seem like it is actively being used. That is, if OKX cooperates, so yeah, reach out to them.

OKX began to freeze accounts and set a limit for withdrawals of about $1,000 from the date of creation of the account. Therefore, if there are on-going transactions at that address, they are locked until scammer complete KYC L2.
There is a good chance of getting your money back if you submit an application to OKX with details of what happened and some police or legal data attached.

Yup. I had the same assumption - that their account was already fully verified in the higher tier (or highest?) given the big amounts they transacted recently.

At the same time, buying and selling of verified exchange accounts have also been rampant and there are even people who volunteers their identity to be used hence my most likely bet went to the mentioned situation. Ofc, there's also a chance they're dum dums and have actually used their identity or one of their team members.

[tabas]

I am sorry to hear this story and with your losses OP. It's been a long time since cloud mining have been like a real thing. It's like 99.9% of them are likely a scam these days and if there are companies left that are doing and offering real cloud mining, their contracts are mostly full at all times. It is enticing to have these contracts because you think that they're for real as a passive income but then, no wonder that they're still existing because there are beginners that will always fall for these schemes. And please, don't ever put such amounts and it's best to never trust them quickly if there's one out there interested and keeping an eye with these cloud mining companies.

[coin-investor]

This discussion is already in the search engine I hope people before putting their hard-earned money on Idmining will do their research using the keywords IDMINING SCAM and they will eventually land here and see this discussion and save their hard-earned money, it's ok to look for passive income but its only takes a minute or two to research.

[b3b3ch]

This discussion is already in the search engine I hope people before putting their hard-earned money on Idmining will do their research using the keywords IDMINING SCAM and they will eventually land here and see this discussion and save their hard-earned money, it's ok to look for passive income but its only takes a minute or two to research.

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[ScamViruS]

This is really a sad story. And it's even more worrying that crypto users sneak large transactions to scam websites when they see tempting offers. This crypto user has deposited such a large amount of funds on such a website, because they allowed this user to withdraw the previously deposited funds! And this is exactly how these websites operate to gain trust and then scam them. These stories make me wonder how many traps scammers have created for newbies. Because the stories of these incidents are being seen in various media these days.

Once scammers used to run HYIP websites to scam crypto users, and now scammers are creating such websites and scamming them with tempting offers. Newbies should spend more time learning without thinking of such easy earning ways. And by this they can stay safe from scammers.

[b3b3ch]

One of their USDT address is also tagged as Okex which is previously OKX, see: https://tronscan.org/#/address/TM1zzNDZD2DPASbKcgdVoTYhfmYgtfwx9R

Thank you. I checked Tronscan and many other things to track the money flow. I used mostly USDT and TRC20 to deposit money to Idmining. Everything is totally prepared like a masquerade. The Idmining.com website is behind Cloudflare making it impossible to find the real hosting IP address. Similarly, the address TM1zzNDZD2DPASbKcgdVoTYhfmYgtfwx9R is an OKX company address, but it is not a real scammer's address. I found a post on this forum describing how the OKX mixer works. It seems it will be very hard to track the real owner.

I have been able to (eventually) recreate similar circumstances for outbound USDT TRC 20 transactions which appear as though funds are (double sent / two step) firstly from a wallet on the exchange to one of the exchange hot wallets and then from another hot wallet to the recipient.

In effect the exchange has it's own in built mixer.

Recovering funds from a borrower who absconds with borrowed funds would be even more hard to track for a lender - especially if no collateral has been provided.

While I haven't done inbound (i.e. deposits) to users on the exchange I'm guessing the is a similar two step process (probably three - deposit, hot mixer then the recipient's wallet address)

Edit 1:

They unblocked withdrawals on my account, but now there is a different fooling action - transfers are ending as invalid ones.

https://imgtr.ee/images/2023/07/16/d2b9914c1589495fe5908bbc6c876b34.jpeg

[Potato Chips]

Thank you. I checked Tronscan and many other things to track the money flow. I used mostly USDT and TRC20 to deposit money to Idmining. Everything is totally prepared like a masquerade. The Idmining.com website is behind Cloudflare making it impossible to find the real hosting IP address. Similarly, the address TM1zzNDZD2DPASbKcgdVoTYhfmYgtfwx9R is an OKX company address, but it is not a real scammer's address. I found a post on this forum describing how the OKX mixer works. It seems it will be very hard to track the real owner.

Let's try to dial back.

I had assumed this was a deposit address provided to you on idmining, is it not?

They unblocked withdrawals on my account, but now there is a different fooling action - transfers are ending as invalid ones.

https://imgtr.ee/images/2023/07/16/d2b9914c1589495fe5908bbc6c876b34.jpeg

They probably want you to reach out to them asking what's wrong and from there, they could demand another set of deposit e.g. tax or personal information for you to be able to withdraw without hiccups. Proceed with extreme caution.

[PX-Z]

Thank you. I checked Tronscan and many other things to track the money flow. I used mostly USDT and TRC20 to deposit money to Idmining. Everything is totally prepared like a masquerade. The Idmining.com website is behind Cloudflare making it impossible to find the real hosting IP address. Similarly, the address TM1zzNDZD2DPASbKcgdVoTYhfmYgtfwx9R is an OKX company address, but it is not a real scammer's address. I found a post on this forum describing how the OKX mixer works. It seems it will be very hard to track the real owner.

Let's try to dial back.

I had assumed this was a deposit address provided to you on idmining, is it not?

Yes, based on edited OP.

They unblocked withdrawals on my account, but now there is a different fooling action - transfers are ending as invalid ones.

https://imgtr.ee/images/2023/07/16/d2b9914c1589495fe5908bbc6c876b34.jpeg

Did you try to withdraw smaller amount just like before? I guess its worth to try just like before based on this record.

[noorman0]

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I found a post on this forum describing how the OKX mixer works. It seems it will be very hard to track the real owner.

OKX has no mixer service, OKX allows an account to generate multiple deposit addresses. If you find that the funds for each address they provide are only sent to the OKX hot wallet, it is confirmed to be generated from the same OKX account belonging to the one scammer, there is no need for further investigation.

[b3b3ch]

They probably want you to reach out to them asking what's wrong and from there, they could demand another set of deposit e.g. tax or personal information for you to be able to withdraw without hiccups. Proceed with extreme caution.

Thank you. Every withdrawal attempt, even with a smaller amount is ending with an error. They are not responding to my emails and the support chat is not available anymore. Anyway, I won't give them anything, I know they scammed me.

[b3b3ch]

[OKX has no mixer service, OKX allows an account to generate multiple deposit addresses. If you find that the funds for each address they provide are only sent to the OKX hot wallet, it is confirmed to be generated from the same OKX account belonging to the one scammer, there is no need for further investigation.

Please excuse me, but my English is not perfect . Does it mean that the address I was sending money to is the real address owned by the scammer?