Fixedfloat is scamming me for 8000+ EUR IMPORTANT PSA!

[JollyGood]

The OP probably knows by know he will not be getting any of his funds returned to him but at least he will probably have the satisfaction that Fixedfloat have had their reputation destroyed both in the forum as well as outside in the wider world after the recent news release about their hack. If this is an inside job it will eventually be exposed.

[JollyGood]

I know it was already make known that the Fixedfloat exchange was still active after the alleged hack but their domains seem interesting. The .io domain leads to a page showing server error but the .com domain diverts to a new .io domain (ff) and it has an identical website to how it appeared before the alleged hack.

One has to question the real status of the exchange because there have not been a flood of complaints against them and they are still operating even after allegedly being hacked.

[virasog]

This is their karma, they've been freezing funds and going MIA without updating people on the money.

If this is an inside job as is claimed in some of these parts, then how is it karma? It makes no sense.

But I can't say they didn't have it coming towards them. Apparently, they have psised off a lot of customers. Including bad-guy criminal-hacker types it seems, given that Dread forum has some of the most wild and illegal stuff going on in there.

With a lot of scam accusations against Fixedfloat and with this hacking news, I don't think they will be able to continue their business. The reason is not that they have lost a lot of money in the hack but it is due to that they are losing trust both by the mismanagement of them to resolve people query's, holding people's money and this hack could be the nail in the coffin for them.

If this hack is an insider's job, then it can be an attempt for a scam exit and we never know that they may come back again with a new name and a new domain

[tabas]

With a lot of scam accusations against Fixedfloat and with this hacking news, I don't think they will be able to continue their business. The reason is not that they have lost a lot of money in the hack but it is due to that they are losing trust both by the mismanagement of them to resolve people query's, holding people's money and this hack could be the nail in the coffin for them.

They've got several days just after the hack to get back on the business but I don't think that they have got plans of getting back into business. I'm always checking if they've been back and with that period and window of time, I've seen that they've been back for a few days but they've disabled a lot of crypto to trade including BTC and after that, they've never been back.

If this hack is an insider's job, then it can be an attempt for a scam exit and we never know that they may come back again with a new name and a new domain

I am not even thinking about that but with such complains and how the business and process goes for them, they'd probably decided just to wait for some big deposits and did what they have to do. But who knows if they're going to be back again and will resolve all of the concerns that are thrown to them and clean what they have to clear.

[alterra57]

They're back here: https://ff.io/en/

[andrrew7201]

Hello! This exchanger now blocks EVERY exchange referring to the fact that the coins have a criminal trail) This is a complete scam for me, so they blocked $ 6000 and after long correspondence they simply stopped responding to letters! Read their bestchange thread - there are continuous complaints!

[holydarkness]

Hello! This exchanger now blocks EVERY exchange referring to the fact that the coins have a criminal trail) This is a complete scam for me, so they blocked $ 6000 and after long correspondence they simply stopped responding to letters! Read their bestchange thread - there are continuous complaints!

Instead of posting a complaint on someone else's thread, it's always better to have your own thread, so the discussion will be and can be more focused on the nature of your situation. And please add supporting evidence to that accusation thread.

[logfiles]

Hello! This exchanger now blocks EVERY exchange referring to the fact that the coins have a criminal trail) This is a complete scam for me, so they blocked $ 6000 and after long correspondence they simply stopped responding to letters! Read their bestchange thread - there are continuous complaints!

I just checked the thread and don't see your complaints. Could you please help point this out using a link?

[NotATether]

Hello! This exchanger now blocks EVERY exchange referring to the fact that the coins have a criminal trail

If the exchanger is blocking all the orders from being made, then that means that they are getting only a few orders frequently, such that they are able to get away with taking coins away from all customers using this excuse.

If they tried to do this to a large customer base, they would have been called out by bigger people on social media.

[LoyceV]

This exchanger now blocks EVERY exchange referring to the fact that the coins have a criminal trail)

Does that mean they froze your funds, and you tried again in another deposit?

[hugeblack]

Hello! This exchanger now blocks EVERY exchange referring to the fact that the coins have a criminal trail) This is a complete scam for me, so they blocked $ 6000 and after long correspondence they simply stopped responding to letters! Read their bestchange thread - there are continuous complaints!

Have you used FixedFloat after two successful hacks^[1] .
The @op scam was in January before all the chaos happened but ff.io has lost a lot of trust since then.

[1] https://beincrypto.com/fixed-float-two-hacks-survival-story/

[JollyGood]

It seems as though he claims to have used it after the news about the hacks. If he were to open his own scam accusation and provide evidence in screenshots of live chat and account areas (or any other correspondence such as email) then it will strengthen his case.

Having said that I did take a look at his account and something does not add up. He created it in 2019 and made five posts and all of them are related to him being scammed (including Bittrex allegedly scamming $20,000) but evidence is never provided. It is difficult to take his word for anything he claims without evidence.

Hello! This exchanger now blocks EVERY exchange referring to the fact that the coins have a criminal trail) This is a complete scam for me, so they blocked $ 6000 and after long correspondence they simply stopped responding to letters! Read their bestchange thread - there are continuous complaints!

Have you used FixedFloat after two successful hacks^[1] .
The @op scam was in January before all the chaos happened but ff.io has lost a lot of trust since then.

[1] https://beincrypto.com/fixed-float-two-hacks-survival-story/

[scammedbyff]

I can't speak for anyone else but I did indeed get scammed by FixedFloat (through Trocador) for a bit more than 0.06 BTC. FF order # **1M5Z, Trocador order # ****MLHrh

Can provide more details by PM if needed. Only because FF has already been committed to harvesting all my private data... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5541660

[nutildah]

Have you used FixedFloat after two successful hacks^[1] .
The @op scam was in January before all the chaos happened but ff.io has lost a lot of trust since then.

Its probably for the same reason that some people still use Trust Wallet -- they have great SEO rankings and somehow manage to skirt any kind of legal repercussion or ISP takedowns, despite having an overwhelmingly poor reputation online.

I remember hearing about FixedFloat's problems years ago in a case where they confiscated a large sum of XMR and demanded documentation proving where it came from. The way they proceeded with subsequent confiscations of BTC and ETH really bothered me: instead of leaving the coins in the customer's deposit address, they immediately transferred them to their main wallets. Since they claim to be performing AML checks on coin sources, the appropriate thing to do would be leave the coins in their freaking outputs rather than mix them in with other funds. This way they could instantly refund users funds, or I guess give them over the law enforcement  which I doubt they've ever actually done.

[scammedbyff]

In my view, entities like Trocador and OrangeFren have done a lot to give uninformed folks like me a false sense of security. That's exactly what got me caught in this mess. I thought if I have done nothing wrong, I have nothing to lose. I thought these are reputable and sustainable businesses who wouldn't just keep my money without any recourse or explanation. They wouldn't blatantly violate the terms of service that they themselves wrote (biased as they already are).

But in fact these crypto aggregators make their money exactly by enabling and protecting miscreants like FixedFloat, and many others.

[JollyGood]

Regarding the harvesting of data, this is something people have to be aware of. When they send their private information to exchanges (and casinos), they have no idea what will happen to their data. Trusting any third-party is a difficult task especially when you know you are handing over private information to a company accused of selective scamming.

I can't speak for anyone else but I did indeed get scammed by FixedFloat (through Trocador) for a bit more than 0.06 BTC. FF order # **1M5Z, Trocador order # ****MLHrh

Can provide more details by PM if needed. Only because FF has already been committed to harvesting all my private data... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5541660