I think I was scammed

[sorosuub]

Hi, I'm afraid I've been scammed but I'm asking for your opinion. I registered on the Vegobit exchange, I initially made a small deposit (around $500) and made a conversion from eth to usdt and then withdrew the usdt without problems. I subsequently deposited a larger amount to do the same thing, after converting I tried to withdraw but they blocked my withdrawal due to suspicious activity and asked me to make another deposit to carry out an AML verification. This all seems very strange to me and I would like to avoid wasting any more money. Does anyone know if this request is normal or if I have been scammed and goodbye money? I'll paste the customer support message here.
"Withdrawal Error: Since you have a new account. In accordance with KYC/AML policy, to ensure the safety of our customers, you need to undergo AML verification to continue withdrawing funds. To do this go to your wallet, create a withdrawal request and follow the instructions, verification is automatic, the verification amount will be credited to your balance and will be available for withdrawal after verification."
thanks to everyone who will answer me

[BADecker]

This is rather standard with some companies. Deposit a tiny amount and see what they do after you are verified.

[mocacinno]

I have never heard about this exchange, cannot find anything about it trough google, and domain age checker looks like the domain was registered 8 days ago.

Where did you come across this one???

Personally, i wouldn't touch a brand new exchange with a 20 foot pole...

Asking a crypto deposit in order to withdraw is a red flag for me, i've seen company's asking for a small credit card deposit (like 1€) in order to verify if your credit card is real, but companys asking for a crypto deposit don't have any good reason for doing so.

It's possible they're for real, it's possible they have scammed you and everything you deposit will be gone...

[sorosuub]

I found this exchange from a telegram group that gave an arbitrage signal between Binance and Vegobit on the value of eth.
In any case I'm sure it's a scam site, they ask me for more than $1k to release my withdrawal

[ovcijisir]

I found this exchange from a telegram group that gave an arbitrage signal between Binance and Vegobit on the value of eth.
In any case I'm sure it's a scam site, they ask me for more than $1k to release my withdrawal

When you see some exchange that you never heard of, especially if someone sends you DM and asks you if you are interested in profitable investment - avoid them like a plague. I get messages like this at a daily basis.

To be honest usually it is obvious that this is scam, you are first person that I heard of that fell for it.

If they ask you for more money DO NOT send them any more, no matter what they promise you.

Maybe you can report them to police/ sue them, but I dont have experience with it.

Only thing I can think of to get at least some of the money back is to tell them to tell them you are not feeling comfortable to invest if you don't get at least SOME money back. They could send you some back in hopes that you will send them more later. Little far fetched, but worth of try, considering that probably you lost all funds now.

This is rather standard with some companies. Deposit a tiny amount and see what they do after you are verified.

I never heard that any legit exchange asks for money to verify account. Sounds like 100% scam to me

[mocacinno]

I found this exchange from a telegram group that gave an arbitrage signal between Binance and Vegobit on the value of eth.
In any case I'm sure it's a scam site, they ask me for more than $1k to release my withdrawal

In that case (asking $1000 in crypto), you can scratch the last line in my previous comment... Asking money to allow you to withdraw your own money are clear signs of a scam.

When i made my first reply, i did not know the sum and the payment method... I had seen some company's asking for a $1 creditcard deposit when you start a "free" trial, so you can go and look in your creditcard statement and tell the company some specific information that can only be known to somebody having access to the creditcard statement, thus proving you own the credit card you want to use with them. These amounts are always very small (usually between 50 cents and $2), it's only usefull for verifying creditcard ownerships, and still you should only do this for *very* trusted company's.

There is no good reason to ask somebody for a crypto deposit to verify anything.

[MysteryMiner]

You were scammed. Be smarter next time. Use only well known and established exchanges and only for amounts that are necessary and withdraw all funds as soon as exchange is complete. Mr.Goatse, the original exchange that goatsed all the users teached me that. Also try to avoid exchanges that require KYC Jelly smeared in your anus.

For more private exchange just get some local contacts that can exchange crypto to cash in person.

[StPeterssess]

From now on, be more attentive, may the Lord protect you.

[Loveday422]

This is rather standard with some companies. Deposit a tiny amount and see what they do after you are verified.

You are not scaremmed anyway but I don't think if u can get the money back

[mabelezov]

It looks like that

[discusstor]

How did you get out of the situation?

[sorosuub]

unfortunately I have not come out of it, I have written several times to the support but they continue to repeat the same things, they continue to ask me for a deposit of 1127usdt to unlock the withdrawal. My funds are always visible, I can also convert them but they do not let me withdraw them. The only thing I could do was report them to the Federal Trade Commission and put a review on Trustpilot.

[BitcoinBarrel]

It is unusual for an exchange to require a deposit for verification.

Ask yourself... if they are a legitimate company with a concern about suspicious activity, then why would they want you to send them money before verifying the account?

That could potentially open the door for legal problems for them.

It makes more sense that they baited you with a small amount, stole your second deposit, and is trying to get more money out of you before you wise up.

[Pjcr7]

Hi, I'm afraid I've been scammed but I'm asking for your opinion. I registered on the Vegobit exchange, I initially made a small deposit (around $500) and made a conversion from eth to usdt and then withdrew the usdt without problems. I subsequently deposited a larger amount to do the same thing, after converting I tried to withdraw but they blocked my withdrawal due to suspicious activity and asked me to make another deposit to carry out an AML verification. This all seems very strange to me and I would like to avoid wasting any more money. Does anyone know if this request is normal or if I have been scammed and goodbye money? I'll paste the customer support message here.
"Withdrawal Error: Since you have a new account. In accordance with KYC/AML policy, to ensure the safety of our customers, you need to undergo AML verification to continue withdrawing funds. To do this go to your wallet, create a withdrawal request and follow the instructions, verification is automatic, the verification amount will be credited to your balance and will be available for withdrawal after verification."
thanks to everyone who will answer me

There's no two ways about this, you have been made in a broad day light. Try to be more careful next time so you don't lose larger sum of money. The minimum i know exchanges do ask for before withdrawal is $10, try to use exchanges that has reputation and you're familiar with next time to avoid stories like this.

[R1dwanRz]

Hi, I'm afraid I've been scammed but I'm asking for your opinion. I registered on the Vegobit exchange, I initially made a small deposit (around $500) and made a conversion from eth to usdt and then withdrew the usdt without problems. I subsequently deposited a larger amount to do the same thing, after converting I tried to withdraw but they blocked my withdrawal due to suspicious activity and asked me to make another deposit to carry out an AML verification. This all seems very strange to me and I would like to avoid wasting any more money. Does anyone know if this request is normal or if I have been scammed and goodbye money? I'll paste the customer support message here.
"Withdrawal Error: Since you have a new account. In accordance with KYC/AML policy, to ensure the safety of our customers, you need to undergo AML verification to continue withdrawing funds. To do this go to your wallet, create a withdrawal request and follow the instructions, verification is automatic, the verification amount will be credited to your balance and will be available for withdrawal after verification."
thanks to everyone who will answer me

First of all, I never heard of this exchange until you mentioned it and this is bad when exchange ask you for more money, clearly they should've asked your information like doing a video with your identify card and a paper that says you wihdrawing this money, that makes you legitmate person and instantly grants you access to withdrawal function. So sorry to say your money's now gone..

Your first step was to research to see which is trusted exchange, I assume you're new but you should be more careful.

[BADecker]

I think I was scammed


When will you figure it out?

[Igalomelo]

I found this exchange from a telegram group that gave an arbitrage signal between Binance and Vegobit on the value of eth.
In any case I'm sure it's a scam site, they ask me for more than $1k to release my withdrawal

First, I never heard Vegobit in my experience in crypto like 4 years. Secondly, don't trust anyone if you find in Telegram.

[Kounter]

Hi, I'm afraid I've been scammed but I'm asking for your opinion.

Vegobit is a completely scam. Where did you dig up this fabulous exchange?





https://www.trustpilot.com/review/vegobit.com

[bageengineering]

You haven't lost anything, have you?

[albon]

Vegobit is a completely scam. Where did you dig up this fabulous exchange?

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/vegobit.com

Maybe a stranger suggested it to him on popular social media apps like WhatsApp, Discord, or Telegram, or he found it on a social media platform. It is worth noting that there are no reviews on YouTube or in blogs about the new Vegobit exchange whose domain is only 55 days old according to Whois.

Also, Trustpilot should not be relied upon primarily because if you take a look at Reviews.io ^[Archived] you will find that they bought fake reviews for their scam exchange where all the reviews were posted 1 month ago [this is really ridiculous], but the fact that the exchange is new, along with analysis from Scamadviser is enough reasons to make it necessary to stay away from using this exchange completely. What happened with the OP and other victims is a typical approach used by scammers operating such fake exchanges. It is worth noting that there are many more popular and trusted exchanges in the crypto arena with a long-established history.