0trace — truly private instant exchange

[logfiles]

The silence from them is deafening. They were consistent with posts on their x account until on the 5th Nov.
Something tells me they are gone just like the lizex chaps

First red flag is a very small security deposit. Once the get a good number of swaps that are way above their security deposit, the pull off the plug.

[greyhelp]

They have removed all mentions of Bitcointalk from their homepage and removed all links to aggregator reviews.

This shows that they are knowingly doing an exit scam... I've lost a lot of money.. Quite upset by this

[Murat]

They have removed all mentions of Bitcointalk from their homepage and removed all links to aggregator reviews.

This shows that they are knowingly doing an exit scam... I've lost a lot of money.. Quite upset by this

Sorry to hear this. Contact Orangefren ASAP!

[gocored]

Real scumbags.   I lost a huge amount of money, several times more than their pathetic $7k deposit. A lesson for life.
And it's really curious why they haven't been flagged as SCAM anywhere yet, when more and more reports of stuck exchanges keep appearing every day. It's obvious this is a total scam.

[goatey]

Its time for bitcointalk to mark them as scammers... they removed bitcointalk links from there site and also removed all links from other review sites off there site.  this cant be anymore obvious that they exit scammed and are continuing to keep there site up to lure more victims.  If you follow the blockchain of there addresses you can see some are still sending funds to them unknowingly about the exit scam

[Slow death]

Real scumbags.   I lost a huge amount of money, several times more than their pathetic $7k deposit. A lesson for life.
And it's really curious why they haven't been flagged as SCAM anywhere yet, when more and more reports of stuck exchanges keep appearing every day. It's obvious this is a total scam.

I am very sorry for your loss. My advice and I speak from personal experience, having once had funds held by a scam exchange called Yobit ( I used Yobit it’s a scam many years ago, and to this day they’ve never paid me anything. I stopped using that exchange a long time ago, and I haven’t used any other exchanges since; I only use Binance. )  is to never use an exchange where you don’t know who the owners are, or where you’ve never even seen their faces.

I know many people dislike KYC procedures, but sometimes it is better to complete KYC on an exchange where the owners are well-known public figures for instance, Binance. You might say, "But Binance has been targeted by hackers!" That’s true, but it’s still operational; and even if they were to pull an "exit scam" one day, they would be held accountable by governments they would end up in prison. However, when you use an exchange where the owner is anonymous, there is nothing to stop them; they could steal your money and vanish, never to be found again.

[Stalker22]

They have removed all mentions of Bitcointalk from their homepage and removed all links to aggregator reviews.

This shows that they are knowingly doing an exit scam... I've lost a lot of money.. Quite upset by this

I agree.  This shows a clear intent.  They want to keep the site active for as long as possible to catch a few more unsuspecting victims.

I left another negative review on their profile, but I have a feeling thats not enough.  Since you are also one of those who were scammed, you should file a scam report and flag their account.

[AnonChangeCom]

Very sad reading this, I actually even myself liked their service.

[NotATether]

We have made the decision to mark 0trace as Scam on Bitmixlist.

If a 0trace representative comes and settles payout of the orders to affected users, we will remove the scam designation.

[PrivacyG]

Is their sig campaign still active?  It should at least be paused until their representative provides some kind of response.

Yes.  It is still active and open, as seen on the relevant Topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5595454.0).  I imagine icopress is now in a kind of difficult position but it should not last much longer before it has to be closed, unless 0trace comes back and solves the pending orders.  Which I highly doubt now that they ever will..

[examplens]

Is their sig campaign still active?  It should at least be paused until their representative provides some kind of response.

Yes.  It is still active and open, as seen on the relevant Topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5595454.0).  I imagine icopress is now in a kind of difficult position but it should not last much longer before it has to be closed, unless 0trace comes back and solves the pending orders.  Which I highly doubt now that they ever will..

The campaign status has been changed to FOFF (I honestly have no idea what this means), but it is definitely not in OPEN status anymore. I don't think the campaign status will change much

[yoyochibata]

I have ~$30k stuck for four days now. Never heard from the chat support or the email I sent them. Anyone with luck last few days?

[Stalker22]

The campaign status has been changed to FOFF (I honestly have no idea what this means), but it is definitely not in OPEN status anymore.

What is the [FOFF] campaign status? 

'Forum Only For Fun'.

 

I think Icopress used that acronym previously to indicate that the campaign was paused.

I don't think the campaign status will change much

No, it wont.  But at the very least, they should stop actively promoting the service.

[PrivacyG]

I think Icopress used that acronym previously to indicate that the campaign was paused.

I will quote our Legendary BlackHatCoiner as this quote fits perfectly,

I still think that "Fuck OFF" is the most accurate way to describe the situation, though.  

[icopress]

The project also has an outstanding balance for the campaign, covering several weeks. I messaged them on October 30th and was told they were on vacation until Wednesday (the 4th). On November 5th, I followed up regarding the overdue invoice and asked about some problematic cases. Over the last three days, they haven’t even read my subsequent messages.

[hugeblack]

It seems no one has supported trust flag; please do support it ----> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=3609

Ye,
And I found a critical bug and reported em around 3 days ago they fixed it but no news for now..

What exactly are you talking about? Could you provide more information?

[marto25]

0trace confirmed scam. Full incident breakdown and directory action in our thread:

NULL_ROUTE Directory — 0trace SCAM CONFIRMED


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Null_Route /// Cetoc

[SamReomo]

We have made the decision to mark 0trace as Scam on Bitmixlist.

If a 0trace representative comes and settles payout of the orders to affected users, we will remove the scam designation.

Yes, right now they haven't said anything and that means there is something wrong with them. If in next 2 days they won't come here and settle the payouts then something might be fishy on this exchange. Everyone should stay away from the exchange as of now to be on safe end.

[examplens]

It seems no one has supported trust flag; please do support it ----> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=3609

I supported the flag because I think it is necessary to mark 0trace as risky as loudly as possible.
However, the created flag is not in accordance with the rules of the forum, the reference link leads to the first post of this thread, which does not say much about what is a scam here. It should be kept in mind that the flag must also be used by someone who is not registered on the forum, and such people should be directly informed of the essence of the accusation.

[jammy1122]

Hello all, I'm one of the scammed users.
Besides reporting to OrangeFren, who should I report to in order to hope for a refill ?

Otherwise, do you guys can simulate an exchange? The website says "Too many requests" for me at the moment.