Tomboi exchange - SCAM 100K$

[Trêvoid]

Tomboi was submitted to kycnot.me listing, but it is not verified.
You can find them only through the direct link https://kycnot.me/service/tomboi

Correct, but its even a small sign, KYCnot.me requires operational history; they couldn't even manage that.

Earlier, I wrote a warning comment on kycnot.me referencing this thread, but my comment has not been approved for three days now. So, if there is another user who has run out of money, he cannot find actual information on kycnot.me

Kycnotme is an unreliable source. I found a short post by a user named saylor22 on a Russian-language forum, in which he clearly demonstrates how he writes a fake review and lists the ID of a non-existent exchange, yet the review is published as verified. I also found a review of KycNotList there.

Newly registered user.

Please give me a source so I can check where this was discussed.

Pluja seems to be a very busy guy, and the project is probably so dependent on him, a couple of chaps. I think he needs more people to help him around with improving the website and making timely updates here and there.

There's a good update coming soon at kycnot.me stay tuned; it's almost finished.

[Jogras]

Newly registered user.

Please give me a source so I can check where this was discussed.

Yeah, I'm new here. Is that a problem for you?

User 'Trêvoid' has not chosen to allow messages from newbies. You should post in their relevant thread to remind them to enable this setting.

[examplens]

Pluja seems to be a very busy guy, and the project is probably so dependent on him, a couple of chaps. I think he needs more people to help him around with improving the website and making timely updates here and there.

Tomboi should already be labelled as a scam there and the reviews/feedback may also need some sort of moderation to avoid fake feedback like one we see in places like Trustpilot.

The only good thing here is that the tomboi site is offline, so there is no risk of a new scam. But if they had not shut down the site, the sluggish reaction by kycnot.me would have turned that service into something completely opposite to what it is trying to be.
After a week, my scam alert on tomboi is still unmoderated, even though I have no negative karma there.

[pluja]

Hi, I'm pluja, the admin of KYCnot.me. I have just updated Tomboi's entry, marked it as SCAM, and added a link to this thread.

Earlier, I wrote a warning comment on kycnot.me referencing this thread, but my comment has not been approved for three days now. So, if there is another user who has run out of money, he cannot find actual information on kycnot.me

Thanks for reporting it. I try to handle these as quickly as possible, but there is a lot of work on KYCnot.me, and Tomboi was still a Community Contributed service, not an approved or verified one. With over 500 services listed, I usually prioritize the services shown on the main page, since those are the ones most users are likely to click on and use.

That said, I understand the concern. Scam warnings should be visible as soon as possible. Pending comments are still visible with the "pending" toggle, but I agree this is not ideal for urgent warnings. I will look into how to make serious reports more visible before full review.

Kycnotme is an unreliable source. I found a short post by a user named saylor22 on a Russian-language forum, in which he clearly demonstrates how he writes a fake review and lists the ID of a non-existent exchange, yet the review is published as verified. I also found a review of KycNotList there.

Please share the source and the exact review or comment you are referring to. I review order IDs manually, so if a fake or non-existent order ID was accepted, I need to investigate it. If the report is correct, I will remove the review and correct the mistake.

KYCnot.me is a resource, not a source of truth. I do my best to keep it reliable, but it is an independent project maintained mostly by me, and mistakes can happen. The code is open source, and I am open to suggestions, issues, pull requests, or any other help that can improve the site and make it more reliable.

Pluja seems to be a very busy guy, and the project is probably so dependent on him, a couple of chaps. I think he needs more people to help him around with improving the website and making timely updates here and there.

Tomboi should already be labelled as a scam there and the reviews/feedback may also need some sort of moderation to avoid fake feedback like one we see in places like Trustpilot.

You're right. The project depends too much on me right now, and I need more help with moderation, service updates, scam reports, and review verification.

I cannot monitor every service, comment, report, and forum thread 24/7 by myself. I put a lot of time into KYCnot.me because I believe it is useful, but it needs a better process and more contributors.

Thanks to everyone who reported this. I will work on improving the process so serious reports can be reviewed and surfaced faster next time.

[examplens]

Thanks for reporting it. I try to handle these as quickly as possible, but there is a lot of work on KYCnot.me, and Tomboi was still a Community Contributed service, not an approved or verified one. With over 500 services listed, I usually prioritize the services shown on the main page, since those are the ones most users are likely to click on and use.

That said, I understand the concern. Scam warnings should be visible as soon as possible. Pending comments are still visible with the "pending" toggle, but I agree this is not ideal for urgent warnings. I will look into how to make serious reports more visible before full review.

Ok, we all understand the problem, we hope that it will be improved and accelerated as much as possible. After 4-5 months, I still have one service submission waiting for a review, but that is not the topic here.  

Perhaps you could add the "scam" option to the "I experienced..." option, which would give the moderators an alarming notification, to be checked as a matter of priority.
As I have already said, in this particular case, the site is offline, so there was no risk of new scams, but this will not always be the case, and it would help to inform the user about the recognized risk.

[albon]

KYCnot.me is a resource, not a source of truth. I do my best to keep it reliable, but it is an independent project maintained mostly by me, and mistakes can happen.

We should never rely on a single source. It's always important to do our own research and check multiple trusted sources before reaching any conclusions.

The project depends too much on me right now, and I need more help with moderation, service updates, scam reports, and review verification.

I cannot monitor every service, comment, report, and forum thread 24/7 by myself. I put a lot of time into KYCnot.me because I believe it is useful, but it needs a better process and more contributors.

You could create a service thread in the "Services" section of the forum and look for people who are willing to help. You can specify the monthly or weekly salary, the expected working hours, and the exact structure of the role. That would make things a bit easier for you.

Also, if you would like to discuss it further, you can send me a PM. Perhaps I could help out with moderation on the project. 

[85pandora]

I received the 9k$ escrow from kycnotlist, i can vouch for them !

I am waiting for @LT_Mouse with the other escrow.

[KycNotList]

I received the 9k$ escrow from kycnotlist, i can vouch for them !

I am waiting for @LT_Mouse with the other escrow.

Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately, this won’t cover your losses, but we hope it will serve as a lesson to others so they don’t make similar mistakes.

The victims have received compensation from KycNotList:
@85pandora 9000$
@PitWlss 4100$

[dkbit98]

I received the 9k$ escrow from kycnotlist, i can vouch for them !

Sorry about your loses, but it is good to hear that KycNotList sent you the funds from their escrow guarantee, and @LT_Mouse should do the same soon.

Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately, this won’t cover your losses, but we hope it will serve as a lesson to others so they don’t make similar mistakes.

What guarantees user have that exchanges listed on your website actually have deposit amount that is listed?
I think it would be good to have some risk rating for all services.

[albon]

I received the 9k$ escrow from kycnotlist, i can vouch for them !

I am waiting for @LT_Mouse with the other escrow.

I'm glad to hear that, and glad that you were able to recover part of the funds you lost on this exchange platform.

Regarding @LT_Mouse, I already contacted him, and he replied to me saying: "Thanks. I'll process $10k to him." He’ll probably reach out to you soon about the refund.

But can I ask you something.. How do you plan to deal with the remaining 70% of your stolen money? Recovering just ~20% isn’t much especially from $100k.

Have you reported it to the cybercrime authorities, or had a look into blockchain forensics to trace the source of that ETH transaction to see where it came from?

[Little Mouse]

I received the 9k$ escrow from kycnotlist, i can vouch for them !

I am waiting for @LT_Mouse with the other escrow.

I'm glad to hear that, and glad that you were able to recover part of the funds you lost on this exchange platform.

Regarding @LT_Mouse, I already contacted him, and he replied to me saying: "Thanks. I'll process $10k to him." He’ll probably reach out to you soon about the refund.

But can I ask you something.. How do you plan to deal with the remaining 70% of your stolen money? Recovering just ~20% isn’t much especially from $100k.

Have you reported it to the cybercrime authorities, or had a look into blockchain forensics to trace the source of that ETH transaction to see where it came from?

Just a correction to the bold part.

As per the request made, we had converted the amount into BTC- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5580195.msg66721709#msg66721709

He will receive-
0.12611874 - tx fee

[The Cryptovator]

But can I ask you something.. How do you plan to deal with the remaining 70% of your stolen money? Recovering just ~20% isn’t much especially from $100k.

Have you reported it to the cybercrime authorities, or had a look into blockchain forensics to trace the source of that ETH transaction to see where it came from?

Good to hear at least some portions of the stolen funds have been recovered. Though it's not enough compared to the total lost funds, it would lessen the stress of OP. Regarding the rest of the funds, not much hope for the OP; taking legal action would be a waste of time and money as well, but it depends on the OP's situation. We really don't know either if it would recover through legal action or not; hence, I won't encourage doing it. But if the cost isn't much, then OP would try based on the circumstances.

[Jogras]

Kycnotme is an unreliable source. I found a short post by a user named saylor22 on a Russian-language forum, in which he clearly demonstrates how he writes a fake review and lists the ID of a non-existent exchange, yet the review is published as verified. I also found a review of KycNotList there.

Please share the source and the exact review or comment you are referring to. I review order IDs manually, so if a fake or non-existent order ID was accepted, I need to investigate it. If the report is correct, I will remove the review and correct the mistake.

KYCnot.me is a resource, not a source of truth. I do my best to keep it reliable, but it is an independent project maintained mostly by me, and mistakes can happen. The code is open source, and I am open to suggestions, issues, pull requests, or any other help that can improve the site and make it more reliable.

I can't send you a message: User ‘pluja’ has not chosen to allow messages from new users. You should post in their relevant thread to remind them to enable this setting.

I sent the link to user Trêvoid; I think he'll share it with you.

I'm not posting this publicly because I don't know if it's allowed to share links from another forum.

[LoyceV]

I don't know if it's allowed to share links from another forum.

That's allowed.

[Trêvoid]

Kycnotme is an unreliable source. I found a short post by a user named saylor22 on a Russian-language forum, in which he clearly demonstrates how he writes a fake review and lists the ID of a non-existent exchange, yet the review is published as verified. I also found a review of KycNotList there.

Please share the source and the exact review or comment you are referring to. I review order IDs manually, so if a fake or non-existent order ID was accepted, I need to investigate it. If the report is correct, I will remove the review and correct the mistake.

KYCnot.me is a resource, not a source of truth. I do my best to keep it reliable, but it is an independent project maintained mostly by me, and mistakes can happen. The code is open source, and I am open to suggestions, issues, pull requests, or any other help that can improve the site and make it more reliable.

I can't send you a message: User ‘pluja’ has not chosen to allow messages from new users. You should post in their relevant thread to remind them to enable this setting.

I sent the link to user Trêvoid; I think he'll share it with you.

I'm not posting this publicly because I don't know if it's allowed to share links from another forum.

I've already passed it to him look it up later. Also, I got your message on Simplex.

[albon]

Just a correction to the bold part.

As per the request made, we had converted the amount into BTC- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5580195.msg66721709#msg66721709

He will receive-
0.12611874 - tx fee

Thanks for the correction and the update, and thank you for keeping the escrow funds safe.

We hope the victim receives these funds as soon as possible, and we would appreciate it if you could keep us updated once the payment has been completed.

it would lessen the stress of OP. Regarding the rest of the funds, not much hope for the OP; taking legal action would be a waste of time and money as well, but it depends on the OP's situation. We really don't know either if it would recover through legal action or not; hence, I won't encourage doing it. But if the cost isn't much, then OP would try based on the circumstances.

We hope this partial recovery helps ease the situation for the OP, There isn't much more the community can do at this point. We hope he does not fall victim to a similar scam again in the future.

I agree there is no guarantee that legal action would recover any money.. However, that does not necessarily mean it would be a waste of time or money. The OP could first consult a lawyer to understand the chances of success and the expected costs and the available legal options before deciding if it's worth pursuing.

[Little Mouse]

Just a correction to the bold part.

As per the request made, we had converted the amount into BTC- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5580195.msg66721709#msg66721709

He will receive-
0.12611874 - tx fee

Thanks for the correction and the update, and thank you for keeping the escrow funds safe.

We hope the victim receives these funds as soon as possible, and we would appreciate it if you could keep us updated once the payment has been completed.

Asked him for a BTC address. I'll release instantly once they send me the addy.

[85pandora]

I received the 9k$ escrow from kycnotlist, i can vouch for them !

I am waiting for @LT_Mouse with the other escrow.

I'm glad to hear that, and glad that you were able to recover part of the funds you lost on this exchange platform.

Regarding @LT_Mouse, I already contacted him, and he replied to me saying: "Thanks. I'll process $10k to him." He’ll probably reach out to you soon about the refund.

But can I ask you something.. How do you plan to deal with the remaining 70% of your stolen money? Recovering just ~20% isn’t much especially from $100k.

Have you reported it to the cybercrime authorities, or had a look into blockchain forensics to trace the source of that ETH transaction to see where it came from?

Yes, i reported it, but to be honest i don't have much hope anything will come of it.

[KycNotList]

Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately, this won’t cover your losses, but we hope it will serve as a lesson to others so they don’t make similar mistakes.

What guarantees user have that exchanges listed on your website actually have deposit amount that is listed?
I think it would be good to have some risk rating for all services.

We are only responsible for the deposits that exchange services make on our platform. We display deposits from other platforms but are not responsible for them, as clearly stated on each exchange service’s page


As for the risk rating, we are considering it, but for now our goal is not to recommend specific exchange platforms. Instead, we collect and organize relevant information about their listings and deposits, enabling users to perform their own review and make decisions at their own discretion.

[hugeblack]

Scammer removed all his posts and changed the topic to ...

I don't know why he did that, but there must be a good reason for him to delete all those posts (he may have discovered something linking his new platform's identity.)