[ANNOUNCE] Bitcoin Fog: Secure Bitcoin Anonymization

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Quote from: TryNinja on April 27, 2021, 08:40:41 PM

This part, from a different article, is quite interesting

Undercover agents again spending hard earned tax payers money, doing work for uncle Sam and continuing to operate Bitcoin Fog for the purpose of catching more people in their net.
What is more interesting that OP of this topic and bitcointalk member Akemashite Omedetou is probably accused Roman Sterlingov, and we can see that he still has has unresolved scam accusation in bitcointalk forum since 2015 for 998 bitcoins, active until the end of 2016.
I don't understand what was he doing in Los Angeles when he was citizen of Sweden & Russia, that was probably his second mistake after domain mistake.

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The IRS also appears to have used undercover agents in 2019 to transact with Bitcoin Fog, in one case sending messages to Bitcoin Fog's administrator that explicitly stated that they hoped to launder proceeds from selling ecstasy. Bitcoin Fog completed that user's transactions without a response.

This reminds me on similar tactics used for SilkRoad, and some lessons should be learned from this, especially dealing with personal messages.

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US Officials Arrest Alleged Operator of $336M Bitcoin Mixing Service

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According to public court documents, federal agents arrested Roman Sterlingov, a Russian and Swedish citizen, on three charges stemming from his alleged involvement with bitcoin mixing service Bitcoin Fog: unlicensed money transmission, money laundering and money transmission without a license.

This part, from a different article, is quite interesting:

Quote from: https://www.wired.com/story/bitcoin-fog-dark-web-cryptocurrency-arrest/

[Sarah] Meiklejohn [a computer scientist at University College of London whose work pioneered Bitcoin-tracing techniques in 2013] remains puzzled over why Bitcoin Fog remains online after its administrator has been arrested. She notes that law enforcement has quietly taken over dark web criminal operations in the past—though it's not clear, if that were the case with Bitcoin Fog, why the criminal complaint against Sterlingov has been unsealed. "At this point, for anyone who wants to mix their coins, you just have to assume that the service is compromised," Meiklejohn says.

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Quote from: schauspieler on April 02, 2021, 11:08:54 AM

I used this: foggedddxlunnaaa.onion Found that url at https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-dark-web-bitcoin-mixer

All three mixers linked on this quora post are a scam.

For example, ChipMixer's onion URL is chipmixerwzxtzbw.onion and not chipmibszeovmora(.)onion < SCAM. Please report it to quora.

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I used this: foggedddxlunnaaa.onion Found that url at https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-dark-web-bitcoin-mixer

Is it scam for sure? I can't believe it. Huh

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Quote from: schauspieler on April 02, 2021, 04:30:25 AM

I wanted to use Bitcoin Fog, the coins are on my account but somehow I can't transfer/withdraw them. In shows "pending" status since 2 days... Any idea how I can get my BTC back?

Cheers

I didn't know the onion website is still alive. As for your money, I doubt you will be able to access it. This service is considered a scam for a long time now.
See the few posts above, you will understand why.

In case the website you're talking is http://foggedd3mc4dr2o2.onion, it's also scam

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I wanted to use Bitcoin Fog, the coins are on my account but somehow I can't transfer/withdraw them. In shows "pending" status since 2 days... Any idea how I can get my BTC back?

Cheers

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thanks for the list.

so sick of this scammer. lost a lot.

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Quote from: djeeperz on January 03, 2021, 06:16:33 AM

But why?

Check the last pages of this thread. Also check OP's trust feedbacks.

Quote from: djeeperz on January 03, 2021, 06:16:33 AM

Are there better options?

Definitely.

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Quote from: djeeperz on January 03, 2021, 06:16:33 AM

But why?

Check the last pages of this thread. Also check OP's trust feedbacks.

Quote from: djeeperz on January 03, 2021, 06:16:33 AM

Are there better options?

Definitely.

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Quote from: 🏰 TradeFortress 🏰 on January 02, 2021, 01:31:20 PM

Don’t use Bitcoin fog.

But why? it has been working very well for me the past year. Are there better options?

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nothing changed.
I can login in Fog, but balance is still wrong.
I has sent 0.01 for test and I see now ~0.01 in balance, however ~2btc is lost. support isn't answering at all

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Don’t use Bitcoin fog.

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Quote from: wscrezfieugo on December 28, 2020, 07:40:39 AM

now I can't even open http://foggeddriztrcar2.onion/
so strange

I can open. However, 1 account i have now is missing half of my value that was supposed to be there and another account cant login anymore. I am missing over 2 BTC. Can't find a way to contact them.

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now I can't even open http://foggeddriztrcar2.onion/
so strange

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Quote from: logfiles on December 25, 2020, 06:03:14 PM

Quote from: wscrezfieugo on December 24, 2020, 09:22:46 PM

I use this service long time and everything has been ok.
But a few days ago, I sent 7btc, but in balance I see only 4.5
I don't think it is scam, only mistake, I already wrote to support, but nobody answers me.
I hope they read this topic, please fix my balance!

The clearnet link seems to be offline but the tor link is still working

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http://foggeddriztrcar2.onion/

Did you use that Tor link?

That aside, for a very long time Bitcoin fog have been known to be selective scammers if you go through complaints.

Yes, I used http://foggeddriztrcar2.onion/

I think ~ 2btc too small ( I sent much bigger amount through fog)

It is just mistake, but support haven't answered..

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Quote from: wscrezfieugo on December 24, 2020, 09:22:46 PM

I use this service long time and everything has been ok.
But a few days ago, I sent 7btc, but in balance I see only 4.5
I don't think it is scam, only mistake, I already wrote to support, but nobody answers me.
I hope they read this topic, please fix my balance!

The clearnet link seems to be offline but the tor link is still working

Code:

http://foggeddriztrcar2.onion/

Did you use that Tor link?

That aside, for a very long time Bitcoin fog have been known to be selective scammers if you go through complaints.

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Quote from: wscrezfieugo on December 24, 2020, 09:22:46 PM

I use this service long time and everything has been ok.
But a few days ago, I sent 7btc, but in balance I see only 4.5
I don't think it is scam, only mistake, I already wrote to support, but nobody answers me.
I hope they read this topic, please fix my balance!

They are considered to be unreliable for many people and your situation is not the only one, take a look at this topic from page #30 and you will see cases close to yours.

On the other side, the service was classified as a selective scam, and there are even unresolved accusations about them (see the user's profile). I won't be surprised if you never receive an answer from them :/

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I use this service long time and everything has been ok.
But a few days ago, I sent 7btc, but in balance I see only 4.5
I don't think it is scam, only mistake, I already wrote to support, but nobody answers me.
I hope they read this topic, please fix my balance!

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Quote from: logfiles on November 08, 2020, 03:38:42 PM

Quote from: Populus on November 08, 2020, 02:11:30 PM

I'm pretty sure I didn't use that link, this was one or two years ago.

I have two account names I would like to be checked if they still exist by the administrator.

1. The scam site has also been online for more than 3 years

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Domain: bitcoinfog.site
Registrar: Namecheap
Registered On: 2017-04-27
Expires On: 2022-04-27
Updated On: 2019-07-30

They did warn about the twitter which is associated with the scam site as well
https://i.imgur.com/7zeQV5U.png

Maybe try sending a PM to them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinFog I don't think they will help because they last posted around the time when one of the mixers was seized by authorities.

I guess I'm still screwed, but I guess I'll send a PM and hope for the best.

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Quote from: Populus on November 08, 2020, 02:11:30 PM

I'm pretty sure I didn't use that link, this was one or two years ago.

I have two account names I would like to be checked if they still exist by the administrator.

1. The scam site has also been online for more than 3 years

Code:

Domain: bitcoinfog.site
Registrar: Namecheap
Registered On: 2017-04-27
Expires On: 2022-04-27
Updated On: 2019-07-30

They did warn about the twitter which is associated with the scam site as well

Maybe try sending a PM to them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinFog I don't think they will help because they last posted around the time when one of the mixers was seized by authorities.

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Quote from: Populus on November 08, 2020, 02:11:30 PM

I have two account names I would like to be checked if they still exist by the administrator.

Very unlikely. Isn't him and his mixer a scam? Take a look at the last few pages. His mixer has been down for many years and he hasn't even logged in since 2016.

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