Topic: bitcoin7.com 'hacked'. Database and wallets 'stolen' (Read 22855 times)
How come after everything that happened around the BTC community, people still think about keeping their BTC in any exchange !!! Well maybe this kind of scams are necessary for the newbies to learn a lesson.
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The founder of Bitcoin7 is going to be a speaker at a presentation of bitcoin in Sofia(Bulgaria).....
How do you have moral to show yourself at bitcoin presentation after "loosing" all the coins of your customer.
This is the url https://coinwisdomsofia.com/ (you can check him at the speakers section)...
The founder of Bitcoin7 is going to be a speaker at a presentation of bitcoin in Sofia(Bulgaria).....
How do you have moral to show yourself at bitcoin presentation after "loosing" all the coins of your customer.
This is the url https://coinwisdomsofia.com/ (you can check him at the speakers section)...
It is newly written on bitcoin7 homepage that they "successfully confirmed the first withdraws". Can anyone confirm it?
Yes, not me personally, but people in another forum I visit regularly have confirmed they have received all their money (not BTC unfortunately)Can you tell me what 'another forum you visit regularly' are you talking about? I haven't received yet bitcoin7 email, although I send then already 3 email about it (on [email protected] and [email protected] adresses).
Here it is - http://hardwarebg.com/forum/showthread.php/202054-%CE%E1%F9%E8-%EF%F0%E8%EA%E0%E7%EA%E8-%E7%E0-Bitcoin-%28%EA%EE%EC%E5%ED%F2%E0%F0%E8-%E7%E0-BTC-%E1%EE%F0%F1%E8-%F6%E5%ED%E8-%E8-%F2.%ED.%29?p=2922939#post2922939
The forum is in bulgarian and this is the topic dedicated to Bitcoin prices, exchanges, etc.)
It is newly written on bitcoin7 homepage that they "successfully confirmed the first withdraws". Can anyone confirm it?
Yes, not me personally, but people in another forum I visit regularly have confirmed they have received all their money (not BTC unfortunately)Can you tell me what 'another forum you visit regularly' are you talking about? I haven't received yet bitcoin7 email, although I send then already 3 email about it (on [email protected] and [email protected] adresses).
I lost $5 and 1 BTC to this exchange.
Of course I am not going to provide any personal information to them, for "recovery".
It is disappointing that it is so difficult to find reputable exchanges
which honor anonymity. The other exchanges block me from using
them, because I connect through TOR. Bitcoin7 did not block TOR.
It seems I am now left with no options.
ME
Of course I am not going to provide any personal information to them, for "recovery".
It is disappointing that it is so difficult to find reputable exchanges
which honor anonymity. The other exchanges block me from using
them, because I connect through TOR. Bitcoin7 did not block TOR.
It seems I am now left with no options.
ME
It is newly written on bitcoin7 homepage that they "successfully confirmed the first withdraws". Can anyone confirm it?
Yes, not me personally, but people in another forum I visit regularly have confirmed they have received all their money (not BTC unfortunately)
It is newly written on bitcoin7 homepage that they "successfully confirmed the first withdraws". Can anyone confirm it?
A slightly more decentralised exchange would be a good idea, something more automated than #otc
I have some news regarding this topic:
Just before B7 was 'hacked', I sent some euros to them. These were now returned to me, with the comment that it was a compensation for a fraudulent foreign transaction! The comment was in my local language, not in English or Hungarian or Bulgarian.
Is it possible that the authorities are on this case? If so, what should we expect?
Just before B7 was 'hacked', I sent some euros to them. These were now returned to me, with the comment that it was a compensation for a fraudulent foreign transaction! The comment was in my local language, not in English or Hungarian or Bulgarian.
Is it possible that the authorities are on this case? If so, what should we expect?
It could be your bank being overly cautious about foreign money transfers?
It does seem like too much of a coincidence though.
I have some news regarding this topic:
Just before B7 was 'hacked', I sent some euros to them. These were now returned to me, with the comment that it was a compensation for a fraudulent foreign transaction! The comment was in my local language, not in English or Hungarian or Bulgarian.
Is it possible that the authorities are on this case? If so, what should we expect?
Just before B7 was 'hacked', I sent some euros to them. These were now returned to me, with the comment that it was a compensation for a fraudulent foreign transaction! The comment was in my local language, not in English or Hungarian or Bulgarian.
Is it possible that the authorities are on this case? If so, what should we expect?
And guess what, i was right. The same tactic saved me from all scams in EVE Online, while other people...well, the last big scam in EVE, some months ago, scammed over a trillion of billions of ISK. Funny thing: a lot of ppl were saying that it was a scam, but that didn't stop them from finding fools to scam.
Wasn't that much.
And you know that griefers like Tyrrax and others (all of GHSC for example) dedicate their "EVE-life" to scamming, and no one does anything, not even CCP, so...
But it's your money to lose. 
It was free money. I've made a very healthy profit from both mining and trading, and was lucky enough to buy and sell at the right times. I also sold my rigs without losing out when I stopped mining. The few thousand I sold this week was just the bulk of what I was saving for 6 months from now. It's a gamble. 6 months from now we'll know if you were right or if I was right.I still have a few hundred BTC's though, so I'm not out of the game yet.
Some of those were mine. I offloaded a few thousand BTC's over the past couple of days in private trades, leaving me with just a few hundred bitcoins to store on my USB stick. I've lost much of my faith in BTC after recent events.
From the looks of it, a lot of BTC is moving tonight. Others abandoning ship maybe? Or maybe people laundering the money looted in recent 'hacks'?
Thanks for panicking and selling all these cheap coins. I think people who are getting out have made a serious mistake and I'm buying up all I can afford (which unfortunately isn't that much). But it's your money to lose.
As I've said repeatedly, Bitcoin's fundamentals remain unchanged, so panic selling is ill-advised.
(they openly admitted their involvement in BTC after all).
Elaborate please?
What do you mean ?
Obviously you are aware that CIA invited Gavin Andresen to a closed-doors conference? read the forums.
I didn't read every last post, but didn't see Gavin say anything of the sort. Where is it mentioned that the CIA has been involved with BTC?
Unless Gavin being invited to give a presentation is suppose to equal CIA involvement, which wouldn't be the same thing.
I am shocked by the number of scams, by the lack of professionalism, and by the general bad vibe associated to Bitcoin.
The worse part is that everyone seems to be powerless, unable to deal with fraud on an international scale. Maybe victims should create a non profit-making organization defending bitcoin users' rights, or something like that.
The worse part is that everyone seems to be powerless, unable to deal with fraud on an international scale. Maybe victims should create a non profit-making organization defending bitcoin users' rights, or something like that.
Or maybe people should just learn how to smell a scam, and stay well away. Due to the nature of the system, I think any organizations set up to protect "bitcoin user's rights" would be just as powerless as the rest of us to settle issues like this.
What shocks me isn't the number of scams (scams are ubiquitous, and not isolated to bitcoin) but rather, the total lack of due diligence being done on these businesses or individuals before sending them money! People seem so bloody eager to give bitcoin, hand over fist, to complete idiots! And I, to my shame, am guilty of this myself.
But no one is immune to scams. Everybody can be trapped. It's not the victim's fault. We should rather blame scammers and take real measures against them. (well… probably victims should organize themselves and take those actions)
People seriously need to start making real buisnesses instead of fake scam exchanges all the time.
I am thinking some of this fake exchanges may be CIA/Govt job, maybe they finally decided Bitcoin is a threat and it needs to be destroyed (they openly admitted their involvement in BTC after all).
I am thinking some of this fake exchanges may be CIA/Govt job, maybe they finally decided Bitcoin is a threat and it needs to be destroyed (they openly admitted their involvement in BTC after all).
Elaborate please?
What do you mean ?
Obviously you are aware that CIA invited Gavin Andresen to a closed-doors conference ? Use google, read the forums.
The large number of namecoins moving was the bitparking pool closing down and paying out the remaining balances. The total amount moved is inflated due to the block chain explorers counting the 'change' address multiple times.
People seriously need to start making real buisnesses instead of fake scam exchanges all the time.
I'm pretty sure a lot of these businesses start out as real, but end up turning fake when they realize there aren't any consequences to simply taking the money and running when things either slow down or go sour. Then after they've tasted the blood and tears, they come back for more.
People seriously need to start making real buisnesses instead of fake scam exchanges all the time.
I am thinking some of this fake exchanges may be CIA/Govt job, maybe they finally decided Bitcoin is a threat and it needs to be destroyed (they openly admitted their involvement in BTC after all).
I am thinking some of this fake exchanges may be CIA/Govt job, maybe they finally decided Bitcoin is a threat and it needs to be destroyed (they openly admitted their involvement in BTC after all).
Some of those were mine. I offloaded a few thousand BTC's over the past couple of days in private trades, leaving me with just a few hundred bitcoins to store on my USB stick. I've lost much of my faith in BTC after recent events.
From the looks of it, a lot of BTC is moving tonight. Others abandoning ship maybe? Or maybe people laundering the money looted in recent 'hacks'?
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