How on earth is Coinbase no where to be found here? They have perfected the art of exchange scamming.
Hope OP does keep this up.
Topic: Compilation of all "Scam Accusations" threads related to exchanges (Read 2100 times)
February 13, 2022, 02:20:39 PM
February 12, 2022, 11:09:50 AM
I am not sure if would like to continue what he has started a few years ago. As we can see, He was active on 10th February. But, the last update of this thread was almost two years ago. So, I guess either he doesn't have that much time to handle this thread or he is no more interested. All my words are based on my guess. But, Incase he wants to update the OP, I would like to help him with some information. Binance has a few more active accusations >>
(Scam) Binance Block Users Withdrawals - You could be the next Victim.
Binance Stuck My withdrawal
February 09, 2022, 02:26:37 PM
October 14, 2021, 05:35:20 PM
bump
May 17, 2020, 06:14:59 PM
RadarRelay:
The total number of accusations: 0
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
Note: No scam accusations were found.
The total number of accusations: 0
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
Note: No scam accusations were found.
It seems like no new RadarRelay accusation has been posted since the day I made the above (quoted) post. So RadarRelay's accusations should be considered complete as of 18th May 2020.
May 01, 2020, 06:52:42 PM
Tradence:
The total number of accusations: 0
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
Note: Low-volume exchange. Be careful while depositing funds in a large amount.
The total number of accusations: 0
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
Note: Low-volume exchange. Be careful while depositing funds in a large amount.
It seems like no new Tradence accusation has been posted since the day I made the above (quoted) post. So Tradence's accusations should be considered complete as of 2nd May 2020.
April 28, 2020, 05:08:43 PM
Crex24:
The total number of accusations: 3
The number of major accusations: 1
List:
1. CREX24 SCAM
2. Crex24 Exchange is Scam
3. [SCAM] Crex24 sudden KYC - while Crex24 wishes to stay anonymous
Note: Low-volume exchange.
The total number of accusations: 3
The number of major accusations: 1
List:
1. CREX24 SCAM
2. Crex24 Exchange is Scam
3. [SCAM] Crex24 sudden KYC - while Crex24 wishes to stay anonymous
Note: Low-volume exchange.
Updated. 2 new scam accusations (out of which one is labeled "major") have been added to the list.
April 22, 2020, 06:23:38 PM
SouthXchange:
The total number of accusations: 0
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
Note: No scam accusations were found.
The total number of accusations: 0
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
Note: No scam accusations were found.
It seems like no new SouthXchange accusation has been posted since the day I made the above (quoted) post. So SouthXchange's accusations should be considered complete as of 23rd April, 2020.
April 17, 2020, 06:37:17 PM
KuMEX:
The total number of accusations: 0
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
Note: Owned by Kucoin.com.
The total number of accusations: 0
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
Note: Owned by Kucoin.com.
It seems like no new KuMEX accusation has been posted since the day I made the above (quoted) post. So KuMEX's accusations should be considered complete as of 18th April, 2020.
April 13, 2020, 05:46:27 PM
Huobi:
The total number of accusations: 2
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
2. Huobi Scam (Ontology Promotion)
1. CHINESE BITCOIN EXCHANGE HUOBI THEFT TO BE REPORTED TO FBI, SEC, AND INTERPOL
Note: Both the accusations were posted back in 2017; not a single accusation has been posted in 2018 and 2019.
The total number of accusations: 2
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
2. Huobi Scam (Ontology Promotion)
1. CHINESE BITCOIN EXCHANGE HUOBI THEFT TO BE REPORTED TO FBI, SEC, AND INTERPOL
Note: Both the accusations were posted back in 2017; not a single accusation has been posted in 2018 and 2019.
It seems like no Huobi accusation has been posted since the day I gathered the above ones. So Huobi's accusations should be considered complete as of 14th April, 2020.
April 09, 2020, 08:02:13 AM
Bithumb:
The total number of accusations: 2
The number of major accusations: 1
List:
2. Bithumb top one scam market.
1. Account closed by Bithumb and $400 DASH lost.
Note: Both the accusations were posted back in 2017; not a single accusation has been posted in 2018 and 2019.
The total number of accusations: 2
The number of major accusations: 1
List:
2. Bithumb top one scam market.
1. Account closed by Bithumb and $400 DASH lost.
Note: Both the accusations were posted back in 2017; not a single accusation has been posted in 2018 and 2019.
It seems like no Bithumb accusation has been posted since the day I gathered the above ones (except for the ones related to fake domain names of Bithumb). So Bithumb's accusations should be considered complete as of 9th April, 2020.
Updating the opening post with the new "Last updated" dates.
April 06, 2020, 05:45:33 PM
Bittrex:
The total number of accusations: 27
The number of major accusations: 7
List:
27. BITTREX - SCAM!
26. Bittrex - account disabled.
25. Bittrex together with Ocean deceived 5000 traders on 1000 BTC
24. Bittrex probably scamm
23. SCAM REPORT [BITTREX]
22. Bittrex stole my BSV!
21. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bittrexcom-may-be-selling-your-id-verification-photos-to-criminals-5089499
20. Bittrex blocked my account more than 2 weeks ago and still don’t answer at all
19. Bittrex is Holding My Funds - Support Not Answering - Bittrex is the new Cryptsy
18. Class action against bittrex, stop loss failed
17. Why you should not trust Bittrex [Bittrex Scam]
16. My bittrex account is not open for 1 month
15. My experience with SCAM Bittrex. BE CAREFUL.
14. ** BITTREX isn't upfront about their scam tactics **
13. can't trust bittrex anymore. be careful
12. BITTREX.COM 1.000.000$ disabled
11. Bittrex issues - need our funds!
10. My Bittrex account has been disabled.
9. Bittrex NOT safe
8. Yet Another Bittrex Problem
7. Looks like my money is stuck in Bittrex FOREVER!
6. War with Bitrix
5. [Bittrex] account downgraded, 1 month no answer from support, funds blocked
4. Bittrex Disabled. (Locking more than 100K In Assets)
3. bittrex hijack funds, disabled & banned accounts - be awar from Virtual Pirates
2. Bittrex scams $millions and the community is in denial phase!
1. Bittrex is Holding My Funds - Support Not Answering - Bittrex SCAM
Note: Scam accusations were mostly posted in late 2017.
The total number of accusations: 27
The number of major accusations: 7
List:
27. BITTREX - SCAM!
26. Bittrex - account disabled.
25. Bittrex together with Ocean deceived 5000 traders on 1000 BTC
24. Bittrex probably scamm
23. SCAM REPORT [BITTREX]
22. Bittrex stole my BSV!
21. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bittrexcom-may-be-selling-your-id-verification-photos-to-criminals-5089499
20. Bittrex blocked my account more than 2 weeks ago and still don’t answer at all
19. Bittrex is Holding My Funds - Support Not Answering - Bittrex is the new Cryptsy
18. Class action against bittrex, stop loss failed
17. Why you should not trust Bittrex [Bittrex Scam]
16. My bittrex account is not open for 1 month
15. My experience with SCAM Bittrex. BE CAREFUL.
14. ** BITTREX isn't upfront about their scam tactics **
13. can't trust bittrex anymore. be careful
12. BITTREX.COM 1.000.000$ disabled
11. Bittrex issues - need our funds!
10. My Bittrex account has been disabled.
9. Bittrex NOT safe
8. Yet Another Bittrex Problem
7. Looks like my money is stuck in Bittrex FOREVER!
6. War with Bitrix
5. [Bittrex] account downgraded, 1 month no answer from support, funds blocked
4. Bittrex Disabled. (Locking more than 100K In Assets)
3. bittrex hijack funds, disabled & banned accounts - be awar from Virtual Pirates
2. Bittrex scams $millions and the community is in denial phase!
1. Bittrex is Holding My Funds - Support Not Answering - Bittrex SCAM
Note: Scam accusations were mostly posted in late 2017.
It seems like no Bittrex accusation has been posted since the day I gathered the above ones. So Bittrex's accusations should be considered complete as of 7th April, 2020.
March 31, 2020, 05:10:35 PM
Opening post updated with the changes made to:
>Kucoin
>Binance
>OKEx
>Kucoin
>Binance
>OKEx
March 26, 2020, 06:59:38 PM
Opening post updated with PIT and Blockchain.com.
March 26, 2020, 11:12:27 AM
Kucoin:
The total number of accusations: 5
The number of major accusations: 2
List:
5. [SCAM] KuCoin 1 Million USD Rewards Kucoin Play SCAM - Never Use KuCoin
4. Do Not Keep your tokens in KuCoin Exchange for a long term
3. Beware From Kucoin Exchange!!
2. WARNING about KuCoin
1. KuCoin shares scam
Note: Even though there are very fewer Scam Accusations, you should still be careful while trading at Kucoin because of their shady (and empty) head office.
The total number of accusations: 5
The number of major accusations: 2
List:
5. [SCAM] KuCoin 1 Million USD Rewards Kucoin Play SCAM - Never Use KuCoin
4. Do Not Keep your tokens in KuCoin Exchange for a long term
3. Beware From Kucoin Exchange!!
2. WARNING about KuCoin
1. KuCoin shares scam
Note: Even though there are very fewer Scam Accusations, you should still be careful while trading at Kucoin because of their shady (and empty) head office.
Kucoin updated after about 8 months. Two new scam accusations have been added.
March 23, 2020, 06:50:34 PM
OKEx:
The total number of accusations: 3
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
3. Scam Okex Exchange Launch Fake IEO
2. [SCAM] Okex is a SCAM
1. OKEX scam or not scam?
Note: Not many scam accusations around.
The total number of accusations: 3
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
3. Scam Okex Exchange Launch Fake IEO
2. [SCAM] Okex is a SCAM
1. OKEX scam or not scam?
Note: Not many scam accusations around.
Updated, after about 8 months.
March 23, 2020, 06:45:16 PM
Binance:
The total number of accusations: 5
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
5. Binance Started To Scam People! Be Aware!
4. BINANCE INDEPENDENCE DAY GIVEAWAY on TWITTER: SCAM.
3. Binance Giveaway Scam
2. Fake Binance competition. Scammer stealing ETH from people's.
1. Fake giveaways by using name of Binance decentralized exchange. Be careful !
Note: Scam accusations are mostly related to giveaways.
The total number of accusations: 5
The number of major accusations: 0
List:
5. Binance Started To Scam People! Be Aware!
4. BINANCE INDEPENDENCE DAY GIVEAWAY on TWITTER: SCAM.
3. Binance Giveaway Scam
2. Fake Binance competition. Scammer stealing ETH from people's.
1. Fake giveaways by using name of Binance decentralized exchange. Be careful !
Note: Scam accusations are mostly related to giveaways.
Updated, after about 8 months.
March 10, 2020, 05:52:20 PM
Coinbene updated.
March 05, 2020, 05:20:30 AM
Raja_MBZ, you may want to update your entry for CoinBene. I was planning to create an account there because I saw that they list several tokens I had lying around. A bit of research turned up several scam accusations on the forum and elsewhere:
1) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scam-exchange-coinbene-be-careful-5138863
2) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50925601
3) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wwwcoinbenecom-is-scamer-5159105
4) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/coinbene-scam-4955146
5) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.45891945
6) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53959745
There are also allegations that CoinBene was hacked last year. Instead of coming clean about it, they supposedly covered it up and put the affected wallets into maintenance mode permanently:
The more I research, the worse things look for CoinBene. I would avoid this exchange like the plague!
1) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scam-exchange-coinbene-be-careful-5138863
2) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50925601
3) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wwwcoinbenecom-is-scamer-5159105
4) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/coinbene-scam-4955146
5) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.45891945
6) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53959745
There are also allegations that CoinBene was hacked last year. Instead of coming clean about it, they supposedly covered it up and put the affected wallets into maintenance mode permanently:
Quote
On Monday (March 25, 2019), there were massive outgoing transactions from CoinBene’s hot wallet to an unknown wallet that did not exist prior to that Monday. These transactions reportedly involved every single ERC-20 token (totaling 109) held by the company.
Those tokens include huobipool token (HPT), pundi X (NPSX), maximine coin (MXM) and udoo (UDOO). The latter two will prove important later on in this narrative.
The following day (March 26, 2019), Cointelegraph reported an announcement from CoinBene stating that the platform was undergoing maintenance. However, several reports were circulating at the time that the cryptocurrency exchange had been hacked.
Those tokens include huobipool token (HPT), pundi X (NPSX), maximine coin (MXM) and udoo (UDOO). The latter two will prove important later on in this narrative.
The following day (March 26, 2019), Cointelegraph reported an announcement from CoinBene stating that the platform was undergoing maintenance. However, several reports were circulating at the time that the cryptocurrency exchange had been hacked.
Quote
On March 27, 2019, the day after CoinBene’s maintenance announcement, data scientists at Elementus — a blockchain infrastructure firm — published a report that described the fund transfers out of CoinBene’s hot wallet bore all the hallmarks of a hack.
“After leaving CoinBene, the tokens were quickly moved into Etherdelta, where they were sold for ETH. A large amount of funds were also moved into centralized Exchanges, including Binance, Huobi, and Bittrex. The funds continue to move into exchanges as I write this.”
“After leaving CoinBene, the tokens were quickly moved into Etherdelta, where they were sold for ETH. A large amount of funds were also moved into centralized Exchanges, including Binance, Huobi, and Bittrex. The funds continue to move into exchanges as I write this.”
The more I research, the worse things look for CoinBene. I would avoid this exchange like the plague!
You're probably the first person to contribute to this thread. I really appreciate your effort and would like to request others around to do the same as well, if they feel something has gone wrong.
I'll have a look at the threads you provided right away and will update accordingly.
Merited, thanks!
March 04, 2020, 06:52:35 PM
Raja_MBZ, you may want to update your entry for CoinBene. I was planning to create an account there because I saw that they list several tokens I had lying around. A bit of research turned up several scam accusations on the forum and elsewhere:
1) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scam-exchange-coinbene-be-careful-5138863
2) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50925601
3) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wwwcoinbenecom-is-scamer-5159105
4) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/coinbene-scam-4955146
5) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.45891945
6) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53959745
There are also allegations that CoinBene was hacked last year. Instead of coming clean about it, they supposedly covered it up and put the affected wallets into maintenance mode permanently:
The more I research, the worse things look for CoinBene. I would avoid this exchange like the plague!
1) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scam-exchange-coinbene-be-careful-5138863
2) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50925601
3) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wwwcoinbenecom-is-scamer-5159105
4) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/coinbene-scam-4955146
5) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.45891945
6) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53959745
There are also allegations that CoinBene was hacked last year. Instead of coming clean about it, they supposedly covered it up and put the affected wallets into maintenance mode permanently:
Quote
On Monday (March 25, 2019), there were massive outgoing transactions from CoinBene’s hot wallet to an unknown wallet that did not exist prior to that Monday. These transactions reportedly involved every single ERC-20 token (totaling 109) held by the company.
Those tokens include huobipool token (HPT), pundi X (NPSX), maximine coin (MXM) and udoo (UDOO). The latter two will prove important later on in this narrative.
The following day (March 26, 2019), Cointelegraph reported an announcement from CoinBene stating that the platform was undergoing maintenance. However, several reports were circulating at the time that the cryptocurrency exchange had been hacked.
Those tokens include huobipool token (HPT), pundi X (NPSX), maximine coin (MXM) and udoo (UDOO). The latter two will prove important later on in this narrative.
The following day (March 26, 2019), Cointelegraph reported an announcement from CoinBene stating that the platform was undergoing maintenance. However, several reports were circulating at the time that the cryptocurrency exchange had been hacked.
Quote
On March 27, 2019, the day after CoinBene’s maintenance announcement, data scientists at Elementus — a blockchain infrastructure firm — published a report that described the fund transfers out of CoinBene’s hot wallet bore all the hallmarks of a hack.
“After leaving CoinBene, the tokens were quickly moved into Etherdelta, where they were sold for ETH. A large amount of funds were also moved into centralized Exchanges, including Binance, Huobi, and Bittrex. The funds continue to move into exchanges as I write this.”
“After leaving CoinBene, the tokens were quickly moved into Etherdelta, where they were sold for ETH. A large amount of funds were also moved into centralized Exchanges, including Binance, Huobi, and Bittrex. The funds continue to move into exchanges as I write this.”
The more I research, the worse things look for CoinBene. I would avoid this exchange like the plague!
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