Topic: Crypto Poker Group scam - page 2. (Read 1255 times)

So far, I report abuse and malware to these emails:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

I will pm all of those that were affected by these people and see what we can do.

Hey guys, this is important.

So, they have been using IP "190.112.223.106" and it seems it's from their game server.

I don't know if these scammers own this IP, but I'm sure it has to do with them as if you see the IP records, you can see it's from their game server the hostname:

 ip: "190.112.223.106"
hostname: "game.cryptopokergroup.com"
city: "San Jose"
region: "California"
country: "US"
loc: "37.3329,-121.8916"
postal: "95113"
timezone: "America/Los_Angeles"
asn: Object
asn: "AS52423"
name: "Data Miners S.A. ( Racknation.cr )"
domain: "racknation.cr"
route: "190.112.223.0/24"
type: "isp"
company: Object
name: "Data Miners S.A. ( Racknation.cr )"
domain: "racknation.cr"
type: "isp"
privacy: Object
vpn: false
proxy: false
tor: false
hosting: false
abuse: Object
address: "300m sur de restaurante il pomodoro, Edificio Centro Creativo, ,, 9182100 - San Pedro - SJ"
country: "CR"
email: "[email protected]"
name: "Felipe Cruz"
network: "190.112.220.0/22"
phone: "+506 40001053 []"



Either, they are in California, USA or in Costa Rica.

And it could be possible to get a judge to make an order to get Racknation to provide these scammers details, such as logged IPs, payment details, server details and more.

I tried contacting the game server Racknation.cr, but it seems they don't give a flying fuck about this.

https://i.imgur.com/zitIgZX.png
https://i.imgur.com/DHNi6Lp.png


I also contacted Namecheap, Namecheap Hosting and Godaddy about all this and let's see if they give a fuck about this.

I will pm everyone that has posted here that says they have been scammed by this pokerer site. Let's see if we can get a class action suit against these scammers.

Hey guys, I made this thread in the scammer's main thread:

I'm new here and wanted to start by helping fellow members.

I think there's tons of more info to be found. I will update as soon as I report them to the service providers as well as if I find more details.


Also, I found some subdomains of the deleted cryptopokerclub.io and their ongoing scam site cryptopokergroup.com:

lyncdiscover.cryptopokerclub.io
instantplay.cryptopokerclub.io
game.cryptopokerclub.io
affiliate.cryptopokerclub.io
admin.cryptopokerclub.io


instantplay.cryptopokergroup.com
game.cryptopokergroup.com
affiliate.cryptopokergroup.com
admin.cryptopokergroup.com

EDIT:

At game.cryptopokergroup.com I found 3 .exe files

SetupCryptoPoker247.exe
SetupCryptoPokerClub.exe
SetupCryptoPokerGroup.exe

I don't suggest you download these at all, but If needed, I uploaded them securely:

https://mega.nz/file/ok9lhCrB#7PDsR__gLSHVNfGSVQnEeefyy5zvpaWA1SrFYRyLWqw
https://mega.nz/file/l50VhCRC#g3g-pkZUQIxbfyfv1so9gTibmQ53eEgZ6-pLM8lG5vw
https://mega.nz/file/M40zWQJT#YGMMwiabsSHuZNBOlDwKa8xDlCVUe5XDFyWoOCGJlhg

EDIT 2:

it seems that domain cryptopokergroup.com is also propagating malware through exe files.

The setup files can be found at:

https://game.cryptopokergroup.com/SetupCryptoPokerClub
https://game.cryptopokergroup.com/
https://game.cryptopokergroup.com/SetupCryptoPoker247
https://game.cryptopokergroup.com/SetupCryptoPokerGroup

Just add .exe to the files above as it seems btc talk censors the links

It seems that SetupCryptoPokerGroup.exe and SetupCryptoPokerClub.exe files are the same, just the name changed.

Anyway, as two files are the same, only 2 scans could be done. The results are below:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/b6d6af6e588eca6422cf4829cf2f4bacf324ecdf7830930296e4a7408c338a97
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/593ce36fea679d7ed8db2881e89c6650c18202cbaee608d901ea9db33541fd54

If, by the time the setup exe files can't be found in those URLs, there are backups at:

https://mega.nz/file/ok9lhCrB#7PDsR__gLSHVNfGSVQnEeefyy5zvpaWA1SrFYRyLWqw
https://mega.nz/file/l50VhCRC#g3g-pkZUQIxbfyfv1so9gTibmQ53eEgZ6-pLM8lG5vw
https://mega.nz/file/M40zWQJT#YGMMwiabsSHuZNBOlDwKa8xDlCVUe5XDFyWoOCGJlhg

EDIT 3:

Also, it's possible that the game server could send your hole cards to the game server. This is not verified yet, but it's possible that's what could happen.

I think their strategy is pretty obvious at this point. The traffic is mostly from their house bots and few real players. They are trying to lure new players with unbelievable deposit bonus, rake race and rakeback. Most of the time new players loss their deposit  vs house players and if real player got lucky and win some btc, cpc don't let them  cash out or just make it look they got hacked. In conclusion no one gets their btc.... Such a scam!!!

No they just scammed me out of 2btc.  This site should be shutdown by the authorities.  Anyone using this site, you will never ever get your money out of this site.  I deposited .5 bitcoin, spread over a few months i was able to build it to 2btc.  I withdrew 1btc at this time.  They then accused me of logging on from multiple locations and "irregular betting patterns" LOL.  total trash.  I do the same thing every time, i change up my playing styles depending on opponents.  I have been a long time player of online poker.  I should of googled prior to depositing.  Now i lost 2BTC.  This place is a grade A scam ,  never ever even play on here or deposit, they are scum scammers.

I hope this poker room stops scamming people

I think you have to support the flag as there's already a flag in place.

Yes. They are such a scam. I am trying to find out who stands behind CryptoPokerClub but no success so far.If anybody knows something let me know. There is no info on their site as well... Anyway my point of making that thread is to avoid more people getting scam!!! I hope it gets very popular and more people find out about CryptoPokerclub.

I did update the thread. However I don't know how to add flag link.

Last week i made a short visit to their ANN on gambling section but due to lack of i time was unable to visit their website. Someone have already mentioned on pervious replie  that they are using new domain now. Personally Feeling really bad after hearing the story from your side. All their activities is just like other serial scammers. After stealing peoples money through fake ICO, Ponzi, Hyip and casinos now they are targeting poker.

Flag supported and wish others gonna do same from their end. Please put the flag link on your main topic. I will suggest you to update your thread by following the proper scam format. You will easily find all guidelines on this sections pin post area.  

I have to share this post here as well. Take a look at all the BS their installer has. You would need to be crazy to install that.

On top of all they have house bots on 6max 24/7 running games with 4 or 5 people waiting for a customer to take his money probably they share cards and stuff like this. If a good player shows up and win they just scam him the other way(blaming a player that he use some kind of software or bot or just make it look like someone  "hacked" his account)Its just disgusting. All this stories can be seen on here:  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.37971001           24 pages of scammed people

Not to mention that they promote their rake race and promotions so hard and I am pretty sure most of the prizes are won from house players!!!

Both can be true. Even though that is not open source software it is probably not hard to hack it, modify it and run a version of it that you now control. I played poker as a professional for 10 years and there is no doubt in my mind they are able to rig the games. Although, perhaps they stopped that, or at least stopped being so obvious about it because I called them out on it.

Also, guys, cpc/cpg are all scammers. They say they own their own software and have technicians working qround the clock and i call bs on that. You know why?

Well, a few montes ago, someone confided me that these scammers were running their code from runyourownpokersite.com, a renting poker software that you pay monthly and you can run your own poker site.

Now, i dont think that platform is scam, but cpc are scammers and liars by telling everyone that they have their own software and they fix everything, that part is BS.

You can compare cpc/cpg graphics to the runyourownpokersite.com and you will see they are very similar and thats because they are running their poker software.

With this, you will see that what they lie by telling the software is from them and that they have "different teams."

If thats not enough proof that these scammers are liars and pondscum, i dont know what is.

Thanks. Done!

I understand what you mean. Crypto Poker Club support explanation was basically that my computer was compromised by virus or malware.
However I was playing in many poker sites at the same time and no other accounts were "hacked".There is few facts that make it obvious they took the funds:
1)In case of forgotten password they just sent you the new one. No one does that!!! This is means that they can change the password at any time and log in(it explain why i was't able to log in with my original password)
2)The withdraw was approved for 9 min even thought someone log in from different IP address from Germany. And here I need to mention that I live in Canada and never played from other location since I create the account on September 2018. Here you have to consider the large amount of cash out 4btc - usually sites take extra time for such a large number.

On top of that If it was a real hacker he would leave me with 0. They just wanted to lured me in to keep earning them rake  by leaving(0.6btc)  and refunding (1.17btc) on the site.

In the beginning I was thinking that someone from their team took the funds. Clearly I wasn't aware of their previous scams and bad history or I would never play there.

"This way the poker account can be compromised and one of you employees can have access to the new password" - my statement

Here is CPC explanation about the password:

Your account did not request a new password before being logged into therefore how would a staff member know what the password was? Even with full admin access all passwords are encrypted and the database would not be readable like that.

Also it won't be possible for someone to log into your account without it showing up in your login history therefore it would be obvious that a staff member did so.

Lastly the forgot password feature was not used in your case and the new password was only sent after the account report was made by you.

This means that:
A member of staff would not be able to access your account without resetting your password which would then be visible to all that someone did that
A member of staff can't simply access the database and retrieve it due to encryption
Logs and server activity cannot be overridden or turned off due to architecture built into the servers which is outside the visibility/control of the support staff
Even if logs and server activity could somehow be manipulated (which it cannot); you would need full server level root access which staff members do not have for security reasons far greater than simply account institution. The server admins do not have access to the platform's general control panel and cannot see players accounts meanwhile the platform's moderators have access to accounts (like an admin portal) but do not have root access to the servers (the mechanism of which controls the totality of the platform).
To help you understand how the management process works we have two groups of admin staff. The day to day 'moderation team' and the 'server technology team'.

The moderation team handles daily management tasks, setting up games/tables, handling of general account queries and managing support. They have a special admin portal which they can execute all tasks as needed. Only specific and certain tasks can be done through the portal.

The server team handles server uptime, works on updates & fixes as well as works on new features. They strictly do not have any method of accessing what the moderation team can see and they do not need it. A staging server is created from their end replicating the entire platform without real funds or players. This way updates and fixes can be achieved with testing before new updates are pushed live. It also helps recreate problems that the live server may have without impacting live games.

A similar principle is applied for our card shuffling (RNG) mechanisms making it tamper proof which can be read in our whitepaper that was released in 2018. Again in the RNG model - the staff do not have access to the RNG units and due to the architecture built - no staff member can know which cards are going to be generated next (even with full admin rights). Our platforms are built in a decentralized methodology from the top-down.

This is also why we utilize offline segregation in cold storage for all funds preventing any future hacks to our systems. It is for this very reason that we can't offer instant withdrawals and we have withdrawal time slots once per day where all withdrawal requests are processed.

As we said before - security is our number one priority. Everything from servers, game applications, internal processes and many features like card shuffling are built with security in mind.

It is not possible for this intrusion to have occured internally. We have only ever had two cases whereby users claimed an account is compromised. You would be the second and the first user later discovered malware caused his leak.

When all this is over and they are proven scammers, I believe I deserve some recognition for calling this as early as I did. I also would like to have my signature restored.

Hey @LastcallS, please change the thread title to "Crypto poker club/Crypto Poker Group scam".

These scammers changed domain, so it's better to change it for seo purposes and people to see the new changed name/domain.

Don't worry about those scammers replying. They ignore everything and just keep scamming players.

I've been warning players to NOT play there and I and cryptoninja11 are always ignored. They don't give a crap about being called out.

Also, they seem to change their domain from CryptoPokerClub.io (Crypto Poker Club SCAM) to CryptoPokerGroup.com (Crypto Poker Group SCAM).

The possible hack does not have to come from your computer, though no matter how much you seem to be going on safety websites, you can't be 100% sure. justification for being hacked is becoming more and more common by fraudsters.
Can you share here all your conversation with his support about this problem? Also, it will be fine if we can hear the explanation from CryptoPokerClub

edit: I support your flag which can be revised if evidence something else.

Hello,

I was one of the first (if not the first) to call them out as a scam. I heard about them a couple years ago, started playing the freerolls and thought it was going to be easy building up a roll and I wouldn’t have to deposit. I even signed up as an affiliate and put a link on my site, CryptoNinja.co

My first sign that something was wrong was that after only a few days I received a very unprofessional email complaining that I hadn’t referred anyone yet. I removed the link from my site.

The next thing I noticed was that some of the players seemed to be bots. These players at times would make very strange calls. It’s almost as if they knew ahead of time what cards would come. Then I noticed it was going to be very hard to withdraw. Actually, playing the freerolls (if you win) makes it HARDER to withdraw because you need to have paid some formula, times of rake has to be greater than your freeroll winnings. Almost everyone in the freerolls were unaware of this, and once they figured it out they went to the cash tables and got cleaned out, as did I. More very strange hands happened, including one (in a cash game) where I held KK, raised pre, bet pot flop, all in turn on a board of like 3,7,J,2 and was snap called by A9. Ace river. Very, very weird call.

I mentioned some things seemed weird in the Telegram, instantly banned. Tried contact through Twitter, instantly blocked. Account frozen. So, it was at this time I posted on Bitcointalk. I may have rambled on a little in the thread (more about specific hands) and they complained and said I was “spamming” and the fantastic mods here punished me by removing my ability to have a signature. Despite the fact that I came here trying to help the community, and they have continued to scam people, my punishment remains. Thanks Bitcointalk mods! Fabulous job! Bravo.

P.S. I have messaged the mods on multiple occasions and they do not respond.