Coldkey Scam ReferenceNOTE: THIS IS MY ATTEMPT TO BRING SOME STRUCTURE INTO THE CHAOS CAUSED BY YOGG AND HIS SWEEP-SCAM.
THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION but mostly done for nowApproximate Timeline- prior to the sweep: unfunded cards, loans from various folks, website down, massive delay in delivering cards, attempt to give away responsibility by giving CEO position to cygan: in retro looks like a clear forshadowing of the sweep-scam*
1- Jan 12, 2023, 11:22:00 AM (UTC/ New York Time +5): First Sweeps Appear on the Blockchain -
Link (Transaction)- Jan 12, 2023, 02:59:50 PM (UTC/ New York Time +5): First shoutout by YodasRedRocket <3 about sweeps on some of the halving coldkey cards detected. -
Link (Forum)- Jan 13, 2023, 01:03:49 AM (UTC/ New York Time +5): Background info of what "happened" coming from a phone call with yogg by owlcatz.
Link (Forum)- Jan 13, 2023, 09:07:31 AM (UTC/ New York Time +5): More background info directly from yogg, posted by Mopar. -
Link (Forum)- Jan 15, 2023, 00:20:20 AM (UTC/ New York Time +5): Even more info on conversations with yogg after the theft occured (by Owl). -
Link (Forum)- Jan 17, 2023, 05:06:10 AM (UTC/ New York Time +5): More info from owl (direct + indirect contact with yogg). -
Link (Forum)- April 3rd, 2023: Scumboy sweeps Playtoshis, phone calls Xprim prior to his latest crime. More info here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/yogg-sweeping-again-playtoshi-edition-5447391- GENERAL:
More info on the timeline of swept funds by LoyceV*1: Please note, all this data was never in one place. People giving loans were not aware that other loans were already given but not paid back to Yogg.
The unfunded cards were never noticed. Yogg time and time again made excuses for deliver-delays. The website shutdown was supposed to only last a short time.
Only after the sweeping of funds happend on Jan 12, people started bringing the pieces together, slowly uncovering the full extend of the situation.
Confirmed Lossesa) List of affected addresses:- Silver Halving Coldkeys swept:
https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/c073634c862353b7a90303d52806defba55cac63a86762213fcb949b74a5573b- Raffle Funds Stolen:
https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/bc1qr88xt0jurmpvv93l66zquk5srkqntpva9ug5m4- Some (?) Gold Halving Coldkeys swept:
Reference 1 &
Reference 2b) List of Unfunded Coldkey Cards*²:-
some historic RYR cards-
History 2021-03 #15-
1x History 3 card set: 2021.2-
History 2020-2 #31-
CK history Oct 2019 #8-
4 cards [?] (more info needed to confirm)- more tba ?
*²: some cards' funding had to be triggered via the website - which is now unavailable. - I believe that some cards were never funded BEFORE this new web-funding-mechanism was implemented.
However, since the webpage coldkey.eu is now unavailable, this part is at least on the same level of a SCAM as Titan mint (no access for 2FA coins).
c) Other Losses:- loans that should have been returned long time ago (to Mopar, Polymerbit, Agrawas, DarkStar, Becassine and possibly others) -
Ref 1,
Ref 2,
Ref 3: loan address- 1 year+ uncompleted orders of coldkeys
- almost complete loss for all PREMIUMS paid for coldkeys / collectible value is in the bin now
- more tba ?
List of *never delivered* keys (note - this is just a tiny excerpt from *one* person)
Coldkey Genesis Edition anon
cold key 10th ann polymerbit design
History coldkey May(funded Euro 50 )
History coldkeys June(funded Euro 50 )
Coldkey Crypto Bond ltd set of 3
History Coldkey February 2021(Funded Euro 50)
History Coldkey March 2021(Buyer Funded)
History Raffle Series 1 ticket
List of *never funded* keys (note - this is just a tiny excerpt from *one* person)
Cold key 0.001
cold key 0.005
cold key 0.01
History cold keys ltd to 64 January(funded Euro 50 )
History coldkey February(funded Euro 50 )
History coldkey March(funded Euro 50 )
History coldkey April(funded Euro 50 )
History coldkey July(funded Euro 50 )
History coldkey August(funded Euro 50 )
History coldkey September(funded Euro 50 )
Halving Coldkey 0.00625 x 2 set Copper 65-128
Community efforts To Compensate People Affected by The Scam-
Offer by former CEO cygan to refund victims of the scam (see also
this post)
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Polymerbit Offering Voucher OR Replacement For 10 Year Note-
A4 Print for DAEMON historic cold key owners-
Smoothie organizing a Charity Auction with the support of the Community <3-
raritycheck offering 25 of his silver coins to victimsMisc Discussions-
Check your Cryptobonds cards with help from Krogoth-
Stop Creating Maker-Funded Collectibles? by DaveF-
Krogoth's Personal Losses-
Total Value of *just the history coldkeys* (full set) by jcga-
multi-sig as possible solution to prevent scams in the future?-
Community Opportunity by Est-
Technical Guide to Multi-Sig for Collectible MakersHelpful Resources-
Samurai Sentinel: Public Address Tracker (Android)-
Satpile: Public Address Tracker (iOS)-
How to Import/Sweep Private-Keys with Coinomi wallet-
How to Import/Sweep Private-Keys with Ballet wallet-
Broadcast Cryptobond Transaction (from the mega-big QR)-
Check your Firstbits- When you choose a wallet (for example to sweep a private key) check its integrity here:
https://walletscrutiny.com/Publicly Known Address-Lists For Coldkeys-
First Loaded ColdkeysImportant Info-
all coldkeys' private keys are potentially compromised -> It is strongly recommended that you sweep your coins into a secure wallet that only you can access
-> To do so you can use a veriety of wallets, for example: Mycelium, Coinomi (for smartphones), Electrum (desktop), Balletwallet and more
Personal observations
Despite the monetary losses including loans, raffle-funds, sweeped cards, never-funded-cards and the huge amount of premiums that coldkey-collectors suffered from, this event has left some scars.
Yogg was once regarded as a highly trusted, friendly, tech-savy, innovative maker and innovator in the collectible space. His exit scam came as shock to many in the collectible community and especially those once close to him.tldr: Overview of all info known so far regarding the exit-scam performed by Yogg on his Coldkey project.Moved from here