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Topic: SCAM EXCHANGE: Openchange (Openchange.cash) (PARTIALLY SOLVED) - page 4. (Read 1458 times)

legendary
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Just laughing at those ToS

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7.3 If the analysis of the Payin transaction revealed the presence of these types of high-risk funds and their total percentage was 40% or more, the Company has the right to withhold 10% of the amount of the incoming transaction.
7.4 If the total risk of the incoming transaction is 70% or more, the Company has the right to withhold 10% of the amount of the Payin transaction.

So basically if the funds seems to be stolen they are charging a 10% money laundering fee.

Wow, you read something new everyday. Can't believe they actually sent 90% back after they were successfully exorted Grin

At this point, there is nothing left to debate, scammers, law breakers, liars, so I'm waiting to see bestchange next move...

But now I'm curious if they actually laundered the money. Did they send back 10% of his funds, or 10% of some other higher-risk funds?
With their ToS update sounds like they worked out that they could be onto something here, instead of simply refusing mixed funds...
hero member
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UPDATE:

A couple of days after public posts, threats that I will expose their previous wrongdoings, their use of fake identities and everything else that I have found, and proved them that I do have some info, like names and addresses of their Australian Paypal accounts, that I will report them to every hosting, domain registrar, etc. they accepted to process my exchange after answering a few questions, without KYC, but to keep 10% as fee because transaction is high risk.
So, I got 90% back.

Just to let everyone know, they have at least one more site: imexchanger.pro

I'm finished here.
Thanks for the update!
Honestly, if you do have evidence and info about them that they don't want to be public; since you got those 90% already, why not use that information to get the last 10%? I'm not saying you should do this, but hypothetically, if they don't return the full amount, you could just deliver on those threats. At that point it's their choice, right.

I will also add imexchanger to my blacklist! How did you link that site to openchange?

I also wonder why old message disappear on https://www.bestchange.com/openchange-exchanger.html gone.
That's a very good question for @Best_Change to answer! Now we can't even see the original posts anymore, including opening and closing the same complaint about 20 times. And that makes me wonder how many other complaints have been censored on BestChange.com by removed posts!
For this particular exchange, this means when a new visitor who has no idea what happened for the last few days visits BestChange. He see all the positive reviews for Openchange.cash. It's all fresh for him. He decides to send coins from mixer to the exchange. After another long conversation Openchange.cash refunds 90% and keep 10% (fee or penalty). This is nice business.
Yeah, this is absolute bullshit from BestChange. Their reputation is now destroyed, in my eyes, after this course of action with openchange. I don't understand what they have to gain from this; it's not even like openchange is a big business partner; they have dozens of exchanges on their site.
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Like: how do they just cancel a claim, just because the user went out of their way to find doxxable evidence and got part of the money back? This is not how reviews work. I read through Amazon 1-star reviews, where people update about e.g. having received a full refund, but still leave the review on 1 star, since the product was simply bad. Those aren't turned into 5 star reviews (or deleted) by Amazon, after the company refunding the crappy item.
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I also wonder why old message disappear on https://www.bestchange.com/openchange-exchanger.html gone.
That's a very good question for @Best_Change to answer! Now we can't even see the original posts anymore, including opening and closing the same complaint about 20 times. And that makes me wonder how many other complaints have been censored on BestChange.com by removed posts!

did openchange returned your Bitcoin from the same address you sent them, or they used some different address?
OP paid from this address, which didn't receive anything back. The exchange moved the funds in this transaction, to an address that has received a total of 52145.32510318 BTC. And with that, the "100% stolen" BS story is completely forgotten.

Wait, so if it's forbidden, then why do you accept them and take your 10% money laundering share?  Grin
Lol. Saul Goodman charges 17%.

This address with 52k btc received is owned by whitebit
legendary
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I also wonder why old message disappear on https://www.bestchange.com/openchange-exchanger.html gone.
That's a very good question for @Best_Change to answer! Now we can't even see the original posts anymore, including opening and closing the same complaint about 20 times. And that makes me wonder how many other complaints have been censored on BestChange.com by removed posts!
For this particular exchange, this means when a new visitor who has no idea what happened for the last few days visits BestChange. He see all the positive reviews for Openchange.cash. It's all fresh for him. He decides to send coins from mixer to the exchange. After another long conversation Openchange.cash refunds 90% and keep 10% (fee or penalty). This is nice business.
legendary
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I also wonder why old message disappear on https://www.bestchange.com/openchange-exchanger.html gone.
That's a very good question for @Best_Change to answer! Now we can't even see the original posts anymore, including opening and closing the same complaint about 20 times. And that makes me wonder how many other complaints have been censored on BestChange.com by removed posts!

did openchange returned your Bitcoin from the same address you sent them, or they used some different address?
OP paid from this address, which didn't receive anything back. The exchange moved the funds in this transaction, to an address that has received a total of 52145.32510318 BTC. And with that, the "100% stolen" BS story is completely forgotten.

Wait, so if it's forbidden, then why do you accept them and take your 10% money laundering share?  Grin
Lol. Saul Goodman charges 17%.
legendary
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I also noticed they just added ToS where they can take 10% for "high risk fund" which didn't exist few days ago (unfortunately i didn't archive it).
I noticed that 10% BS a few days ago already. I'm not sure if they quickly added it.
They're basically saying they can selectively scam 10% of any deposit.

That' weird, i remember it doesn't exist few days ago (should be July 1st). But it's definitely not exist a year ago according to the archive, https://web.archive.org/web/20210613120712/https://openchange.cash/t%D0%B5rms_of_service/

Just laughing at those ToS

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7.3 If the analysis of the Payin transaction revealed the presence of these types of high-risk funds and their total percentage was 40% or more, the Company has the right to withhold 10% of the amount of the incoming transaction.
7.4 If the total risk of the incoming transaction is 70% or more, the Company has the right to withhold 10% of the amount of the Payin transaction.

So basically if the funds seems to be stolen they are charging a 10% money laundering fee.
I can't wait, hope I don't have to go to discord to see how the wanna-be lawyer saxydev is going to explain how this 10% is a requirement by directive 69 of the FY constitution.

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9. Other terms.
9.1 It is forbidden to use the OpenChange Company for fraudulent and illegal transactions.

Wait, so if it's forbidden, then why do you accept them and take your 10% money laundering share?  Grin

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Openchange.me tracks suspicious transactions of the clients and transactions executed under nonstandard conditions. Openchange.me performs its action on the base of AML FATF recommendations.

And releases them after taking a 10% cut.
At this point, there is nothing left to debate, scammers, law breakers, liars, so I'm waiting to see bestchange next move...

 

legendary
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A couple of days after public posts, threats that I will expose their previous wrongdoings, their use of fake identities and everything else that I have found, and proved them that I do have some info, like names and addresses of their Australian Paypal accounts, that I will report them to every hosting, domain registrar, etc. they accepted to process my exchange after answering a few questions, without KYC, but to keep 10% as fee because transaction is high risk.
So, I got 90% back.
I never heard of any exchange that is charging extortion fees like this  Roll Eyes
It's better than nothing, but did openchange returned your Bitcoin from the same address you sent them, or they used some different address?
For me it's obvious all their ''high risk''kyc transaction talk fee is bs, and they are using this as an excuse to make extra shady profit from their customers aka stealing.

I also noticed they just added ToS where they can take 10% for "high risk fund" which didn't exist few days ago (unfortunately i didn't archive it).
They can't retroactively change terms like this and steal 10% from people like they did from Janyiah201...
This scam exchange should get blacklisted, everyone should avoid using it, and BestChange needs to have this information seen on their website feedback.
legendary
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I have mixed feelings about this. You have received 90% of your funds back but they have effectively confiscated 10% for reasons that cannot be justified. I hope you do not give up and continue chasing them for the 10% they stole.

Why are Best Change associating themselves with shady exchanges? If it were not for Best Change you would probably not have have found the Openchange website.

I got 90% back. First post updated. I'm tired and done with this shit.
legendary
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I also noticed they just added ToS where they can take 10% for "high risk fund" which didn't exist few days ago (unfortunately i didn't archive it).
I noticed that 10% BS a few days ago already. I'm not sure if they quickly added it.
They're basically saying they can selectively scam 10% of any deposit.

That' weird, i remember it doesn't exist few days ago (should be July 1st). But it's definitely not exist a year ago according to the archive, https://web.archive.org/web/20210613120712/https://openchange.cash/t%D0%B5rms_of_service/

@Best_Change are you delisting them now?

I also wonder why old message disappear on https://www.bestchange.com/openchange-exchanger.html gone.
legendary
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I also noticed they just added ToS where they can take 10% for "high risk fund" which didn't exist few days ago (unfortunately i didn't archive it).
I noticed that 10% BS a few days ago already. I'm not sure if they quickly added it.
They're basically saying they can selectively scam 10% of any deposit. @Best_Change are you delisting them now?
legendary
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UPDATE:

A couple of days after public posts, threats that I will expose their previous wrongdoings, their use of fake identities and everything else that I have found, and proved them that I do have some info, like names and addresses of their Australian Paypal accounts, that I will report them to every hosting, domain registrar, etc. they accepted to process my exchange after answering a few questions, without KYC, but to keep 10% as fee because transaction is high risk.
So, I got 90% back.
So, now the scammers gladly took 0.0256BTC of funds that are, as they claim, "Stolen 100.00%"? This has nothing to do with AML, it's a plain scam. They just didn't like the attention this case got.

@Best_Change: what's your stance on doing business with a "company" (which looks like nothing more than an email address) that takes "stolen" money?
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I got 90% back. First post updated. I'm tired and done with this shit.
legendary
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Sounds like OpenChange need to come clean here and tell OP which third party service is currently holding his coins ransom.
Did anyone ever saw any of their team members in bitcointalk forum?
I doubt they will register here and explain anything, but there is still hope to get this information via BestChange forum members.

I would be asking for the results of the audit so he can independently verify how they have decided that mixed coins are "100% stolen", since that is clearly and provably incorrect.
I can't wait to see this ''audit''  Cheesy

How authentic these reviews are? I feel negatives were not displayed but only the positive reviews are there.
This is standard practice with most websites and services, they only show positive feedback with questionable history.
For example, I know ledger model X hardware wallet had many complains from customers (battery, firmware issues, etc), but if you check their reviews page it has almost perfect score:
https://shop.ledger.com/products/ledger-nano-x?view=reviews
legendary
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Openchange.cash is asking for identity verification data. I do not see they have a registered company. If they are not legally registered then how a client will send their ID to them?

How authentic these reviews are? I feel negatives were not displayed but only the positive reviews are there.



This is interesting. Some high ranked website including bitcointalk logo but the image link is taking you to the index page.
legendary
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As we told you before, your funds has not been credited to our account, so we are unable to return them. We will be happy to do it when it possible.
Are they saying that it is an entity external to Openchange that has freezed the funds?
This is how I read it:
Anonymous scammer: Please pay me, on address X.
Customer: I've sent you 0.256 BTC.
Anonymous scammer: It's confirmed on the address, but the address isn't mine, so I didn't receive your payment. You're now going to have to send me all the documents I need to be able to commit identity fraud. Or you'll never see your money again.
Customer: WTF?
legendary
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Are they saying that it is an entity external to Openchange that has freezed the funds?
That's exactly what it sounds like. See their other comments:

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Funds from the client were not received by us, so the order cannot be completed.
We do not perform AML and KYC verification, we only request supporting documents upon the request of the exchange, about which we inform the client.
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All you need is simple verification. What's the problem? Make photo and screenshots, that's all. After some time funds will be credited to our account and we will make refund.
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Janyiah, we can pay the order only after coins deposited to wallet, as was mentioned before the coins are frozen due to AML checking at this moment

And this quote from their Terms of Service:

4.2 To receive Payins from Users, the Company uses the requisites of crypto exchanges. By sending a Payin, the User understands that he is not sending funds directly to the User's cold wallets, but to third-party accounts where the Company has accounts.

Sounds like OpenChange need to come clean here and tell OP which third party service is currently holding his coins ransom.

OP could also pursue this avenue:

7.6 The user has the right to receive the results of the audit and/or independently verify the correctness of the risk assessment.
I would be asking for the results of the audit so he can independently verify how they have decided that mixed coins are "100% stolen", since that is clearly and provably incorrect.
legendary
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Financial transactions in which the ownership of funds in question is changed through the transfer of funds that do not include any other services are excluded from VAT. Chipmixer would simply act like those coin machines in which you dump all coins and you get a banknote or the other way round.

There's no VAT on exchanging money, right?

It is true, I had not thought of that, but I imagine that it does not operate as a regular company of which the Ministry of Finance of the respective countries have record, and less operating with Tor, I would not see much sense.

This isn't an argument to stop using mixers, this is an argument for a revolution. 

This is crazy, I don' understand how people accepted this rules Shocked
Why? They don't have anything to hide.  Wink

Forget about revolutions in Europe to defend privacy. People accept it because in those countries it does not affect them and they see it as a measure against the rich. In those countries, the average monthly net salary is around €1,300. Add to that the fact that people have a mortgage, a car loan and some credit card or personal loan debt, and that they pay more and more frequently by credit card or cell phone, and you get that the vast majority of people have not seen €1,000 in banknotes in many years.  Add to this the mentality that the state is the best guarantor of citizen welfare, and you will see why no one protests.

Back to the central topic of the thread, I agree, especially with stompix who has explained it very well, that the exchange does not have the legal capacity to hold some funds that it suspects are laundered without informing the authorities, but I have been reading the comments on:

https://www.bestchange.com/openchange-exchanger.html

and something doesn't add up:

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As we told you before, your funds has not been credited to our account, so we are unable to return them. We will be happy to do it when it possible.

Are they saying that it is an entity external to Openchange that has freezed the funds?
legendary
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This is crazy, I don' understand how people accepted this rules Shocked
Why? They don't have anything to hide.  Wink

So that means you can't even buy a laptop, bike or cheap used car with cash if it's 1,501 euros?
Yes, because a minority uses cash to launder money, and we're really sensitive when it comes to minorities. We're willing to have our privacy invaded to discourage them do so. It's bad on behalf of them.
legendary
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Indeed; I got a positive impression of BestChange since browsing Bitcointalk, since respected community members wore the BestChange signature. But this case makes me hesitant to continue trusting BestChange in general. If BestChange ratings can so easily be manipulated, it begs the question of what use that site even is.
I didn't know how this ratings work but I certainly don't like it and I don't understand why would positive feedback be any different from negative feedback.
If they say how someone could abuse feedback for negative reviews, than I can say that anyone can do exactly the same thing for positive feedback to create fake reviews.

In my country, Greece, it is not legal to make a purchase worth of beyond 1,500 EUR with cash, as they say, to avoid tax evasion. You must only make it with bank accounts, credit/debit cards and cheques.
This is crazy, I don' understand how people accepted this rules Shocked
So that means you can't even buy a laptop, bike or cheap used car with cash if it's 1,501 euros?

It now sounds like OpenChange uses deposit addresses owned by another exchange, and not their own funds. If that's the case, the Reserve: $175 804 859 probably isn't correct.
I think they are probably using Binance and other similar centralized exchanges like that, and they use their own account for trading and taking percentage earnings.
Any exchange that uses third parties should notify users about that in their website.
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If you get paid for a job that either shows up directly on a tax return or you are legally obligated to declare it. In other words, the income from your work is not private at all. If you get money for selling a house, for example, neither.

In the European Union, all transactions between member countries that exceed 10,000 euros ($10,400) are automatically reported to the authorities, and those within countries have lower limits, such as 2,500 euros. Those of lesser amounts are obviously registered and available to the authorities if they request the data.

We have similar laws here in the US, cheating on taxes isn't a good idea no matter where you live.  But that's all it's about; i.e. they want to make sure to tax every penny they can.  Recently the Biden Administration announced they want the IRS to be informed every time an American deposits $600 of cash (or more) into their bank account.   Yes, $600!  Obviously that's not about crime or terrorism.  

Let's be real, if these same politicians cared about crime they wouldn't be enabling it.  They only care when they can use it as a bludgeon to gain more power, like "Gun Crime."  Just look at all the liberal DA's in major US cities who are decriminalizing drug crimes, thefts of up to $1000, or running over a mother pushing a stroller.  So, if you're a law abiding citizen you better report $600, but if you're a repeat offender you can get away stealing $1000, and possibly attempted murder.

These laws are intended to keep us under their control and afraid.  As for reporting the movement of your money, these laws are sold as an effort to prevent terrorism, or thwart drug cartels, and again I'll point to the politicians' actions rather than their words to decern their real agenda.


There are countries like Italy, Spain or Portugal with a cash payment limit of 1,000 euros, which means that if you want to buy a fucking TV worth 1,000 euros you can not pay in banknotes and your name is registered in the transaction.

This isn't an argument to stop using mixers, this is an argument for a revolution.  
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