I got scammed at www.yobit.net. When I logged in today, I found my BTC wallet, ETH wallet empty. Besides this my Liza investbox was closed also. First I did not understand and then I frantically started looking in orders history and other places. I noticed that on YobiCodes I saw entries that tracked that somehow my BTC balance and ETH balance were used to create YobiCodes entries. My entire 2.14 BTC and 1.42 ETH balance was showing negative transaction for some YobiCodes creation.
After research on online focum I checked the YobiCodes link under my user name and found that there was certain codes that were activated for my ETH and BTC balance. I came to understand that this activation means that my cryptos are gone and someone else has claimed my coins.
This is ridiculous and I am not sure how to resolve this. I have sent support request to Yobit but have not got answers.
Has anyone encountered this and is there a way to get your cryptos back.
I have no idea how the YobiCodes work and I never initiated any transaction. Hence it is strange that suddenly my coins are gone
Please help
Thanks and regards
Unfortunately, I'd probably say that the chances of you getting your funds back at this stage is extremely slim. Either there is a hack into your account, with someone generating a Yobicode after liquidating all your assets and investments within your yobit account, or it may have possibly been an inside job given the amount of times this has happened (though you have absolutely no proof that it's actually something that yobit has done).
You could ask yobit support about who redeemed the yobicodes, and that you are provided with their personal info, so that you have a chance to track him down. However, that is unlikely with the privacy implications, and yobit support's general unresponsive nature.
I genuinely feel sorry for your loss, but it's probably best to not expect any sum of money to be returned. Yobit is a shady exchange that is filled with issues, probably isn't fully licensed, and has a ton of risks to use. Besides, you just never store that much money on an exchange at one time. Hopefully you take that into account in the future.