Quote from: casper001 on July 21, 2015, 01:14:08 PM

Quote from: RealMalatesta on July 21, 2015, 12:21:53 PM

I had registered an account with cloudminr.io with a thow-away-e-mail, so I was able to log in and see if there is anything useful for getting information. However, I never invested a dime since I was convinced from the very beginning that it is a scam.

However, now the story becomes interesting.

I used a throw-away-email.
I used a fake name.
I used a fake address.

Now I received an e-mail from Bitfinex saying that my account has been opened.

Good. I never applied for an account. So it seems that cloudminr has opened it. Or someone who bought their information.

Bitfinex: How is it possibl that you opened an account for a fully fictious person? On your homepage you write:

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BITFINEX is cBITFINEX is committed in providing a safe, compliant and reputable service to our clients. For this reason, BITFINEX insists on a comprehensive and thorough KYC (Know-Your-Customer) and AML (Anti Money Laundering) compliance implementation. This includes the monitoring of suspicious transactions and obligatory reporting to local regulators and other compliance bodies.

Our AML and KYC policies differ depending on the country of origin of which our clients are located and furthermore recorded against through the BITFINEX registration process. The specific AML and KYC policies as per regional jurisdiction are located below. Our compliance framework ensures that regulatory requirements are being adhered to at both a local and global level, instilling a level of trust and ensuring BITFINEX will continue to operate uninterrupted.

BITFINEX reserves the right to refuse registration to persons from or in jurisdictions that do not meet international AML standards or could be considered as a Politically Exposed Person.

BITFINEX reserves the right to verify our users and their transactions. In addition to this, any attempt to abuse BITFINEX or its platform will result in an immediate account suspension.ommitted in providing a safe, compliant and reputable service to our clients. For this reason, BITFINEX insists on a comprehensive and thorough KYC (Know-Your-Customer) and AML (Anti Money Laundering) compliance implementation. This includes the monitoring of suspicious transactions and obligatory reporting to local regulators and other compliance bodies.

Our AML and KYC policies differ depending on the country of origin of which our clients are located and furthermore recorded against through the BITFINEX registration process. The specific AML and KYC policies as per regional jurisdiction are located below. Our compliance framework ensures that regulatory requirements are being adhered to at both a local and global level, instilling a level of trust and ensuring BITFINEX will continue to operate uninterrupted.

BITFINEX reserves the right to refuse registration to persons from or in jurisdictions that do not meet international AML standards or could be considered as a Politically Exposed Person.

BITFINEX reserves the right to verify our users and their transactions. In addition to this, any attempt to abuse BITFINEX or its platform will result in an immediate account suspension.

So there was no KYC nor any AML-process needed to open an account?

This stinks. And I'd like to get some answers from Bitfinex...

@RealMalatesta

I queried Bitfinex.com and got the following reply from them:

"Hello Casper

It seems someone acquired a large list of email addresses from some external source and is using that list to programatically register accounts at Bitfinex.com.

We have stopped this person to generate any additional accounts, unfortunately only after he used your email address to create a unauthorised account.

We will delete the account associated to your email address as soon as possible and we hope you accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused.

We hope this response has sufficiently answered your questions. If you don't have any additional questions or comments regarding ticket #822338, the ticket will automatically be closed. If you do need further assistance feel free to reply to this email.

We wish you a pleasant day.

Kind regards,

Bjorn
Bitfinex Suppport Team
support@bitfinex.com "

Well, even with this response, the question remains: How is it possible to open accounts only with an e-mail address and trade through these accounts. This obviously, happened, and if the screenshot posted here before is true, even a quarter of a daily Bitfinex-trade can be transferred to a fake account. These guys have a problem....