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Re: Help recognize fraud
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3krb
on 09/08/2020, 06:02:48 UTC
You are being used as money mule. You receive dirty money and provide clean money for a good profit.
If you get caught, ignorance is not an excuse and you may get jailed for doing this.
10% profit should be enough to know that there is something fishy about this deal.

^^This. Don't do it, OP. Someone's using you to launder. And guess who the authorities will catch first?  It ain't worth 10%. You're right to ask questions.
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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: Is this stolen?
by
3krb
on 06/08/2020, 19:57:36 UTC
They don't market themselves as a mixer, but effectively that's what they offer. Their purpose is to obfuscate funds.

What "they" offer, is a privacy-orientated wallet. We have way too less of such wallets implementing new features and improvements.
CoinJoin is a decentralized way to regain some level of anonymity by mixing funds with other participants.

You are free to use your SPV wallet which communicates with a 3rd party server telling them all of your addresses, the amount of BTC you own, all your transactions, your IP address and therefore a relatively precise geo location.
But not everyone has to use such a privacy-invading wallet. And IMO wasabi actually is the best privacy preserving SPV desktop wallet available.


Yes, I agree. The mixer reference is not a negative connotation.

Wasabi is excellent. However, they're under investigation by Europol. Chainalysis did an 3-week investigation for them and according to their findings, 30% of the funds washed come from the dark market. Remember, this is similar to what happened to bestmixer.io before they got shut down.

https://coinjournal.net/news/wasabi-the-bitcoin-mixer-wallet-is-on-europols-radar-for-a-significant-amount-of-dark-web-transactions/ 
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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: Is this stolen?
by
3krb
on 06/08/2020, 17:05:07 UTC
Hi all,
just logged into my ledger to see a zero balance. I am not great at reading the blockchain transactions, could someone help?

I have 3 transactions I don't recognise.

First this one with 0.249 btc being transfered to me - https://blockstream.info/tx/a79f7ad72da35ea61731852efe39d3ace74dc7e92323a861581f31f01ddf1578
Second with me transfering 0.01 btc to another address - https://blockstream.info/tx/19af75549cecada158a77614c813361371adbb13e731a9c3ab3dc6ea0ee42fab
Third with me transferring 0.4499 btc to another address - https://blockstream.info/tx/a7cab7007fbee0e06d28e9635d442629ed4f0ec08af00453d56b305d8956387c

does this look like its been stolen? the third one seems to get split into many different addresses? I'm not sure if I'm reading it right. it's either this or I did the transaction and forgot where I sent it (unlikely). It confuses me why if this were being stolen, they would transfer 0.249 btc to me before stealing the balance

thanks for any help

I'm sorry this happened! I hope you've resolved the issue that led to the theft so it never happens again.

Your funds were sent to the mixer Wasabi wallet bc1qh6h8fxnldvm78gtpm00jjun5suwx2mn2jt7qm2 and commingled with 65 UTXOs--likely other victims. The funds were split into even transaction amounts--0.10791 BTC, with the exception of 1 output of 10.45923 BTC which was sent through the mixer again. There are hundreds of victims from what I can see. The funds are split from there; commingled; and sent to other private wallets and exchanges.

I'm not sure which hardware wallet you are using, but there is a clear exploit happening. You stated you made a mistake, saving the info--but I'd still contact the company and let them know what happened. They can't do anything, but you can raise their awareness and perhaps they can write a blog on how to protect private keys when using their wallet.

They don't market themselves as a mixer, but effectively that's what they offer. Their purpose is to obfuscate funds. And true, not ALL of the addresses are vics.

Ok--not an exploit--using this term liberally. Meaning, malware on OPs mobile exploited a flaw in OPs security.

I found this on Ledger's site: https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005514233-Secure-your-recovery-phrase-PIN-code They do say never to take a photo of the 24-word recovery phrase. They have an "In the News" section where they highlight relevant information. A blog on security pinned to their front page might be a nice addition--Not everyone hops on forums, not every customer understands security. It's a kindness. Getting information out there is useful to the entire crypto community--we want this to succeed, I assume, and the community to grow. So do these companies. The more visibility/education on scams, fraud, security best practices--the better for all.

I hope this info is useful to you, OP. Again, very sorry this happened. Wishing you the best.
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Re: Is this stolen?
by
3krb
on 06/08/2020, 16:02:28 UTC
Hi all,
just logged into my ledger to see a zero balance. I am not great at reading the blockchain transactions, could someone help?

I have 3 transactions I don't recognise.

First this one with 0.249 btc being transfered to me - https://blockstream.info/tx/a79f7ad72da35ea61731852efe39d3ace74dc7e92323a861581f31f01ddf1578
Second with me transfering 0.01 btc to another address - https://blockstream.info/tx/19af75549cecada158a77614c813361371adbb13e731a9c3ab3dc6ea0ee42fab
Third with me transferring 0.4499 btc to another address - https://blockstream.info/tx/a7cab7007fbee0e06d28e9635d442629ed4f0ec08af00453d56b305d8956387c

does this look like its been stolen? the third one seems to get split into many different addresses? I'm not sure if I'm reading it right. it's either this or I did the transaction and forgot where I sent it (unlikely). It confuses me why if this were being stolen, they would transfer 0.249 btc to me before stealing the balance

thanks for any help

I'm sorry this happened! I hope you've resolved the issue that led to the theft so it never happens again.

Your funds were sent to the mixer Wasabi wallet bc1qh6h8fxnldvm78gtpm00jjun5suwx2mn2jt7qm2 and commingled with 65 UTXOs--likely other victims. The funds were split into even transaction amounts--0.10791 BTC, with the exception of 1 output of 10.45923 BTC which was sent through the mixer again. There are hundreds of victims from what I can see. The funds are split from there; commingled; and sent to other private wallets and exchanges.

I'm not sure which hardware wallet you are using, but there is a clear exploit happening. You stated you made a mistake, saving the info--but I'd still contact the company and let them know what happened. They can't do anything, but you can raise their awareness and perhaps they can write a blog on how to protect private keys when using their wallet.
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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: China's Digital Yuan Will Target the Dollar, or Bitcoin?
by
3krb
on 11/07/2020, 00:10:01 UTC
The China's digital Yuan will target US Dollar, not Bitcoin. As we know that US DOllar is now the first fiat that give the biggest impact on the world. USD influence is very high in the countries currency so far. In this case, although this is a digital currency, the target is still the same that is to rival USD and to chip away the hegemony of the USD.

As we can think here, Bitcoin is very popular and it also gives influence to the digital asset. however, the most influencing currency in this world is not BTC, which is US Dollar. Not all people in the world also know and use BTC. but, USD is always used as a conversion for many activities and also assets. The power of the dollar so far cannot be broken. However, it doesn't mean that BTC is not considered as the rival. Who knows that someday, the CHina digital Yuan also targets BTC?

here is also what experts said about the target of digital yuan is US dollar, not Bitcoin:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/expert-chinas-digital-yuan-will-target-the-dollar-not-bitcoin

Yes, the focus is the US--but not only about competition, DCEP is also about regulation. It is outside of the global financial system in that it is not subject to sanctions--which the US uses liberally as a geoeconomic foreign policy tool. DPRK and Iran will benefit from this, and other sanctioned entities as well when this rolls out.

DCEP is versatile--it will assist in supply-chain dominance and dollar-less transactions. As countries may choose to peg their currencies to the renminbi and transact using DCEP, there won't be a need to hold dollar reserves and the demand for the dollar will drop.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2020-05-20/could-chinas-digital-currency-unseat-dollar
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Re: BTC stolen from Trezor!!
by
3krb
on 10/07/2020, 23:35:44 UTC
Hi guys,

I need some help! Yesterday i made a transaction from my Trezor wallet to Bitrefill. This software is installed in the Trezor and gives you the option to buy vouchers. At the moment that i bought these vouchers my complete BTC wallet got emptied!! So it looks like a hack.....i assume Bitrefill is accountable for this but i'm still waiting for the reply from Trezor. I can tell you this is bad situation and i need to take legal action because this is a mayor volume that got hacked!

If you can help or advise it would be great! I'm offering 1 BTC for the person that can help me restore my coins!

regards!



Tried to dm you but can't since I'm a newbie. Smiley DM me the TX ID & amount taken and I can take a quick look, and possibly refer you over to https://ciphertrace.com/defenders-league/ to build a case
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Re: Analysis company that trains students to detect cryptocurrency scams
by
3krb
on 10/07/2020, 22:45:59 UTC
According to CipherTrace The cost of robberies, scams and fraud had already reached more than $ 4 billion by the end of the third quarter of 2019,

I'm not advocating crime, but has anyone ever seen a report that shows the estimated value of how many theft involving Hyip/ponzi sites have? What is the value of theft involving hyip/ponzi sites? Credit cards are also theft targets, this is not just a problem of the crypto world, it is a general problem. If there is money or anything of value, then scammers will be around. In the case of the crypto world people need to do more research on the projects that will invest money.

There are hackers everywhere, only that it is more common in these cases because we talk about ICOs, fraudulent airdrops on telegram, it is much easier to steal when the victim presses a link. and yes you should carefully review what to click, and what project you want to belong but some may be very well prepared with credible budgets but they are still scams, I say that the line is very thin, it is better be recommended by a person who verifies that the project is real



Old post, but just in case you still want the info:

https://ciphertrace.com/defenders-league/
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Board Services
Re: 💰 Review MyCryptoMixer.com and receive 0.002 BTC 💰
by
3krb
on 10/07/2020, 16:28:29 UTC
It's because they use JavaScript. Even if you visit the clearnet link and disable JavaScript from your browser settings, you will get a blank page (Your Tor settings are probably set to disable JS).


So that means they are going against their own reccomendations on their "Step-by-step guide on how to mix your coins" article?

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Assuming these coins are going to be sent to a darknet market… if you don’t already have your deposit address, sign in and get it while having JavaScript disabled. Never use any market that requires you to enable JS!


Regarding the reference to the dark market and the Russian evading state regulations example: MCM may be considered a money transmitter under FINCEN, which means they'd need a license:

https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-coin-mixers-legal-crosshairs/

"Users of mixing services, however, need to be more vigilant. They are liable, according to FinCEN guidance, of being found to be intending to conceal the identities of funds or are, in fact, operating as transmitters. Transmitters need licenses. Concealing the identity of a sender or receiver of funds is a breach of the Funds Travel Rule if conducted by a registered financial institution.

While non-custodial wallet developers are not in breach of any legal obligation, those who use their software could be. The concern for those using mixing services is that in both the Harmon and Bestmixer cases, the enforcement actions were premised on the intent to conceal dirty Bitcoin.

Perfectly valid privacy-based grounds for mixing cryptocurrencies risk being swept up in the zealous delivery of law enforcement. Even if the primary purpose of this software is to protect people’s identities, there may be a tendency for law enforcement to assume these coins were ill-gained."