What happened:
In short:
I used the website whalemixer.com, filled in 3 Output adresses and the percentage for each adress for output, then I clicked on Start Mixing.
Then it showed me the following (strongly censored):

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This address valid until
2021-07-11 03:53:23 UTC

Send the funds to mix to the QR Code / Address below

bc1qa4u...-Censored
BITCOIN BTC
Minimum Amount : USD 25 in BTC
Maximum Amount : 965.14 BTC

You will receive your mixed coins between 5 minutes - 12 hours random delay to enhance mixing results privacy and to efficiently cut the timing trailing on the blockchain forensics

Whale CODE
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Whale PASS
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KEEP THIS WHALE CODE AND PASS TO CHECK MIXING STATUS AT CHECK MIX PAGE

You will receive your mixed coins at this address

Adress 1 Censored - [ 44% ]

Adress 2 Censored - [ 33% ]

Adress 3 Censored - [ 23% ]

Referance ID

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Save your WhaleCode and WhalePass safely, this is important to check your mix status.

This receiving address is valid for 24 hours then it auto expires to enhance privacy.

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Mixing process is done automatically once we receive the fund.

You can manually delete the logs after mixing at status page.

Logs will be automatically deleted after 24 hours after mixing

You do not have to confirm the mix after you have transfer. It is done automatically

If you like to check the status, go to "Check Mix" page and type your WhaleCode and WhalePass.

Then I sent the coins to the given adress.
There was no letter of guarantee that is standard for mixers from what my experience is. Thats why I just copy&pasted the given information (above) to a textfile on my computer.
After that I closed the page and shutted down my computer, because as I know and as it was said in the text above mixing works fully automated.
After nearly 12 hours as I checked my outputadresses. I saw that I didnt received my coins.
Then I wanted to check the mixing status, typed in whale code and whale pass and it said that nothing was found.
I went to the topic and saw that another user had the same problem:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5314083.msg57432375#msg57432375
But this user cleared that it was a bug and he received his coins (somehow he didnt say what kind of bug that was).

I sent an email through the contact form that is given on the website with no response.
I even wasnt able to sent PMs to the user "whalemixer1".

In the topic whalemixer1 posted that I manually deleted the logs.
But that was the first time I read that this is possible.
I didnt deleted anything.

Then Whalemixer1 said that I should write him an email with the exact amount I sent and also the transaction ID and after match he will refund to the adress where the coins came from.
I wrote him the email with the information that he wanted.
Then he responded in the thread and confirmed that the amount was claimed and that the amount matches.
He said he will refund and then that he did refunded.

But I didnt received any refund and I asked again through email to send me the transaction ID where I can see to which adress he refunded.
He said that he wasnt able to respond to my email beacause my email adress doesnt support pgp.
I created a protonmail adress and wrote him here a PM (Newbie cannot write/receive from newbie diabled from both sides and after that I was able to write him a PM).
On the website I wrote an email again with my freshly created proton mail adress. No response until now.

I wrote LoyceV an PM to confirm and check my problem. He answered this:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5314083.msg57461525#msg57461525

The thing is that the amount and received coins were confirmed from whalemixer1 so that he made the not received refund.

I just want my coins back and keep away from this mixer in future.
Also I want the transaction ID where the mentioned refund was made to.

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Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3104681

Reference Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5314083.0
Amount Scammed: 0.07024341 btc (amount that was recieved by mixer minus fees= 0.07015697
Payment Method: BTC
Proof of Payment: I will sent everything uncensored to a moderator who looks at this report
PM/Chat Logs: See thread from post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5314083.msg57432375#msg57432375
Additional Notes: I will sent everything uncensored to a moderator who looks at this report

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