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Where To Report Bitcoin Scams

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Taint scam bitcoins here

What can I do if I’ve been scammed out of bitcoins? Bitcoin transactions may be irreversible but there are steps you can take to ensure that someday it may be possible to recover your funds.

Taint the Receiving Address

How do I taint a scam bitcoin address? Is it possible to taint a bitcoin address? Yes! By reporting a scammers receiving bitcoin address(es) to BitcoinWhosWho.com you taint them and all future downstream transaction addresses. Forever. This allows anyone, including law enforcement, to monitor the addresses, and associated wallets, and take action when they are sent to crypto exchanges, Bitcoin ATMs and other known exit points.

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Your report to Bitcoin Whos Who can also help screen and potentially freeze future fraudulent transactions.

Only BitcoinWhosWho.com offers blockchain community members a free API and searchable database of reported scam and bitcoin address website appearances, but there are other fraud report venues out there: Continue reading Where To Report Bitcoin Scams →

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Bitcoin Porn Blackmail Scam Reports Surge

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Reports of a spam email threatening to reveal sensitive adult content to friends and family unless paid in bitcoin have been surging over the last few days. This bitcoin address was reported twice today alone! 1LEBKnvLEZk2cUfyJ1vU5FpueakWyh4m28

For the last 6 months BitcoinWhosWho has received scam reports relating to some version of an email claiming to have used the recipient’s computer to create a video of recipient visiting adult websites and threatens to send it to recipients’ contacts if not paid $200-$400 in BTC within 20-24 hours. It comes in many languages and has made consistent appearances in our scam reports since October 2017.

See Also:

SEXTORTION EMAIL SCAM VARIANT MAKES 22.67BTC OVER FIRST 3 WEEKS – July 26, 2018
I KNOW YOUR PASSWORD BITCOIN EXTORTION EMAIL VARIANT– July 13, 2018
BITCOIN PORN BLACKMAIL SCAM MOVED TO POLONIEX WALLET– June 2, 2018

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BTCGlobal 5000 BTC Ponzi Collapse Reported

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BTC Global Ponzi Exit
BitcoinWhosWho received multiple independent reports of a ponzi collapse called “BTC Global” run by “Steve Twain” using bitcoin address

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The total received balance is 4,575 BTC as of 24 Feb 2018.

29,000 people reportedly scammed by promises of 14% weekly returns. Continue reading BTCGlobal 5000 BTC Ponzi Collapse Reported →

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SierraHash Mining Scam Received 177 BTC In 21 Days

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SierraHash Cloud Mining Scam
BitcoinWhosWho received many cloud mining fraud reports in December, but aside from the NiceHash hack, none were more remarkable than the SierraHash cloud mining scam. This multi-million dollar fraud was pulled off in just three weeks! More than 86,000 transactions since November 16 with a total received balance of 177.46647418 BTC as of yesterday.

The principle SierraHash bitcoin address:

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Fake Coinbase Support Phone Number 1-888-455-1155

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BitcoinWhosWho received a couple reports about a Coinbase support phone scam. 1-888-455-1155 is not a real Coinbase support number! It’s a fake that shows up in a lot of web search results.

The scam according to one report.

Users google “coinbase phone support” and get a phone number from google’s search results that leads them to a sophisticated scam in which an operator tells them to send money…

The scam has yielded at least 13.75 BTC so far.

Reported Bitcoin Addresses
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3J9NPJ2sgUms19xnhL9MB2Ms7ynydzyBgb Continue reading Fake Coinbase Support Phone Number 1-888-455-1155 →