BitcoinWhosWho received multiple reports from around the world about a bitcoin scam run by “mybtgwallet.com” today. The total received by the addresses reported so far exceeds 261 BTC.
Actual accounts taken from selected scam reports
This site was listed on the official bitcoingold.org website as a wallet provider. It has since been removed…
Phished the mnemonic seed and stole many people’s coins. The site was linked from official bitcoin gold website.
they stole all my funds through Bitcoin gold.org official website they asked for my seed phrase phrase to claim btg but they stole my btc
Phished the seed mnemonic of many people under false pretense as a way to get BTG after the fork. The link to this website was listed on the official bitcoin gold website (bitcoingold.org), and was also deemed “safe and secure” by the team.
Claiming BTG Bitcoin Gold ends up with empty BTG BTC ETH Wallets..
The MyBTGWallet scam addresses:
169k8QTVFZ3LQSZcukHZ44eWatiaW2jTig
1DVhaBdbp5mx5Y8zR1qR9NBiQtrgL9ZNQs
19Wm3mZtB18SBJVY7YsM9ma5SCnaceEwMQ
1JZqYFqzxLN4w4uPuLbMHXbDPTDKvaBKoS
1AWaMNctJk5MtGKLEAmzyt35FCRce7zgiK
17C4CQA6J34NpZkCv8CYvcngtfrqjrwdnT
1kQDqNLd9s1s7FMhKJDkQiVQ2YL6LE2Fb
1Fh8yKUuz1PPB3UHDRDwaFZpQdFrrvaJHB
1KQE4uDuDRCUMQWHT5SyCV4NhjTbGJAuQB
1HxdXRP61ehNNdvGbQA2T99syxc5ac8kHo
1A43nfMEW3E73z3u7MCC67Yevdpjn6ws6c
1FdaWJ71GVNFq1Yj7LSFXMv5YSLkVcLg2r
1BnZeQTES8c7qt1Frq4zKvrw5Li83kszCF
13kyoLweKnxceaNDmxXxa68XCrYY2iHRAx
16oQ8Qnr29QoV9mZf9UMUXZks1uzkoAeAf
16aug8JyQMTSryq93Gt1pWhojJkybiUstS
1dXhHRJwgb71EEdYaDSqN1SdwiY6QWa9w
17xS2pyYoL9hH4Wx689fwnLeq2NbdtKvXh
1K2aQNiUxG7wzySmpTXKFpzR2oZH5B5ydJ
1Bx3ZvApb1hXbce44t1rGLmjrKN4ESQ86q
1NJv7juV8LcLBo4egLvarkEVWskgjhY6NQ
17XaNBXWBSvzrCnPmP98tX9d1X3sRoNYKE
Four of these scam addresses use wallet “002433bbffafc761” which according to WalletExplorer.com has 2,154 other address associated.
Fraud victims can report here
US:FBI https://complaint.ic3.gov/default.aspx
UK: ActionFraud https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
Canada: Anti Fraud Centre http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/
Russia: ?? if you know these or others please leave in comments
India: ??
Australia: ??
Germany: ??
And, of course, always report scam addresses to BitcoinWhosWho. Just lookup the address and select “Report Scam”. The more we know collectively, the more likely we are to identify the owner and deter future frauds.