Just received the following text message:
… as requested, we did a non-taxable deposit of about $727,000 into your bitcoin portfolio at BITMANTIC .COM userId: x pass: x
Does anyone know how this scam works?
How Does This Bitcoin Scam Work?
Dalton on 05/04/2021 - 14:00
Last edited 06/04/2021 - 16:20 by 1 other user
Last edited 06/04/2021 - 16:20 by 1 other user
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there is not enough information yet to tell.
most common is that they will say you have to pay a fee to withdraw the funds, and it can snowball from there.
other possibility are
they will request id docs and commit id fraud against you.
they will request remote access to your pc and trick you into sending funds.the below covers the major scams , again most scams are just variants of others.
i dare say if you log in, it will appear to be a real financial screen then give you some bs about having to pay a fee to unlock it - probably a few grand to be held until transfer is complete or a fake tax you've gotta pay before getting the 700k
and each password is different to know who'se logged in to sell those specific details, most scammers operate in networks and pass on/sell info about victims to be hit againi get 20 of them a day, who in there dum a$$ mind would even think that is real.
Do you get them as text messages? That would be flipping annoying.
These guys knew my first name and mobile number.
Probably harvested from LinkedIn or Facebook? They are pretty leaky.
The way I look at it is they need to find someone dumb/gullible enough to believe it for the scam to work - so the fact you can pick it as a scam and move on means you are not their target market. Send enough of these out and someone will bite. They wouldn't do it if it wasn't profitable.
try it and report back
bitmantic.com was created on 2021-03-27 so there is no way it is legit
I received the same SMS yesterday, only difference being my amount was $722,000
They are ripping you off by $5k. Give them a call and demand they match it.
I got mine today
Bitmantic.com does not warrant that:
The website will be constantly available, or available at all moving forward.
The information on this website is complete, true, or non-misleadingHa. That's classic.
Does anyone know how this scam works?
When you believe it’s true… 😂
Honestly what could go wrong ..
You anonymously transfer BTC into their offline wallet..on the promise of guaranteed 30% return in 12months time..
Rest assured it's covered by their "insurance policy"Mmmyeah … Surely this is a belated 'April Fools' post? If you're a half-wit the scam 'just might' work (the scammers are 'playing the numbers' in this regard). If not, it has no hope/is merely a joke.
$727,000
Sounds more plausible than $46m
To get the BTC in the account you needed to first make a deposit.
You logged on and sure enough, according to the site this was an account with 10BTC; there was even fake history where someone else had deposited the required BTC and withdrew the full balance before depositing more. You could transfer $10 worth of it out to another account while they verified you and sure enough it actually worked (the wife and I enjoyed a coffee thanks to this scam). But to transfer the remaining amount you needed to deposit another 1.5BTC, as "apparently" the account was set up with a minimum transfer of 11.5BTC.
Prob get you to go to the site to check it out and get hit with driveby malware or redirect and THEN get hit with malware.