03-07-2020, 08:20 AM
Scam? Probably.
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Pretty sure this is a scam, but was just curious to see where the scam started.</p> <p>So I got a discord message from a user named exciting. Seemed like a classic giveaway scam. " You WON 0.37 BTC " so I was like yeah right. But reading through I was like, what are they scamming me for? Info? Money? I didn't really see how. So I created a dummy account with a fake email on their site. Rivbit.com . It looks legit for the most part but cant find any other info on it, no social media or Reddit posts even mentioning it. So anyway I claim their code and voila .37 bitcoin balance as they said. So I try withdrawing it to a different wallet and, OH NO! My balance is frozen until I make a .02 BTC deposit (Roughly $185). Now I see where the scam was. So I do some extra research on crypto scams and there seem to be several others like this but the other ones made people do deposits for $1000 this one was only $185. But anyway definitely a scam and its not worth $185 to find out. So unless anyone here can say Rivbit.com is legit ,guess I wont be getting any BTC today lol. Stay safe out there everyone.</p> <p>UPDATE:</p> <p>So they had a ticketing system on their website so I sent one in calling it a scam this is their response.</p> <p>"It's your business whether you believe it or not. I'm not forcing you to do anything we have an automated system that does not allow you to withdraw funds without a verification deposit of 0.02 btc. I'd love to let you withdraw without a deposit, but I can't do that. After the verification deposit of 0.02 btc, your account will be unfrozen"</p> <p>Lol wasn't expecting a response, let alone one so quickly.</p> <p>Pretty sure they deleted my account lol cant login anymore oh well</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Pretty sure this is a scam, but was just curious to see where the scam started.</p> <p>So I got a discord message from a user named exciting. Seemed like a classic giveaway scam. " You WON 0.37 BTC " so I was like yeah right. But reading through I was like, what are they scamming me for? Info? Money? I didn't really see how. So I created a dummy account with a fake email on their site. Rivbit.com . It looks legit for the most part but cant find any other info on it, no social media or Reddit posts even mentioning it. So anyway I claim their code and voila .37 bitcoin balance as they said. So I try withdrawing it to a different wallet and, OH NO! My balance is frozen until I make a .02 BTC deposit (Roughly $185). Now I see where the scam was. So I do some extra research on crypto scams and there seem to be several others like this but the other ones made people do deposits for $1000 this one was only $185. But anyway definitely a scam and its not worth $185 to find out. So unless anyone here can say Rivbit.com is legit ,guess I wont be getting any BTC today lol. Stay safe out there everyone.</p> <p>UPDATE:</p> <p>So they had a ticketing system on their website so I sent one in calling it a scam this is their response.</p> <p>"It's your business whether you believe it or not. I'm not forcing you to do anything we have an automated system that does not allow you to withdraw funds without a verification deposit of 0.02 btc. I'd love to let you withdraw without a deposit, but I can't do that. After the verification deposit of 0.02 btc, your account will be unfrozen"</p> <p>Lol wasn't expecting a response, let alone one so quickly.</p> <p>Pretty sure they deleted my account lol cant login anymore oh well</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> Kind Regards R