Just a few days in the past we reported that the X10 Platform Ponzi scheme had collapsed.
Accompanying the collapse was a sequence of emails despatched out, asking for a charge in lieu of a closing fee.
What made the emails unusual was that X10 Platform associates who’d by no means invested had been additionally receiving them.
Now a second electronic mail has been despatched out, upping the charge requested and promised payout.
The X10 Platform rip-off electronic mail is CoinBase branded and guarantees a “closing try fee” of $3072.40.
The charge requested is $42.37, up from the preliminary ~$8.70 charge for a ~$372 fee.
Perusal of the bitcoin tackle used to obtain funds reveals nearly 22 BTC (~$81,588) has been deposited by X10 Platform associates since February twenty seventh.
Funds spiked over February twenty eighth and March 1st however have since subsided, doubtless prompting the brand new electronic mail.
As of but there aren’t any recorded ~0.11 BTC deposits, suggesting X10 Platform associates might need wised up.
As for who’s sending the X10 Platform rip-off emails? That we don’t know.
It’s believed the X10 Platform’s admins bought the affiliate database to a third-party, who’re sending out the rip-off emails.
Owing to the nameless nature of cryptocurrency nonetheless (not less than on the entrance finish) nonetheless, sadly we will’t say for certain.
What we will affirm although is you gained’t get better your X10 Platform Ponzi losses by sending bitcoin to random addresses.