SCAM ALERT! Peercoin Web Wallet PPC-WALLET.COM - Let's SHUT THEM DOWN, Report it Today!

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So are there 2 distinct sites?

ppc-wallet.com” and “ppccoin-wallet.com
(The latter one doesn’t seem to be actively resolving anywhere.)

Has anyone else attempted using these sites?

The first definitely makes some grandiose and inaccurate claims:
“Peercoin(ppcoin) payments arrive instantly, have no fees, are totally anonymous, work anywhere in the world.”

Seeing as how it is still in the top 10 English Google results for “peercoin wallet” I think there is some serious concern for bad publicity here.

Somebody just messaged the mods on /r/peercoin about being scammed by this website. I just tried searching “Peercoin Wallet” like learnmore said and it’s the 9th option listed. This is a pretty bad situation. Is there anything we can do to have it labeled as a scam site and delisted by web search sites?

I hope this reply will reveal. I can’t stress enough about how dirty it is when they receive your transaction and won’t deliver when you decide to retrieve! Online wallets are now tainted because of this and I’m better off learning the lesson. Download the wallets! Keep a low minimum on your exchange! If you have a hard time with a wallet that you downloaded or it hasn’t been updated because of common glitches for a while, where you can’t find any help with it. Then that particular coin should be a red flag concerning your investment. Desktop wallets offer all the security it can give you, your computer maintenance is a factor that applies to the individual. There is no hope with this online service, it’s going on my 2nd week on asking about my coins and not one single reply. Even “Sucker” would have sufficed! I’m still learning and I’ve already lost enough when it comes to the Crypto-Attack!

Hello, Cryptocranky1

I am so sorry you have had this experience. It is not the coin to blame (whether PPC or any other) - it is the makers of the online wallet - they are either disorganised or fraudulent

Annoying though it is, please start again. Members of the Peercoin community here will support you, and guide you through

Howdy!

why did i find this thread after I transferred PPCs to the ppc-wallet.com?

Did anyone know, if one got his coins back?

I installed my wallet on my PC and I can’t receive PPCs.
After that I looked up in GOOGLE for online wallet PPC and the first match was ppc-wallet.com

So I created an accout and bought some (>100) :’( PPC and transferred it into the wallet.
One day later - I don’t know why - the wallet on my PC is online ???

Now I transferred the PPCs from ppc-wallet.com to my local wallet and… nothing happens --> status ‘processing’.

I thought maybe it takes mor time. Bit now I fount this thread… :o … damn.

Can anyone help me, plz?

@PPCnext
Report to police.
Their hosting provider (or provider of their provider) is http://www.softlayer.com/ .
IP 184.173.219.202 United States Texas Houston Theplanet.com Internet Services Inc.

They have 4th position at G****e on “ppc wallet”. Is there any way to report them to G**gle?

report http://online-ppcoin-wallet.software.informer.com/
http://imgur.com/gallery/qPhAF !!! WTF? !!!
report http://www.downloadtyphoon.com/online-ppcoin-wallet/infoyycjicmd

You should also warn people on bitcointalk, many people just buy a few of every altcoin and only check the alt section there. I also don’t get why you should use a online wallet, if you want to store your coins online just leave them on an trusted exchange (not btc-e they already get enough stake ;)).

It is unlikely that Google will take the link down unless thousands of people complain.

Found some tips on this site on what best to do in case of scams (which is different from phising).

http://subtractme.com/tell-google-about-scam-rip-off-sites/

Take Scam Sites Down at the Source

If you want to protect people from scam sites then here are two things you can do today:

  1. Report the scam sites to the authorities:

FTC in America (http://www.ftc.gov/contact)

Internet Crime Complaint Center (http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx)

Complaints against foreign companies (http://www.econsumer.gov/english/)

  1. Warn others by posting a review on a public website that appears in Google

This scam website has taken another victim. I’ll message social media as a warning not to use it.

Edit: I was looking around and it was recommended to contact the website hosting their domain name. I checked the whois page and http://www.enom.com was the registrar. I sent them a support request linking to this thread. If they revoke the domain name then the Google search ranking for that domain will be useless.

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I was just informed through Facebook that another victim has lost around 459.4 PPC. We need help from the community to take this website down. Please send emails and complain to the following places.

##Domain Host

abuse@enom.com

##Server Host Details

abuse@softlayer.com

IP: 184.173.219.202
Decimal: 3098401738
Hostname: ca.db.adb8.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com
ASN: 36351
ISP: ThePlanet.com Internet Services
Organization: SoftLayer Technologies

I updated the original post with lots of info on what we can do to report them.

Hi there,

I think I’ve fallen for this scam yesterday as well :(. Wanted to withdraw peercoins to another wallet and status is still “processing”.

Anything I can do now? Appreciate any help.

Best regards
Thomas

Filed complaints with enom and namecheap again.

It is unfortunate to have this website still up and operating, it is a complete fraud. It upsets me to see the negative effects that these scammers have on our community. :rage:

I too have gone a head and have filed complaints with softlayer and enom, I hope others who have not can review this thread for themselves and do the same.

I feel for those who have had their Peercoin stolen and hope our actions can help in removing these fraudulent websites.

The other day I was searching for information on implementing Peercoin as a checkout option for an online store, in my search results this site came up. I can’t say for sure which search terms I used because I combined it with many, but still, the website would pop up. Ironically I see this post this morning and was moved to do what I can.

Hello,

Thank you for your email regarding the ppc-wallet.com domain name. We have thoroughly investigated your allegation to the extent of our capabilities, but we were unable to validate your claim, unfortunately.

In this situation, Namecheap acts as the registrar only. It means that our ability to investigate the matter is limited since the content transmitted via the website is not located on our server. Please also note that we do not own the reported domain name, we are simply the company the domain name was registered with. Considering the aforementioned points, we recommend that you contact the hosting provider, who would be in a better position to validate your claim and take the appropriate action.

Additionally, if you believe you are a victim of an Internet crime, or if you are aware of an attempted crime, you can file a complaint through Internet Crime Complaint Center at https://complaint.ic3.gov , who are in the best position to fully investigate any such issue across any/all service providers.

Please let us know should you have any further questions.


Regards,
Elena Kvitko
Legal & Abuse Department
Namecheap.com

What do you think about a Official online wallet? Site will work with 10 verified nodes :slight_smile:

I have updated the first post of this thread once again because more people have reported in chat that they had their funds stolen from them. Please take the time to report it at one of the provided links so we can get them shut down.

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Retweet to make sure others are informed…

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I think we should link to https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en for reporting.

You can also go to the bottom of a google search that you find it on and ‘send feedback’ with a screenshot of the fraudulent site.