Bitcoin site https://app.koinly.io/

BarryStanyer · 9 February 2024 at 11:17PM

I had a 1 hour conversation tonight being told how to view my Bitcoin investment which is suggested as being £110,479 via the site https://app.koinly.io/
The contact said I had invested 8 years ago by accumulating bitcoin credits of which I have no recollection.
The site seems to be genuine but the contact is now asking for a further £400 investment by joining bitcoin banks like Coinbase or Revolut. The £400 will then reactivate my, so called, dormant account with Koinly and allow me to withdraw from Koinly back through whichever bitcoin bank I have joined.
Is this yet another new scam?
Has anyone had a similar experience?

Chrisv · 9 February 2024 at 11:22PM

https://discuss.koinly.io/t/recent-scam-attempts-beware/15610

masonic · 9 February 2024 at 11:45PM

This isn't new. Scammers have been claiming they can reunite potential marks with lost/forgotten cryptocurrency held in various places going back years. Of course there will be a small advanced fee that will need to be paid before the funds can be released.

Next time save yourself an hour of your time and just hang up on them.

dales1 · 9 February 2024 at 11:57PM

...or tell them you will go and get Barry - say "just hang on".

...And then leave them hanging on the line.

Waste their time, not yours.

cymruchris · 10 February 2024 at 2:55AM

Tell them if they pay the £400 - deliver half the £100k to you in used bank notes - then they can have the other half of the £100k as their reward for bringing it to your attention.