My BTG Wallet Fraud - Revision history

Azoundria at 23:32, 11 March 2025

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Azoundria at 16:31, 14 April 2023

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	[[File:Bitcoingold.jpg\|thumb\|Bitcoin Gold]]The My BTG Wallet was a fake wallet listed on the official Bitcoin Gold website. A developer gained prominence in the community and requested them to link to his wallet. This service asked user to enter their private key, then sent it to the attacker. Once the scheme was uncovered, the link was removed, however no urgent announcement was launched. No funds were recovered.		[[File:Bitcoingold.jpg\|thumb\|Bitcoin Gold]]The My BTG Wallet was a fake wallet listed on the official Bitcoin Gold website. A developer gained prominence in the community and requested them to link to his wallet. This service asked user to enter their private key, then sent it to the attacker. Once the scheme was uncovered, the link was removed, however no urgent announcement was launched. No funds were recovered.

	This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.		This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.<ref name="elliptic-2535" /><ref name="vocal-5675" /><ref name="bitcoingold-5679" /><ref name="cryptimi-2537" /><ref name="neutrino-5680" /><ref name="tradersparadise-5681" /><ref name="bitcoingoldforum-5682" /><ref name="coindesk-5683" /><ref name="reddit-5684" /><ref name="bitcointalk-5685" /><ref name="ccn-5686" /><ref name="youtube-5687" />
	<ref name="elliptic-2535" /><ref name="vocal-5675" /><ref name="bitcoingold-5679" /><ref name="cryptimi-2537" /><ref name="neutrino-5680" /><ref name="tradersparadise-5681" /><ref name="bitcoingoldforum-5682" /><ref name="coindesk-5683" /><ref name="reddit-5684" /><ref name="bitcointalk-5685" /><ref name="ccn-5686" /><ref name="youtube-5687" />

	== About Bitcoin Gold ==		== About Bitcoin Gold ==
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	== Ongoing Developments ==		== Ongoing Developments ==
	What parts of this case are still remaining to be concluded?		What parts of this case are still remaining to be concluded?
			== Individual Prevention Policies ==
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			== Platform Prevention Policies ==
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			== Regulatory Prevention Policies ==
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	== Prevention ~~Policies ==~~		{{Prevention:Regulators:End}}
	~~Which policies could have prevented this event from happening?~~

	== References ==		== References ==
	<references><ref name="elliptic-2535">[https://www.elliptic.co/blog/bitcoin-fraud-cases-you-should-know-about 5 Bitcoin Fraud Cases You Should Know About] (Aug 14, 2021)</ref>		<references><ref name="elliptic-2535">[https://www.elliptic.co/blog/bitcoin-fraud-cases-you-should-know-about 5 Bitcoin Fraud Cases You Should Know About] (Aug 15, 2021)</ref>

	<ref name="vocal-5675">[https://vocal.media/theChain/cryptocurrencies-that-were-proven-to-be-scams Cryptocurrencies That Were Proven to Be Scams \| The Chain] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>		<ref name="vocal-5675">[https://vocal.media/theChain/cryptocurrencies-that-were-proven-to-be-scams Cryptocurrencies That Were Proven to Be Scams \| The Chain] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>
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	<ref name="bitcoingold-5679">[https://bitcoingold.org/ Bitcoin Gold \| Make Bitcoin decentralized again] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>		<ref name="bitcoingold-5679">[https://bitcoingold.org/ Bitcoin Gold \| Make Bitcoin decentralized again] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	<ref name="cryptimi-2537">[https://www.cryptimi.com/guides/spot-a-bitcoin-scam A How-To Guide To Spotting A Bitcoin Scam - Cryptimi] (Aug 14, 2021)</ref>		<ref name="cryptimi-2537">[https://www.cryptimi.com/guides/spot-a-bitcoin-scam A How-To Guide To Spotting A Bitcoin Scam - Cryptimi] (Aug 15, 2021)</ref>

	<ref name="neutrino-5680">[https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>		<ref name="neutrino-5680">[https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

Azoundria at 17:26, 16 February 2023

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	[[File:Bitcoingold.jpg\|thumb\|Bitcoin Gold]]The My BTG Wallet was a fake wallet listed on the official Bitcoin Gold website. A developer gained prominence in the community and requested them to link to his wallet. This service asked user to enter their private key, then sent it to the attacker. Once the scheme was uncovered, the link was removed, however no urgent announcement was launched. No funds were recovered.		[[File:Bitcoingold.jpg\|thumb\|Bitcoin Gold]]The My BTG Wallet was a fake wallet listed on the official Bitcoin Gold website. A developer gained prominence in the community and requested them to link to his wallet. This service asked user to enter their private key, then sent it to the attacker. Once the scheme was uncovered, the link was removed, however no urgent announcement was launched. No funds were recovered.

	This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.		This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.
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	== About Bitcoin Gold ==		== About Bitcoin Gold ==
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	== Total Amount Lost ==		== Total Amount Lost ==
	The total amount lost ~~is unknown~~.		The total amount lost has been estimated at $3,200,000 USD.

	How much was lost and how was it calculated? If there are conflicting reports, which are accurate and where does the discrepancy lie?		How much was lost and how was it calculated? If there are conflicting reports, which are accurate and where does the discrepancy lie?
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	== Total Amount Recovered ==		== Total Amount Recovered ==
	~~It is unknown how much was~~ recovered.		There do not appear to have been any funds recovered in this case.

	What funds were recovered? What funds were reimbursed for those affected users?		What funds were recovered? What funds were reimbursed for those affected users?
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	== Prevention Policies ==		== Prevention Policies ==
			Which policies could have prevented this event from happening?

	== References ==		== References ==
	[https://www.elliptic.co/blog/bitcoin-fraud-cases-you-should-know-about 5 Bitcoin Fraud Cases You Should Know About] (Aug 14)		<references><ref name="elliptic-2535">[https://www.elliptic.co/blog/bitcoin-fraud-cases-you-should-know-about 5 Bitcoin Fraud Cases You Should Know About] (Aug 14, 2021)</ref>

	[https://vocal.media/theChain/cryptocurrencies-that-were-proven-to-be-scams Cryptocurrencies That Were Proven to Be Scams \| The Chain] (Jan 16)		<ref name="vocal-5675">[https://vocal.media/theChain/cryptocurrencies-that-were-proven-to-be-scams Cryptocurrencies That Were Proven to Be Scams \| The Chain] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://bitcoingold.org/ Bitcoin Gold \| Make Bitcoin decentralized again] (Jan 16)		<ref name="bitcoingold-5679">[https://bitcoingold.org/ Bitcoin Gold \| Make Bitcoin decentralized again] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://www.cryptimi.com/guides/spot-a-bitcoin-scam A How-To Guide To Spotting A Bitcoin Scam - Cryptimi] (Aug 14)		<ref name="cryptimi-2537">[https://www.cryptimi.com/guides/spot-a-bitcoin-scam A How-To Guide To Spotting A Bitcoin Scam - Cryptimi] (Aug 14, 2021)</ref>

	[https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf] (Jan 16)		<ref name="neutrino-5680">[https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://traders-paradise.com/magazine/wall-of-shame/mybtgwallet-com-review/ Mybtgwallet.com - Wall of Shame - Traders-Paradise] (Jan 16)		<ref name="tradersparadise-5681">[https://traders-paradise.com/magazine/wall-of-shame/mybtgwallet-com-review/ Mybtgwallet.com - Wall of Shame - Traders-Paradise] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://forum.bitcoingold.org/t/mybtgwallet-scam/149 MYBTGWALLET Scam - Safety - The BTG Community Forum] (Jan 16)		<ref name="bitcoingoldforum-5682">[https://forum.bitcoingold.org/t/mybtgwallet-scam/149 MYBTGWALLET Scam - Safety - The BTG Community Forum] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2017/11/22/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-3-million-in-illicit-earnings/ Bitcoin Gold Wallet Scam Nets $3 Million in Illicit Earnings - CoinDesk] (Jan 16)		<ref name="coindesk-5683">[https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2017/11/22/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-3-million-in-illicit-earnings/ Bitcoin Gold Wallet Scam Nets $3 Million in Illicit Earnings - CoinDesk] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://www.reddit.com/r/a:t5_4bkxp/ MYBTGWallet] (Jan 16)		<ref name="reddit-5684">[https://www.reddit.com/r/a:t5_4bkxp/ MYBTGWallet] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2412182.40 BITCOIN GOLD SCAM SITE mybtgwallet.com] (Jan 16)		<ref name="bitcointalk-5685">[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2412182.40 BITCOIN GOLD SCAM SITE mybtgwallet.com] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-fraudsters-3-2-million-after-stealing-users-private-keys/ https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-fraudsters-3-2-million-after-stealing-users-private-keys/] (Jan 16)		<ref name="ccn-5686">[https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-fraudsters-3-2-million-after-stealing-users-private-keys/ https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-fraudsters-3-2-million-after-stealing-users-private-keys/] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GvZRUA-UL8 MILLION DOLLAR MYBTGWALLET SCAM \| OVER 261 BTC STOLEN - YouTube] (Jan 16)		<ref name="youtube-5687">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GvZRUA-UL8 MILLION DOLLAR MYBTGWALLET SCAM \| OVER 261 BTC STOLEN - YouTube] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref></references>

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{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/mybtgwalletfraud.php}}

[[File:Bitcoingold.jpg|thumb|Bitcoin Gold]]The My BTG Wallet was a fake wallet listed on the official Bitcoin Gold website. A developer gained prominence in the community and requested them to link to his wallet. This service asked user to enter their private key, then sent it to the attacker. Once the scheme was uncovered, the link was removed, however no urgent announcement was launched. No funds were recovered.

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.

== About Bitcoin Gold ==
"BTG is a cryptocurrency with Bitcoin fundamentals, mined on common GPUs instead of specialty ASICs. ASICs tend to monopolize mining to a few big players, but GPU mining means anyone can mine again - restoring decentralization and independence. GPU mining rewards go to individuals worldwide, instead of mostly to ASIC warehouse owners, recreating network effects that Bitcoin used to have."

"Bitcoin Gold was a new greedy chance for Bitcoin owners to earn some free money: importing mnemonic seeds or private keys belonging to a BTC wallet in a BTG one they had the opportunity to redeem their free BTG."

"As per reports that can be found on the internet, Mybtgwallet.com was created by a person called John Dass who was a respected member of the Bitcoin Gold community." "This was possible through local BTG clients or through some web services such as MyBTGWallet.com, a website listed directly on BTG official webpage. This particular case turned in a scam that stole an impressive number of Bitcoin from “unexperienced” users." "This site was listed on the official bitcoingold.org website as a wallet provider. It has since been removed."

"We have no reason to believe that anybody involved with Bitcoin Gold was involved with this scam. But they did have a conversation with the creator of the Mybtgwallet.com and help him test its balance reporting features."

There was "no formal relationship at all. He did interact with our devs in the Slack regarding developing his open-source code [and] his web site," he told CoinDesk. "The BTG Twitter account was simply supporting an individual in the community who was supporting BTG – that was their sole intent, at the time."

"It was a new cryptoasset that used the Bitcoin Gold name, itself a legitimate organization. While this cryptoasset seemed legitimate, it was actually fraudulent. The scammers behind the scheme created a legitimate-looking website (mybtgwallet.co), which offered new users the chance to create Bitcoin gold wallets. The key issue was, they had to submit the private wallet keys used to protect their cryptocurrency wallets to do so."

"MyBTGWallet scam worked in a very simple way: users imported the mnemonic seed of their BTC wallet on the scam page providing in this way the scammer with the private keys needed to steal the balance of bitcoin still on the wallet and any other cryptocurrencies stored on the same wallet (e.g. Ethereum or Litecoin in case it was a multicurrency wallet)." "Every time someone entered their mnemonic seed into MyBTGWallet, their mnemonic was Base64 encoded, stored on the website cookie, and then transmitted to Google." "There the scammer was free to decode it. Hence, they have full access to that person’s private keys derived from that seed."

"While this might seem both too good to be true and a little suspicious, it was enough to scam quite a number of people. Scammers were able to fraudulently acquire more than $3 million in Bitcoin."

"The website was used by many bitcoin holders after the fork happened. The scammers progressively moved the stolen funds to other bitcoin addresses. Thanks to open source intelligence activities, we were able to create the clusters of the stolen bitcoin and determine that the number of compromised addresses is almost 4500. The aggregated balance of those addresses is almost 400 Bitcoins (equal to 3.3 million Euros at current change rate)."

"By the time the scam was exposed, the fraudsters had managed to steal $3 million worth of Bitcoin, $107,000 worth of Bitcoin Gold, $72,000 worth of Litecoin, and $30,000 worth of Ether. Doubts still remain about the role, if any, played by the Bitcoin Gold website."

"MyBTGWallet was a website with the singular goal of scamming investors out of Bitcoin Gold. The site used links from legitimate Bitcoin Gold websites in order to dupe poor investors trying to get their hands on the cryptocurrency. By the time law enforcement uncovered the fraud, MyBTGWallet had scammed users out of over $3 million in Bitcoin Gold, LiteCoin, Bitcoin, and Ethereum."

"He mixed all the stolen keys to avoid paying too much fee to create a huge number of transactions."

"Then he started stealing directly from the mnemonic seed by creating new wallets each time and performing a transaction to empty the wallet without mixing it with other keys. The number of wallet emptied with the second method is roughly 70. The number of addresses compromised with the first method (key mixing) is 3500. Given the average number of addresses per wallet and some analysis on the
transaction history of the grouped addresses, we can estimate that the number of compromised wallet is 345. Our final estimation is that the number of scammed victims is roughly 415."

"The investigation increasingly indicated that the original developer, 'John Dass,' was responsible for the fraud all along … He has dropped out of touch with us, as well," he said.

"As of Nov. 24th, 49 BTC have not been spent by the scammers but we have been able to recreate the spending patterns following the other money they moved. So far, we have been able to determine that about 289 BTC have been moved to a notorious bitcoin mixer named ChipMixer."

"On the Nov. 25th, 1.81 BTC were moved to ShapeShift shifting BTC to DASH (a privacy oriented cryptocyurrency). A total of 3 transactions were performed." "On Nov. 26th, 67 BTC were moved from the stealer wallet to Wex2 with three transactions (7, 30, 30 BTC)."

"Since the mnemonic seed is the key derivation for all the past and future keys created by the wallet, the attacker still has full control of those wallets. Some of them are still receiving and spending bitcoins thinking that the new addresses are safe. We suggest to the victim of the scam to stop using the old seed and start from a completely new one."

"What gets me the most, is this "Disclaimer" they put up on the BTGold official website, the very moment we all got our coins stolen, and they quietly removed the link from their site, all without an official announcement to save other users from the same pitfall, mysteriously. You'd think that they'd want to avoid other users getting scammed by putting out an urgent announcement, alongside the removal of the link."

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.

The background of the exchange platform, service, or individuals involved, as it would have been seen or understood at the time of the events.

Include:

* Known history of when and how the service was started.
* What problems does the company or service claim to solve?
* What marketing materials were used by the firm or business?
* Audits performed, and excerpts that may have been included.
* Business registration documents shown (fake or legitimate).
* How were people recruited to participate?
* Public warnings and announcements prior to the event.

Don't Include:

* Any wording which directly states or implies that the business is/was illegitimate, or that a vulnerability existed.
* Anything that wasn't reasonably knowable at the time of the event.
There could be more than one section here. If the same platform is involved with multiple incidents, then it can be linked to a main article page.

== The Reality ==
This sections is included if a case involved deception or information that was unknown at the time. Examples include:

* When the service was actually started (if different than the "official story").
* Who actually ran a service and their own personal history.
* How the service was structured behind the scenes. (For example, there was no "trading bot".)
* Details of what audits reported and how vulnerabilities were missed during auditing.

== What Happened ==
The specific events of the loss and how it came about. What actually happened to cause the loss and some of the events leading up to it.
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== Total Amount Lost ==
The total amount lost is unknown.

How much was lost and how was it calculated? If there are conflicting reports, which are accurate and where does the discrepancy lie?

== Immediate Reactions ==
How did the various parties involved (firm, platform, management, and/or affected individual(s)) deal with the events? Were services shut down? Were announcements made? Were groups formed?

== Ultimate Outcome ==
What was the end result? Was any investigation done? Were any individuals prosecuted? Was there a lawsuit? Was any tracing done?

== Total Amount Recovered ==
It is unknown how much was recovered.

What funds were recovered? What funds were reimbursed for those affected users?

== Ongoing Developments ==
What parts of this case are still remaining to be concluded?

== Prevention Policies ==

== References ==
[https://www.elliptic.co/blog/bitcoin-fraud-cases-you-should-know-about 5 Bitcoin Fraud Cases You Should Know About] (Aug 14)

[https://vocal.media/theChain/cryptocurrencies-that-were-proven-to-be-scams Cryptocurrencies That Were Proven to Be Scams | The Chain] (Jan 16)

[https://bitcoingold.org/ Bitcoin Gold | Make Bitcoin decentralized again] (Jan 16)

[https://www.cryptimi.com/guides/spot-a-bitcoin-scam A How-To Guide To Spotting A Bitcoin Scam - Cryptimi] (Aug 14)

[https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf] (Jan 16)

[https://traders-paradise.com/magazine/wall-of-shame/mybtgwallet-com-review/ Mybtgwallet.com - Wall of Shame - Traders-Paradise] (Jan 16)

[https://forum.bitcoingold.org/t/mybtgwallet-scam/149 MYBTGWALLET Scam - Safety - The BTG Community Forum] (Jan 16)

[https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2017/11/22/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-3-million-in-illicit-earnings/ Bitcoin Gold Wallet Scam Nets $3 Million in Illicit Earnings - CoinDesk] (Jan 16)

[https://www.reddit.com/r/a:t5_4bkxp/ MYBTGWallet] (Jan 16)

[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2412182.40 BITCOIN GOLD SCAM SITE mybtgwallet.com] (Jan 16)

[https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-fraudsters-3-2-million-after-stealing-users-private-keys/ https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-gold-wallet-scam-nets-fraudsters-3-2-million-after-stealing-users-private-keys/] (Jan 16)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GvZRUA-UL8 MILLION DOLLAR MYBTGWALLET SCAM | OVER 261 BTC STOLEN - YouTube] (Jan 16)

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			== Technical Details ==
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	== References ==		== References ==
	<references><ref name="elliptic-2535">[https://www.elliptic.co/blog/bitcoin-fraud-cases-you-should-know-about 5 Bitcoin Fraud Cases You Should Know About] (Aug 15, 2021)</ref>		<references><ref name="elliptic-2535">[https://www.elliptic.co/blog/bitcoin-fraud-cases-you-should-know-about 5 Bitcoin Fraud Cases You Should Know About] (Accessed Aug 15, 2021)</ref>

	<ref name="vocal-5675">[https://vocal.media/theChain/cryptocurrencies-that-were-proven-to-be-scams Cryptocurrencies That Were Proven to Be Scams \| The Chain] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>		<ref name="vocal-5675">[https://vocal.media/theChain/cryptocurrencies-that-were-proven-to-be-scams Cryptocurrencies That Were Proven to Be Scams \| The Chain] (Accessed Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	<ref name="bitcoingold-5679">[https://bitcoingold.org/ Bitcoin Gold \| Make Bitcoin decentralized again] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>		<ref name="bitcoingold-5679">[https://bitcoingold.org/ Bitcoin Gold \| Make Bitcoin decentralized again] (Accessed Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	<ref name="cryptimi-2537">[https://www.cryptimi.com/guides/spot-a-bitcoin-scam A How-To Guide To Spotting A Bitcoin Scam - Cryptimi] (Aug 15, 2021)</ref>		<ref name="cryptimi-2537">[https://www.cryptimi.com/guides/spot-a-bitcoin-scam A How-To Guide To Spotting A Bitcoin Scam - Cryptimi] (Accessed Aug 15, 2021)</ref>

	<ref name="neutrino-5680">[https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>		<ref name="neutrino-5680">[https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf https://www.neutrino.nu/docs/MyBTGWallet.pdf] (Accessed Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	<ref name="tradersparadise-5681">[https://traders-paradise.com/magazine/wall-of-shame/mybtgwallet-com-review/ Mybtgwallet.com - Wall of Shame - Traders-Paradise] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>		<ref name="tradersparadise-5681">[https://traders-paradise.com/magazine/wall-of-shame/mybtgwallet-com-review/ Mybtgwallet.com - Wall of Shame - Traders-Paradise] (Accessed Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

	<ref name="bitcoingoldforum-5682">[https://forum.bitcoingold.org/t/mybtgwallet-scam/149 MYBTGWALLET Scam - Safety - The BTG Community Forum] (Jan 16, 2022)</ref>		<ref name="bitcoingoldforum-5682">[https://forum.bitcoingold.org/t/mybtgwallet-scam/149 MYBTGWALLET Scam - Safety - The BTG Community Forum] (Accessed Jan 16, 2022)</ref>

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