Listings with Status: Scam

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Businesses

Buy products and services with Monero (XMR). These businesses allow you pay with Monero through a variety of payment processors or directly.

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Blockchain Services

• ❌ Duino-Coin - Anti-privacy centralized “Crypto” project with closed server code and a long history of banning users for using VPN and criticizing the project.

Clothing, Apparel & Accessories

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• ❌ Freedoms Fraternity - Freedom oriented clothing and apparel. (Note: Scam reported 2025-09-24)

• ❌ Kryptoez - Cryptocurrency themed socks. (Note: No response to email (2024-07-02))

Digital Goods/ Services

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• ❌ CJS CDKeys - Video game keys for Steam, Origin, Uplay, Xbox, Playstation, and other gaming platforms. (Note: Possible order issues. See: report 1 and report 2. CoinPayments invoices sometimes take longer to process. Failed to deliver order.)

• ❌ OwnSpy - Parental control app. (Note: Avoid, is a virus see report)

• ❌ Z Intelligence - An OSINT tool reseller.

Email Providers/ Forwarders

Note: Please reference Offshore for any alleged suspicious providers.

• ❌ CyberFear - No IP Logs, end to end email encryption, MITM protection (Note: see scam/ honeypot)

Gambling

• ❌ Gamegram.com - Casino with slots, live games, black jack and more. (Note: See report)

Gift & Prepaid Cards

• ❌ Bitoncard - Anonymous, Instant, 3DS secure virtual Mastercard debit cards for online shopping. Available worldwide. (Note: Cards are issued instantly without involving any third parties. You can manage your card details, settings, and transactions directly from your Bitoncard dashboard. 2025-08-25: emails bounce, customer complained of money not loading on card)

• ❌ Keys 4 Coins - Video game keys for Steam, Origin, Uplay, Xbox, Playstation, and other gaming platforms. Also gift cards to Amazon, Netflix, Uber, Apple and other merchants. (Note: 2025-08-03: Takes money but does not fulfill orders)

• ❌ Prepaidify (Note: company does not fulfill orders after payment, they are a scam and must be avoided)

• ❌ Top Up Balance - Giftcards, mobile cards and pre-paid cards. (Note: They don't fulfill orders with XMR consistently and may have to refund you.)

Luxury Goods

• ❌ Crypto Luxury Store - Luxury goods in Dudley, UK (Note: See scam report)

Phone Plans, SMS & SIM Cards

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• ❌ MoneroSMS | Tor - Send and receive SMS for monero. No KYC, minimal data collection (Note: Accepts funds, doesn't allow you to use service to "prevent abuse." Lost money three times trying this over the last year, avoid.)

• ❌ SimXL - eSIM Internet Data packages (Note: Send invoice but doesn't fulfill order)

• ❌ Textverified - Real US mobile numbers backed by physical SIMs – compatible with all platforms. (Note: scam reports)

Postage & Shipping Services

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• ❌ Bitstamps - Shipping site (Note: asks user to run malicious script to access site)

• ❌ Cryptostamps | Tor - Buy postage with popular cryptocurrencies. No JavaScript.

Precious Metals

• ❌ Bitgolder - Buy gold and silver. (Note: Not responding to customer transaction email)

Proxy Shopping

• ❌ monero.shopping - Buy anything, anywhere with Monero. An order-forwarding and fulfillment service. (Note: Not fulfilling orders)

Seeds & Spores

• ❌ SpawnMagic (Note: this company creates an invoice but does not fulfill orders, avoid!)

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Exchanges

These are places to buy and sell Monero.

KYC Exchanges (Non-United States)

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• ❌ Changelly - A global crypto exchange platform serving over 7 million users worldwide. Founded in 2015, Changelly offers safe and fast crypto-to-crypto and fiat-to-crypto exchanges of over 330,000 trading pairs. Changelly support team works 24/7 to smooth your purchase or exchange experience. (Note: see: Distrusted by the Community and this report)

• ❌ FMFW.io - Pairs: XMR/BTC (5x), XMR/USDT (10x), XMR/ETH (Note: report)

• ❌ HitBTC - Pairs: XMR/BTC (5x), XMR/ETH, XMR/USDT (10x), XMR/HIT, XMR/DAI, XMR/EURS

• ❌ KuCoin - Pairs: XMR/USDT (5x), XMR PERP/USDT (20x) (Note: This exchange requires KYC if you forget your trading password, which is also needed for withdrawals. Test it first to ensure access before depositing funds. (2024-03-26: funds may not be able to be withdrawn))

KYC Exchanges (United States)

• ❌ Freewallet - Digital currency wallets with a built-in exchange. (Note: Distrusted by the Community)

Non-KYC Exchanges

Non-KYC exchanges that offer an instant swap feature that doesn't require an account.

• ❌ BitHash - Instant exchange. (Note: See report)

• ❌ Changer-man - Instant swap

• ❌ CoreSwap | Tor - Swap 400+ currencies across 30 blockchains—Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum & more. No KYC. Powered by CORE & Coreswap to find top rates from 1000s of DEXs & pools. (Note: See reports)

• ❌ Monero Exchange Swap - Anonymous Monero Exchange – Swap XMR with BTC, ETH, USDT, and More (Note: Emails bounce, report of failed exchange on 2025-09-05 where XMR was not received or refunded)

• ❌ SnapSwap.io - Swap XMR with over 130+ crypto pairs instantly without KYC (Note: Doesn’t detect payment at all and does not send funds after required confirmations)

• ❌ Swapter - Non-KYC exchange. (Note: see report)

• ❌ Swapuz - Instant crypto exchange (Note: Instant crypto exchange known for selective scamming/exorbitant price hikes on the pretext of "tainted" coins, even if the AML score is preapproved by their own support team. Trustpilot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Peer-to-Peer Exchanges

• ❌ OpenMonero | Tor | I2P - Buy and sell Monero (XMR) online without ID verification - use PayPal, credit/debit card or bank transfer, gift cards, cash by mail, Venmo, BTC or any other method. (Note: See report 1, 2 & 3)

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Finance

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Interest/ Loans

• ❌ CoinLoan - Earn interest in Monero, get loans using Monero as collateral. (Note: 2023-04-26 withdrawls suspended)

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Merchant Services

Includes ways to accept Monero as a merchant using a payment processor.

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Integrations

• ❌ OxaPay - From 0.4% Fees, 24/7 Support, No hidden fee, No KYC/KYB (Note: Reports of stolen funds, see report)

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Non-Profits

Organizations and individuals who receive donations in Monero for their work.

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Media

• ❌ Redflix - Free streaming service provider (Note: sketchy streaming site which asks to install software)

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Wallets

These are software utilities and applications to store and send Monero.

Note: For maximum privacy, consider using your own node, open source software and wallets that do not store your viewkey on a remote server.

Web Wallets

These wallets share your private view key with a remote server, which continuously scans the blockchain looking for your transactions. They are faster to use, but your privacy can be lessened if you don't control the remote server.

Note: Generally discouraged to use for privacy and safety reasons.

• ❌ Mon3ro - Web wallet (Note: Closed source code, blocks right mouse button to prevent opening devtools)

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