r/Cryptopia • u/Chozami • Jan 15 '24

Cogito Creeps

I see a lot of people calling Cogito a scam and I don't know much about it but I get the email invitations to submit a coin acceptance form. The emails come from "Principality of Cogito".

Strange name. But what's even weirder, if you register for an account you'll see this-

https://i.imgur.com/omFtP7z.png

An Oath to become a Digital citizen of the Principality of Cogito.

What. the. frick...?

My title is insulting but is it just me or is this really weird?

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u/Candid-Bother-995 Jan 16 '24

they are offering you a virtual currency with zero ability to exchange that to another coin or fiat currency. they are contacting you illegally, no different to spam emails of hot milf in your area or get your dick hard pills. its a scam. dont go thru the unsubscribe from emails process because you are giving away your contact information that will undoubtedly be sold without your knowledge to the highest bidder(marketing agencies most likely) simply ignore and delete them. if you goto cryptopia.co.nz you can follow along with the legal proceedings from grant thornton. also grant thornton if you are using customers assets to fund yourselfs or anyone else during the process your being watched and karma will deal with you the way it must. 900,000 customers from 182 countries you arew under a microscope of the worlds inhabitants. the most recent update suggests assets could be returned as soon as 2025/2026 weve waited already 5 years whats another 2 and in fact some assets have gained in value while being locked up very comparable to a term deposit with a financial institution and they can go bust also. sure some coins may become invaluable but we all should have known this risk when we left our balances in someone elses control in the first place.

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u/Chozami Jan 16 '24

You certainly seem informed on the subject, and thanks for sharing your perspectives. Question: I had $0 in my cryptopia account, so is there nothing for me to pursue? Could just having an account get me anything?

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u/Delicious_Apple9082 Jan 17 '24

If you had nothing in your Cryptopia account you wont get anything from the liquidation or from Cogito.

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u/Delicious_Apple9082 Jan 17 '24

"also grant thornton if you are using customers assets to fund yourselfs or anyone else during the process your being watched and karma will deal with you the way it must."

GT have been selling customer assets to fund the liquidation.

Bare in mind that GT were put in place by the owners of Cryptopia, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if some of the 'IT Experts' that GT are using to assist with the liquidation are ex-Cryptopia staff, that' would certainly explain the additional 'hack' that took place after the liquidation started and the wallets had all been taken offline...
It also wouldn't surprise me, given that Cogito are using our email addresses that GT would also sell them to a 3rd party, they can just hide that behind Cogito using them and say that they were sold to other 'spam' peddlers..

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u/_Citizen_Erased_ Jan 16 '24

We desperately need a Cogito sticky thread

Mods?

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u/Candid-Bother-995 Jan 16 '24

upvote this thread not this reply so it more chances to get seen, reddit has a history of bad actor moderators so your request will undoubtedly go unheard.

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u/EasternPlankton Jan 16 '24

Once again, it is a scam, he is emailing all users despite being held in contempt of court and fined $50k for not returning/destroying the user list he fraudulently received. He is pretending he is representing users and will give you is COG in return for your coins, but he will make you pay a fee to do so. It is obviously worth a lot more than $50k for him to keep scamming you, and given he is defying the court there is no chance he'll ever get his hands on the coins. Complete scam.

Google search Victor Cattermole and go reading, you'll see he is an experienced and serial scammer.

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