0x9153eea75fd9e4a06de6a14e7b63b441565f1de8 scam

An other scam involving cryptocurrency was reported on 15 September 2026. Suspected fraud by crypto-funded payment card reseller cardupnow.com. I purchased a card and funded the service using USDC on Ethereum in September 2026. My funding transaction is 0x227f852e861ba9c92e1923caa3bf31da76c3ad920f94d5759c70dbf48de4d24b. The recipient was 0x9153eea75fd9e4a06de6a14e7b63b441565f1de8. This identifies the payment destination, not a verified individual owner. Loss estimate: I believe approximately USD 1,350 is lost, representing my total funding. This is my estimate, not a reconciled net loss: some legitimate card payments occurred and the platform displays a residual balance. The amount ultimately recoverable remains to be established. CardUpNow’s ledger shows seven USD 72.84 Google charges across 13–14 September and a further USD 630.20 Google charge on 15 September, all labelled Settled, leaving USD 41.86. In contrast, my Google billing records show total payments of CZK 1,700, and explicitly show a CZK 13,000 payment attempt on 15 September as declined for insufficient funds, with zero credited. The USD 630.20 entry may correspond to that failed attempt; issuer records are needed to establish the match and distinguish actual settlements from holds, reversals or false ledger entries. The repeated entries also require reconciliation. I repeatedly provided the reseller with screenshots showing these discrepancies. Support insisted the history was correct and attributed the deductions to automatic Google billing without providing a transaction-level reconciliation. Support also manually relayed card authentication codes. I suspect the reseller is deducting funds for unsuccessful or duplicated payment attempts. This is a suspected-fraud report; the precise mechanism and operator identity have not been independently established. Some genuine Google payments did occur. I am submitting this to document the website and payment destination and alert others. My contact preferences are provided privately in the form. Wallet addresses linked to this report: ethereum: 0x9153eea75fd9e4a06de6a14e7b63b441565f1de8 Do not send money or cryptocurrency to anyone connected to this report. If you have already paid, contact your bank or exchange and report the incident to your national fraud authority.