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Title: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Xenoph0bia on July 24, 2015, 02:39:13 PM I would like to know about them to educate myself and as well as the readers of thread to be aware of various forms of scams and stay clear of them,
to start with, i heard of a guy named Pirateat40 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35827) who was a ponzi owner from Bitcoin wiki page Pirateat40 (called Pirate) , Trendon Shavers, was the operator of the largest scam in bitcoin history: he operated a ponzi scheme which initially promised a guaranteed a daily profit of 1%, and then disappeared with an unknown amount of bitcoins in August 2012. Thoughts were that the amount was about 500,000 bitcoins, valued around US $5 million at the time. These amounts were soon quashed once investigators realized a large hoard of coins found in their analysis did not belong to Pirate, but instead to a black market website with which Pirate used to mix his funds to hide the actual amounts he had held/stolen. SEC (The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission) charged Trendon Shavers with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme. If you can get different guys name and brief detail of scam, we can understand the evolution of scams in the forum and will educate people to not fall for such scams or trust them with their money. List updated by forum members: Old master list: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=576337 Self admitted third rate scammer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=383866 shamelessly confesses and takes pride of his scams in the thread. James Volpe HYIP scammer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1046791.0 The scammer James Volpe has created a large number of HYIP's that ended up scamming after enough people put money in them. (100 btc+ guesstimate) Suppa (Crazyrabbi) Loan scammer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=575743.0 A serial loan scammer takes loan from one to pay another to ultimately scam big with his reputation. Common paypal scammer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=115754 Asks people to send paypal funds first for his btc saying it can be charged back as well as fakes Bitcoin transaction with photo-shopped images etc, and evades after receiving paypal funds. Beware of these people and various scam tactics. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: DebitMe on July 24, 2015, 02:41:15 PM There is already a very large thread detailing various scams with dates and amounts and information about each. I will have to see if I can find it for you.
EDIT: Here you go... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=576337 Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Xenoph0bia on July 24, 2015, 02:43:32 PM There is already a very large thread detailing various scams with dates and amounts and information about each. I will have to see if I can find it for you. That will be great, we can update the list with new forms of scams as well, those are necessary for people to know and not fall for them. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Xenoph0bia on July 24, 2015, 02:53:02 PM EDIT: Here you go... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=576337 That's a great list, currently i see in the forum, mainly scams happening in Investor based games sub forum, where they run a ponzi and do not finish fully or fairly and run with people money as soon as they hit like 50 btc bankroll or more. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=207.0 It is a den of scammers, wonder if we could restrict them somehow. Like asking them to pay the forum 10 btc to start a thread there ;D Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: DropboxSeller on July 24, 2015, 04:05:34 PM I am.
Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Xenoph0bia on July 24, 2015, 04:55:37 PM I am. Instead of scamming others why don't you try to use that energy to do something good and earn for yourself? Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: owlcatz on July 24, 2015, 05:07:19 PM I am. Not for long scumbag. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1133109.0 Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Quickseller on July 24, 2015, 05:30:06 PM The scammer James Volpe has created a large number of HYIP's that ended up scamming after enough people put money in them. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1046791.0
I would guesstimate the amount he has stolen is somewhere around 100BTC as an upper bound although it could be more as he has continued to scam after he was doxed Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: BitcoinDistributor on July 24, 2015, 05:37:01 PM According to my trust page, I would be in the top 25 of all scammers of bitcointalk.
However, I'm not actually a scammer so its funny the way the world works sometimes. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Xenoph0bia on July 24, 2015, 05:39:02 PM The scammer James Volpe has created a large number of HYIP's that ended up scamming after enough people put money in them. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1046791.0 I would guesstimate the amount he has stolen is somewhere around 100BTC as an upper bound although it could be more as he has continued to scam after he was doxed These people feed on greed of others, this is sad, people should be more aware and not invest in these ponzi sites. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: subSTRATA on July 24, 2015, 05:41:19 PM I would think supa (crazyrabbi) is one of the bigger ones: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=575743.0
he has managed to scam over a hundred btc, not just on this forum either. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Xenoph0bia on July 24, 2015, 05:49:09 PM I would think supa (crazyrabbi) is one of the bigger ones: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=575743.0 he has managed to scam over a hundred btc, not just on this forum either. Thanks for the link, first time i am seeing a scammer like him , a serial loan scammer takes loan from one to pay another to ultimately scam big with his reputation, people should stay clear of these scammers, always trust your money with someone whom you know personally and met rather than some stranger in internet. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Justin00 on July 24, 2015, 07:19:45 PM maybe try not trusting your money with anyone?
for e.g why lend say 1btc for 1.10 in return ? cbf checking but I think BTC is around $270US... So you risk $270 to make 27............ ofcourse if its a friend or someone you know and they need help thats a diff story.. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: gotchaplacebo on July 24, 2015, 08:18:23 PM Dutch fuck placebo of course, that cunt released 100's of coins ICO's , crowdfunds, premines you name it he did it , and still does it he so stupid he comes in and calls his own coins scams to avoid detection lol told you, your time is up, more to come ...
Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: ajrah on July 26, 2015, 12:16:33 PM I think this guy should be added to the list
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=115754 I am sure he was multi accounter and keep creating new account and scamming people on this forum till today. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: Xenoph0bia on July 26, 2015, 07:51:07 PM I think this guy should be added to the list https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=115754 I am sure he was multi accounter and keep creating new account and scamming people on this forum till today. Added the common paypal scammer. Title: Re: Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk? Post by: jc01480 on July 26, 2015, 08:05:23 PM Scott Davie has all these beat. Real scumbag.
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