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Title: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: DarkStar_ on June 28, 2017, 03:38:30 PM I got this PM from user luxgladius (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=25058) advertising the launch of Qtum, even though I never talked about Qtum, almost never use the altcoin sections, or participated in any of their campaigns. luxgladius (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=25058) is an account created back in 2011, and has not made a post since then. One of the accounts I am holding as collateral also got the exact same PM from Skunkworks (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=19687).
Now I'm wondering if anyone else got a PM. I'm guessing a lot of people did from many different accounts, but would like to know for sure. !!! WARNING: This user is a newbie. If you are expecting a message from a more veteran member, then this is an imposter !!! The Qtum Test Network is being released shortly! We would like to formally invite you to our event to celebrate this big milestone for our Blockchain project! The testnet is scheduled to go live on June 28th. If you are in Shanghai, we hope to see you at our Launch Meetup. If you're a developer, you can get started creating applications on top of Qtum and prepare to launch them once we release Qtum's mainnet in September. Please see our Technical Whitepaper - https://qtum.org/en/white-papers Also we would like to inform you that few days ago Qtum cost reached 20$ and this is only the beginning. Qtum (Pre-Launch) is trading on 4 markets - https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/qtum/#markets More great news: The Qtum project sponsors the http://blockchainhack.ru/ Join Qtum in Moscow for our first Hackathon! July 1st with $100,000.00 in tokens. Join The Discussion We launched the Qtum forum where we will publish official Qtum updates and engage with the community. The Dev Team will be taking part, so, you can ask questions about how you can get started developing on Qtum once the testnet is live - https://forum.qtum.org/ You can also discuss on our official #Slack - https://qtumslack.herokuapp.com/ or on bitcointalk forum - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1720632.0 Social media: https://www.facebook.com/QtumOfficial https://twitter.com/QtumOfficial https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa4iVp5iMC8gijxBvzZI3UA IF YOU ARE A TALENTED DEVELOPER, SEND YOUR RESUME TO OUR EMAIL: QTUM@QTUM.ORG This is against the unofficial forum rules. Quote 29. Sending unsolicited PMs, including but not limited to advertising and flood, is not allowed. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Muhammed Zakir on June 28, 2017, 04:10:20 PM Yes. From asd4 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=14162.
P.S. It seems they have bought old newbie accounts in bulk? Was there any (bulk) sale recently? Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: dillpicklechips on June 28, 2017, 04:14:10 PM Same as you but in a different user named klapeck (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=26808) and contains the exact and the same word that was pmed to you. I am wondering why the hell did they send me this since I do not wander in the Altcoin section much. The account klapeck (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=26808) is also created way back 2011 and is a newbie. I didn't click any link they send since I read some threads regarding phising link.
I have a group taking about Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies which they tackle more about ICOs and never heard they mentioned Qtum and it is quiet suspicious since I also check the other users who are included to the recipients and looking for our common denominator and seems there is none. BEWARE: Do not click any suspicious links. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: hilariousandco on June 28, 2017, 04:19:26 PM There have been dozens of them banned today. They're using hacked accounts mostly registered in 2011. Just report them and they get banned pretty quick.
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: theymos on June 28, 2017, 06:47:30 PM I wiped all of those spam PMs, and the senders are all banned.
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: DarkStar_ on June 28, 2017, 07:49:37 PM I wiped all of those spam PMs, and the senders are all banned. There have been dozens of them banned today. They're using hacked accounts mostly registered in 2011. Just report them and they get banned pretty quick. Any plans on banning Qtum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=886616), since it's almost definitely them/their team behind the spam? Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Pearls Before Swine on June 28, 2017, 07:53:42 PM Didn't get a PM from them, but they and their old campaign manager, BlackMambaPH, are corrupt and censoring to the core. Did that garbage project ever turn a profit for anyone other than them? Didn't think so. Hope they get banned and it'll be a better world without them. Good riddance.
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: theymos on June 28, 2017, 08:13:17 PM Any plans on banning Qtum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=886616), since it's almost definitely them/their team behind the spam? Without strong evidence, I can't ban the subject of spam because then you could get anyone banned by spamming "for" them. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: ImHash on June 28, 2017, 08:23:42 PM This forum should be renamed to altcointalk.org seriously all I see every day are just silly and stupid altcoin topics. I ignored their PM after I read QTUM.
I think we just need a coin for pregnancy, because that's what we are pregnant of these fu*kers :D Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: BitHodler on June 28, 2017, 08:26:41 PM Any plans on banning Qtum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=886616), since it's almost definitely them/their team behind the spam? Without strong evidence, I can't ban the subject of spam because then you could get anyone banned by spamming "for" them. Isn't it an idea to optionally allow people to block PMs coming from newbies? It cost zero effort to create an account and to start spamming, while reaching jr member status at least requires some sort of effort. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: hilariousandco on June 28, 2017, 08:30:52 PM Any plans on banning Qtum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=886616), since it's almost definitely them/their team behind the spam? Without strong evidence, I can't ban the subject of spam because then you could get anyone banned by spamming "for" them. I've suggested this before especially when people can and do just create new accounts to spam pm you once you block an account. In this case though not all of them were newbie accounts as they were using older hacked ones. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: bitkilo on June 28, 2017, 10:34:29 PM I think i may have also got one of these spam PM's but I'm guessing the member was banned and all his sent PM's deleted. Now i have an inbox marked with 1 unread PM but no message to clear, anyone know how i can clear this error?
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Qtum on June 28, 2017, 11:26:12 PM These messages were not sent or endorsed by anyone on the Qtum team. We can't tell if it's an individual or group that's trying to harm the project, or increase the price for their own benefit.
The timing of these messages is suspicious, we were doing a big event on the same day, and our site was DDoS'd. If anyone has evidence of the people behind this, please send it directly to the forum's administrators. We had incidents in the past where our signature campaign was causing spam, and that was one of the reasons we ended it early. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: electronicash on June 29, 2017, 07:14:53 AM These messages were not sent or endorsed by anyone on the Qtum team. We can't tell if it's an individual or group that's trying to harm the project, or increase the price for their own benefit. The timing of these messages is suspicious, we were doing a big event on the same day, and our site was DDoS'd. If anyone has evidence of the people behind this, please send it directly to the forum's administrators. We had incidents in the past where our signature campaign was causing spam, and that was one of the reasons we ended it early. ask yourselves. your team didn't hire bounty whores to somehow distribute your tokens. you bought your tokens yourselves and hire an army of spammers for its awareness. its all classic. ;D you harmed your project yourselves by making it a scam. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: xLays on June 29, 2017, 09:23:18 AM I also received that PM.
I think someone is destroying qtum project reputation here in BTT.. EDIT: I can't find now in my inbox. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Muhammed Zakir on June 29, 2017, 09:52:28 AM I also received that PM. I think someone is destroying qtum project reputation here in BTT.. EDIT: I can't find now in my inbox. theymos deleted them. I wiped all of those spam PMs, and the senders are all banned. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: erikalui on June 29, 2017, 03:08:43 PM Yes, and I reported the PMs too. The user is sending these messages on all slack channels too and I did not click on any of those links as they can be malware/phishing links. Are those hacked accounts? They haven't been posting since 2011-12.
Edit: Got 2 more today Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: spandreev on June 29, 2017, 08:06:27 PM I also received that PM. I think someone is destroying qtum project reputation here in BTT.. EDIT: I can't find now in my inbox. theymos deleted them. I wiped all of those spam PMs, and the senders are all banned. I received PM from https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=82923 Date of the message Today at 07:27:43 PM Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: earlz on June 29, 2017, 11:00:08 PM Please report these PMs and any future PMs of this nature. Whoever is doing this spamming was not asked on our behalf and it makes people annoyed with us. Whoever is spamming with all these PMs should be banned
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: passivebesiege on June 30, 2017, 05:27:30 AM Almost all active member here receive that message i also receive this message.
Any plans on banning Qtum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=886616), since it's almost definitely them/their team behind the spam? Without strong evidence, I can't ban the subject of spam because then you could get anyone banned by spamming "for" them. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Roboabhishek on June 30, 2017, 07:51:11 AM It happened in past with me a guy was sending PM to me on a mass amount daily and once I replied he sent me a link likely scam intent.
I suggest everyone be precautious when you get these P'Messages. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: xLays on June 30, 2017, 08:55:47 AM I received another pm from a newbie. And reported it immediately. Don't click the links. Probably a malware to hack your accounts and destroying the reputation of Qtum Project.
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: kalisto on June 30, 2017, 12:39:39 PM also got this pm but apparently the mods banned the user as the message got removed from my inbox, good job.
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Qtum on June 30, 2017, 04:09:36 PM Please report them the moment they arrive. If you see messages like this coming from a "Qtum-Patrick" or "Qtum-Patirck" on Slack channels you frequent, report those also.
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: DomainMagnate on June 30, 2017, 09:32:17 PM I also got the pm with following subject
The Qtum Test Network Has Been Released! Qtum is doing itself harm by sending spam messages Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Qtum on June 30, 2017, 09:36:02 PM I also got the pm with following subject The Qtum Test Network Has Been Released! Qtum is doing itself harm by sending spam messages We are not sending the messages, and no one is doing it on our behalf. We don't know why this is happening, it could be an attack on our project, or it could be an individual or a group that is trying to lower the price of our tokens to get more. It's a bit suspicious that our site was ddos'd the same day these spam messages started, and multiple Slack channels were being spammed by Qtum-Patirck, which was obviously fake. Back in January/February we had this same type of behavior on our Slack channel from someone spamming almost identical messages about another project. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: kalisto on July 01, 2017, 11:24:10 AM seems another user is sending the same spam again, just received a new message a few hours ago
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=74535 Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Qtum on July 01, 2017, 08:37:31 PM There is also an ongoing DDoS on our website, which started a few hours after the first spam messages appeared:
Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: DrMsEr on July 02, 2017, 05:51:04 AM What a height of spam messages...
Qtum Test Network Launch in Shanghai: The Qtum team hosted a launch event in Shanghai two days ago to celebrate the Test Network release. So far the network is running well, and tokens are available for anyone interested. The source code is available on our github: https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/releases/tag/testnet-sparknet Instructions on how to compile from source are listed in the Git. Please see the documentation provided: Code:
More information on how to use smart contracts with qtum may be found in our official thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1720632.msg19812821#msg19812821 We also launch a block explorer - https://qtum.info Please feel free to look over the code, and submit any feedback you may have. If you would like some Test Network tokens, so they are now available on our Faucet: http://qtum.me , simply add your QTUM address and hit enter! More news The Qtum team is live in Moscow at the http://blockchainhack.ru/ hackathon! Wish the participants good luck as they compete for 8500 Qtum tokens. This is live in Moscow July 1st-2nd The website will working soon. IF YOU ARE A TALENTED DEVELOPER, SEND YOUR RESUME TO OUR EMAIL: QTUM@QTUM.ORG Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Qtum on July 02, 2017, 08:39:53 AM What a height of spam messages... Qtum Test Network Launch in Shanghai: The Qtum team hosted a launch event in Shanghai two days ago to celebrate the Test Network release. So far the network is running well, and tokens are available for anyone interested. The source code is available on our github: https://github.com/qtumproject/qtum/releases/tag/testnet-sparknet Instructions on how to compile from source are listed in the Git. Please see the documentation provided: Code:
More information on how to use smart contracts with qtum may be found in our official thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1720632.msg19812821#msg19812821 We also launch a block explorer - https://qtum.info Please feel free to look over the code, and submit any feedback you may have. If you would like some Test Network tokens, so they are now available on our Faucet: http://qtum.me , simply add your QTUM address and hit enter! More news The Qtum team is live in Moscow at the http://blockchainhack.ru/ hackathon! Wish the participants good luck as they compete for 8500 Qtum tokens. This is live in Moscow July 1st-2nd The website will working soon. IF YOU ARE A TALENTED DEVELOPER, SEND YOUR RESUME TO OUR EMAIL: QTUM@QTUM.ORG Very interesting, take a look at this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=192243.1660 You can see the multiple spam accounts posting small parts of their messages. If you look at the post history of the account that sent that message. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: Bitcoinsummoner on July 02, 2017, 03:29:24 PM I thought i'm the only one who receive this messages privately i just receive 2 times pm to me and 2 different old account made 2011 and 2013..
This is another attack from the hacker who hack the old database of bitcoin and i think they are the same person who hack the database.. and now trying to encourage people to apply if you are developer they can hired you this is the same as someone who working on black market and hiring someone in services section before to work to them.. Hope that this forum will not down or not be the same as before.. Title: Re: Anyone else get a Qtum advertising PM? Post by: onnz423 on July 04, 2017, 02:46:00 PM I got one as well. It is kind of annoying, because it is spammy.
I received a PM on two accounts, on different days. I suggest anyone leave a negative feedback on the user that they received the PM from, because i think spamming users PM's is unacceptable. |
