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Title: Possible fraud?
Post by: OhShei8e on September 17, 2017, 11:18:13 AM
I received this as an unsigned email:

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Dear user,
It has been a while since we raised 50,000 and lately announced the new Beta forum software (Epochtalk) here: beta.bitcointalk.org

I'm happily announcing that the software has been tested by our dev team and forum members and it is finally ready.

Premium Plans
We are offering a subscription to get a premium plan. The offer is valid Only for a *limited time* of three days, from today. After this date you will pay at the renewal price. There are three kinds of plans:
- *Bronze* (0.4 btc) - 1-year plan. Renewal at 0.7 btc/year. You get:
   - Up to 3 Ads-free sections
- *Silver* (0.9 btc) - 2-year plan. Renewal at 1 btc/year. You get:
   - Ads-free forum
   - Unlimited posts per minute
- *Gold* (1.5 btc) - Life-plan. No renewal needed. Beside that, you get access to:
   - Ads free forum
   - Unlimited posts per minute
   - Feature priority list. Your request take priority over others
   - Status of 'Honorary Member'

Please read *carefully* what follows.
1. To subscribe, send your quota plan to the BTC Address 1CuuQj5TqHLdBzb25uQXF2nEumrqQWSgkM
2. Send a PM to me from bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35 (or look for theymos) with your Confirmed Tx

We are going to announce the launch of the new forum software on September 18.

Best regards,
theymos

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Title: Re: Possible fraud?
Post by: hilariousandco on September 17, 2017, 11:28:55 AM
Report the pm.


Title: Re: Possible fraud?
Post by: Joel_Jantsen on September 17, 2017, 11:54:22 AM
I received this as an unsigned email:
Dayem!! This shit is on another level. This dude's clearly an opportunist!
Like hilaraiousandco said report the PM to the mods and I hope theymos issues a public warning against such fake mails.Hey you should have the email address of the sender in your mail-box right ? Please disclose the email address.

*Another reason to keep your email id's private on bitcointalk.


Title: Re: Possible fraud?
Post by: SDRebel on September 17, 2017, 02:30:48 PM
i came to post the same thing, hopefully nobody falls for it


Title: Re: Possible fraud?
Post by: Vod on September 18, 2017, 01:11:53 AM
You really should change the title of this thread to something like "Fraudulent email from Theymos about new software!" or something that reflects this issue.

A lot of people won't read this thread because of the generic title.