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Title: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Hydroponica on July 23, 2013, 03:42:42 PM
Good day.
If you've ever had any dealings with me, please say that I haven't scammed you, or ripped you off.

P.S.

No one cares, if I hurt your feelings.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: snaidervp on July 23, 2013, 03:44:37 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=259506.120


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: jibeqoo on July 23, 2013, 04:02:39 PM
Isn't there a place for rep threads already?


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: TheSwede75 on July 23, 2013, 04:09:58 PM
Off topic post.. off to a good start... ::)
That said, as far as I know you have never scammed anyone. You (just like me) just carry quite a big mouth, which is of course 100% ok..


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: fluffypony on July 23, 2013, 04:13:44 PM
Noone? Who on earth is noone?


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: jibeqoo on July 23, 2013, 04:17:30 PM
Noone? Who on earth is noone?

No one=nobody


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: fluffypony on July 23, 2013, 04:20:42 PM
Noone? Who on earth is noone?

No one=nobody

But that would be "no one", two words. Noone sounds like he's speaking about lunchtime in ye olde English.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: bigvern on July 24, 2013, 11:37:32 PM
Good day.
If you've ever had any dealings with me, please say that I haven't scammed you, or ripped you off.

P.S.

No one cares, if I hurt your feelings.

I'll vouch for Hydro.   I don't agree with everything he says, but he's pretty high on my trust-o-meter.

BigVern


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: colliefan1 on August 07, 2013, 03:40:27 PM
Just got loan from Hydroponica. He is good guy. TY so much.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: DogtownHero on August 07, 2013, 03:41:11 PM
Hydroponica is a filthy fucking scammer!! do not do business with this piece of shit!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D <-that means i'm joking.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Einewton on August 07, 2013, 07:28:10 PM
I'll vouch for Hydro.   I don't agree with everything he says, but he's pretty high on my trust-o-meter.

BigVern

That means a lot coming from you BigVern!


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 07, 2013, 09:07:02 PM
WARNING!  You'll want to read this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=269605.0

He tried to pull the reputation scam... get a few small rep loans (0.5 and 1) then take out 2 loan requests totaling 11btc.

He has since deleted the listings - the evidence is on the thread above.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 07, 2013, 10:08:30 PM
Now the threats have started in PM....   ::)

Quote from: Hydroponica date=1375911503
Tell you what, I actually have a course coming up, in Edmonton, in October, how about I stop by, and say hello? I don't really like some faceless, military drop out, calling my character into question. Lets see if you have the balls to call me a thief, to my face

So, about your home address...


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 07, 2013, 11:42:53 PM
Interesting find!

While he was trying to get 11btc on BTCJam for some ASIC miners, he was also trying to get 25btc on BitLendingClub for "dedicated mining Rig"

http://bitlendingclub.com/loan/browse/lid/112


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 08, 2013, 01:07:46 AM
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If you've ever had any dealings with me, please say that I haven't scammed you, or ripped you off.

Just to reiterate;

I don't give a flying fuck, if I hurt your feelings, being an ass hole, does not make me a scammer. To date, I have not scammed a single person, ever.
So, unless you have an instance, where we made a deal, and I re-nigged on my end, go fuck yourself

"To date" - LOVE IT!!    :D   Reputation scams work by taking out small "reputation" loans (example:  0.5btc, then 1btc, then 1.5btc), working your way higher and higher as you build "trust".

You don't actually scam anyone until the very end.   This is what Hydroponica is doing.  So of course he has not scammed anyone to date.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: DogtownHero on August 08, 2013, 04:53:27 AM
Now the threats have started in PM....   ::)

Quote from: Hydroponica date=1375911503
Tell you what, I actually have a course coming up, in Edmonton, in October, how about I stop by, and say hello? I don't really like some faceless, military drop out, calling my character into question. Lets see if you have the balls to call me a thief, to my face

So, about your home address...

good i hope he whoops your ass.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: CryptoBullion on August 08, 2013, 06:54:32 PM
geez guys i stopped by hydro's thread to leave some good rep and it looks like there is some ... disagreement....

Well if anyone is looking for details on hydro being trustworthy, i would say yes, hydro can be trusted if you want to trade with him.

We have made a few transactions, and hydro also trusted me with a large amount of coins to help with a certain project...

Also a good dev... one that can produce good updates for his coins.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 08, 2013, 09:31:55 PM
Nope, this person is an actual scammer.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75742.0

Just remember that a fool and his coins are soon parted.  He will pay back his reputation loans (LAST ONE WAS REPAID IN 24 HOURS! why even bother with the loan??), growing larger and larger until he scores a big loan. Don't come running to me when he decides that time he won't pay back.   :-\

I have a higher IQ and tougher skin than he does, as you can tell by my lack of personal attacks (and proper spelling/punctuation).  He is free to look up my home address and stop by while on military business if he wants to spend some time in the hospital and lose his "career" in the armed forces.  I'm not hard to find - my full name is on this forum (while he is anonymous) and I'm in the phone book.

All I am saying is, lender beware.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 08, 2013, 09:44:43 PM
I wanted to make one more post towards those of you who can see beyond greed.

Last time I busted a scammer like this was with an account named Mosper.
https://btcjam.com/users/2573

As you can see, he took out many reputation loans, each getting larger than the last.  I posted on those loans as well, but I was ignored by who saw easy coins.  Finally, he defaulted on two loans, and they remain defaulted to this day.  See a pattern??

I know you guys think he is safe because he pays back - but he is only doing it to build more trust to take out larger loans.  His last loan he paid back in 24 hours, so he obviously was using it just to build reputation.  But remember, he is also taking out loans on bitlendingclub and through PM.  When he finally jumps ship, it will be for a lot more than the single BTCJam loan.  These confidence scams can be run for weeks.

I know you think you are earning a few bitpennies the easy way, but what you are actually doing is enabling this scammer and allowing him to go for a bigger jackpot.  :(


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 08, 2013, 10:32:45 PM
That's it buddy. I've had it with your shit. I am reporting you to the mods, for harrasment and slander, and I never report anyone, for anything.

You're a liar - I've never spoken to anyone about you in my life so good luck on the mods doing anything.  I'm allowed to defend myself against scammers like you.

Since you threatened via PM to come to my house in October (while on a military mission in Edmonton) and "teach me a lesson" I will be reporting you Dwayne Westcott to the armed forces for threats.  


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 08, 2013, 10:33:31 PM
I've got nothing to hide.
My name is Dwayne Westcott. I live in Greenwood, NS. I have an ex-wife, and wife, and 4 kids. I am an Aerospace technological and Information systems tech, in the Canadian Armed Forces, and have been for the last 6 years.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 08, 2013, 10:39:32 PM
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Assistant Deputy Minister (Public Affairs)
Department of National Defence
National Defence Headquarters
Major-General George R. Pearkes Building
101 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1A 0K2

SENT TO:  E-mail Address: information@forces.gc.ca

To whom it may concern,

An Aerospace technological and Information systems Technical corporal, Dwayne Westcott, located in Greenwood, NS has been threatening me via electronic messages on a public bulletin board.

He has written he is going on a mission to Edmonton, Alberta in October, and will come visit me at my personal residence to teach me a lesson.

Please tell me where I can file an official complaint against this person.  I can provide screenshots of the threats on request.

Thank you,



Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 08, 2013, 10:59:29 PM
Are you fucking kidding me right now???

Kidding?  You've been harassing me for days via PM, calling me every name in the book.  You sent me a dozen PMs in 24 hours!  I'm not going to stop calling out scammers for any amount of BTC, so don't even offer.

Govern yourself accordingly, scammer.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: KingOfSports on August 08, 2013, 11:53:08 PM
I am not taking sides or spoken to / done business with either of you but from an outside look this truly gives one some "lulz".


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: KingOfSports on August 09, 2013, 12:54:41 AM
I am not taking sides or spoken to / done business with either of you but from an outside look this truly gives one some "lulz".

I don't find it funny at all, this guy could be potentially causing me and my family, undue hardship, in real life, because I said mean things about him, on an internet forum. That's borderline psychotic.
I understand however feeding into Vod's comments and then making threats, you crossed the line. He hounds everyone in the loan section, you let it get to you too much and then made threats. He has a right to report them if you sounded serious in them.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 09, 2013, 03:16:38 AM
I am not taking sides or spoken to / done business with either of you but from an outside look this truly gives one some "lulz".

I don't find it funny at all, this guy could be potentially causing me and my family, undue hardship, in real life, because I said mean things about him, on an internet forum. That's borderline psychotic.

Hydroponica is lying.  I will be filing a complaint against him because he threatened to cause me physical harm in real life.  He has also sent dozens of vulgar private messages calling me every name in the book.  I gave him a chance after chance to not be reported, but clearly he is going to continue his game.

So be it - he made his bed and he can sleep in it.  As soon as I get a contact name for his CO I will involve the local police and make sure they do not send him anywhere near Edmonton.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on August 09, 2013, 03:39:35 AM
I understand however feeding into Vod's comments and then making threats, you crossed the line. He hounds everyone in the loan section, you let it get to you too much and then made threats. He has a right to report them if you sounded serious in them.

I do - there are a lot of scammers in the loan section.  I believe you and I had some exchanges when you first started out as well!  But you didn't cross the line and proved yourself and now you can get loans with no problem!  :)


It is important everyone understand how this type of scam works:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75742.0

So far he has taken out reputation loans for 0.5btc, 1btc, 1.5btc and now 2btc.  He doesn't actually need these loans - his puppet account FirstHouseFinancial funds them to build confidence.  At the same time he owns two "pump and dump" coins.  He will place loan requests on multiple lending websites at the same time.  He will place loan requests through PM at the same time.  Then he will sell all his coins, as most pump and dumps do.   :-\

We've seen it before:
https://btcjam.com/users/2573  (Mosper)


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Hydroponica on August 12, 2013, 12:08:53 PM
Latest loan paid off;

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=267201.0


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: lexcat on August 15, 2013, 11:38:49 PM
Just passing through following your rep link from another site. I got a great giggle from this thread!


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: xmrk2 on October 10, 2013, 09:35:47 PM
latest loan NOT paid off:
https://btcjam.com/listings/6487 (https://btcjam.com/listings/6487)


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: murraypaul on October 10, 2013, 09:52:59 PM
Attempted to scam people into his altcoin by having conversations with himself under an alias:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=242406.msg2589322#msg2589322
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Why don't you people lay the fuck off the guy. Sure, his Coin doesn't bring a whole lot of innovation, but he's a nice guy, and a good dev. From what I've seen, this has been a fairly flawless launch. The hash rate was fairly high, for a while, and not a single post, from anyone, complaining about the client, or anything to do, with the actual launch of the coin. If it had some pool support, the coin might actually go somewhere. Not very far, mind you, its not the next BTC or LTC, by any means, but its gone much smoother than a lot of the coins, that the community has supported in the past.
He's paided out his bounties, albeit only one has been claimed, thus far. He's honored his give-aways, and has created a contest, and is giving away a shit ton more.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=242406.msg2592681#msg2592681
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Everyone is anonymous here, you fucking idiot. I can assure you, my parents did not name me Hydroponica. I know he's a good dev, by the way he's launched his code, and interacted with other people. I also know what else he has in the works, because I've been talking to him. He's too much of a nice person, to tell you to go fuck yourself, so I'll do it for him. Go fuck yourself.

And then...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=242406.msg2622484#msg2622484
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Oh, and then there's the fact, that this is indeed, actually my coin. This was a test coin, to learn the ins and outs of creating and releasing a coin. I'd rather experience failure on my clone coin, than the actual coin I'ce been developing over the last month.
All in all, it has been a learning experience. As far as launches go, I feel mine was pretty flawless. The only failure here, was the lack of interest, due to the fact, that this is a pure clone coin.



Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 11, 2013, 04:09:45 AM
I posted the following comments on his BTCJam listing.   I'm involving his employment since he used them as security on his loan.

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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=269605.msg2885509#msg2885509 You can contact the armed forces to inquire about your money at this link: http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/contact.page

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His name is Dwayne Westcott. He lives in Greenwood, NS. He has an ex-wife, and wife, and 4 kids. He is an Aerospace technological and Information systems tech, in the Canadian Armed Forces, and have been for the last 6 years. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=261206.msg2894119#msg2894119


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 11, 2013, 04:22:32 PM
He has started to delete all his posts here, esp ones where he used his career as security for a loan.

I encourage all those he owes money to, to keep complaining to the Canadian Armed Forces.  This will FORCE him to return the scammed coins, since a fraud charge will cost him his career.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Lohoris on October 11, 2013, 07:11:40 PM
He has started to delete all his posts here, esp ones where he used his career as security for a loan.

I encourage all those he owes money to, to keep complaining to the Canadian Armed Forces.  This will FORCE him to return the scammed coins, since a fraud charge will cost him his career.
Great job! : D


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 12, 2013, 01:04:27 AM
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You'll have to send to more than one email. Post any emails or addresses on his reputation thread on bitcointalk, since this is not a good discussion tool. Find a local contact for his area and contact them directly. Don't get into specifics on first contact, just mention "fraud" and "employer secured" or other similar keywords to make sure the proper department receives it. I doubt he'll want to lose his job over this, so he'll probably pay everyone back. Silence and deleting forum posts are a sign he won't do it without this pressure.

I'm not going to post any more comments over there, because BTCJam is not made for that.  I encourage anyone who participates to post any found email addresses or emails sent here. 


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 12, 2013, 01:07:46 AM
For Canadian Armed Forces honours and recognition policy inquiries as well as inquiries about Canadian Armed Forces service medals;
Call (toll Free): 1-877-741-8332 or
Email: DH&R_DDHR@forces.gc.ca  (the "&" may break the email link)



Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 12, 2013, 01:20:06 AM
User posted on general form at http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/contact.page

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I am looking for the commanding offer of "Aerospace Technological and Information Systems Technical Corporal" Dwayne Westcott, based out ot Greenwood, NS.  This person has stolen almost $900 from twenty people in our community.  He used his employment with the Canadian Armed Forces as security for the loan.  Please email me at xxxxx@xxx for proof.

This person is willing to withdraw the complaint once all debts are repaid.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 14, 2013, 04:28:03 AM
New post from Hydroponica.  

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I am super pissed, with BTC-Jam. This website is a total scam. First payment was due, a week after I activated the loan, and the late fees charged, are borderline extortion. I have created the email address HydroOwes@gmail.com. Send me a BTC address, and your BTC-Jam username, I will crosscheck it here, to get the ammount of your investment and I will get everyone paid back, starting from largest ammount, to smallest ammount, but I am done with BTC-Jam, and they will NOT be collecting any more fees from me. And ffs, if you have started contacting my employer, stop. It's been just over 30 days. It is not even legal to contact someone's employer, to collect debt, unless you have a judgement, and a signed court order to do so. No fraud has taken place. I've fallen behind on a loan. It was not obtained under false pretenses, and all the information used to obtain the loan, was mine, and 100% accurate. That is not illegal, by any stretch of the imagination. I will not be posting here anymore. Any further questions, can be directed to the above email address.

Why have you been deleting your messages here on this forum? There are backups on the Google Cache.  Not sure how long they will stay there so I have made the screenshots - I'll remove this link and point to the screenshots when needed.  Everyone remember reading these messages?

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=269605.0


If you have the coins, send them to a trusted escrow ASAP and let the escrow do the disbursements.

Right now are you are doing is sending coins to whoever emails you first.  I'm actually Tulkas - can you send the bitcoins to the link in my sig?   ;)


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Hydroponica on October 14, 2013, 11:53:47 AM
New post from Hydroponica.  

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I am super pissed, with BTC-Jam. This website is a total scam. First payment was due, a week after I activated the loan, and the late fees charged, are borderline extortion. I have created the email address HydroOwes@gmail.com. Send me a BTC address, and your BTC-Jam username, I will crosscheck it here, to get the ammount of your investment and I will get everyone paid back, starting from largest ammount, to smallest ammount, but I am done with BTC-Jam, and they will NOT be collecting any more fees from me. And ffs, if you have started contacting my employer, stop. It's been just over 30 days. It is not even legal to contact someone's employer, to collect debt, unless you have a judgement, and a signed court order to do so. No fraud has taken place. I've fallen behind on a loan. It was not obtained under false pretenses, and all the information used to obtain the loan, was mine, and 100% accurate. That is not illegal, by any stretch of the imagination. I will not be posting here anymore. Any further questions, can be directed to the above email address.

Why have you been deleting your messages here on this forum? There are backups on the Google Cache.  Not sure how long they will stay there so I have made the screenshots - I'll remove this link and point to the screenshots when needed.  Everyone remember reading these messages?

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=269605.0


If you have the coins, send them to a trusted escrow ASAP and let the escrow do the disbursements.

Right now are you are doing is sending coins to whoever emails you first.  I'm actually Tulkas - can you send the bitcoins to the link in my sig?   ;)

Well, I had assumed that if I posted it on my loan page, then the people who actual gave me the loan, would receive an email notification that there was a comment posted, and then they would email me. Thank you so much for opening it to the public, and making it more complicated then it had to be. Think maybe its time to mind your own business for a while.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 15, 2013, 12:40:37 AM
Well, I had assumed that if I posted it on my loan page, then the people who actual gave me the loan, would receive an email notification that there was a comment posted, and then they would email me. Thank you so much for opening it to the public, and making it more complicated then it had to be. Think maybe its time to mind your own business for a while.

What more complicated?  You pay off the loan via BTCJam like you agreed to when 20 people lent you coins.  You're paying 12% on your loans and you don't want to pay the measly BTCJam fee?



Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Hydroponica on October 15, 2013, 07:40:44 PM
Well, I had assumed that if I posted it on my loan page, then the people who actual gave me the loan, would receive an email notification that there was a comment posted, and then they would email me. Thank you so much for opening it to the public, and making it more complicated then it had to be. Think maybe its time to mind your own business for a while.

What more complicated?  You pay off the loan via BTCJam like you agreed to when 20 people lent you coins.  You're paying 12% on your loans and you don't want to pay the measly BTCJam fee?



Last I checked, I haven't borrowed anything from you. If those 20 people are fine with me paying them back this way, then who the fuck are you? And the 33% they are charging me per month, for late fees, is hardly what I would call measley. ::)


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 16, 2013, 04:05:13 AM
Last I checked, I haven't borrowed anything from you. If those 20 people are fine with me paying them back this way, then who the fuck are you? And the 33% they are charging me per month, for late fees, is hardly what I would call measley. ::)

You're hoping people have written you off and won't check for updates (i.e. won't contact you to get their money back).  You have no way to contact them other than BTCJam.

Paying everyone back via BTCJam would include even those who won't check for updates.  That would be the right thing to do.  This contacting everyone individually is just a bullcrap way to get out of paying what you owe.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: psychogilgamesh on October 16, 2013, 11:14:12 PM
Though I don't fully agree with Vodd (aka Vod) hunting you down, pay your debt via BTCJam or don't pay it all.

If you pay your loan outside of the system, you are still looking as possible arbitration from BTCJam. As long as you've been honest, that may cost you your job.

Also, you may get stuck paying the debt twice since BTCJam has no records of any direct transactions.

If your going to run, just man up and run already. Don't reply. Just go.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on October 30, 2013, 10:48:03 PM
Though I don't fully agree with Vodd (aka Vod) hunting you down, pay your debt via BTCJam or don't pay it all.

If you pay your loan outside of the system, you are still looking as possible arbitration from BTCJam. As long as you've been honest, that may cost you your job.

Also, you may get stuck paying the debt twice since BTCJam has no records of any direct transactions.

If your going to run, just man up and run already. Don't reply. Just go.

I think he's pulled a runner.   :-\

If you want your coins back, contact the Canadian Armed Forces.


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: druid on November 01, 2013, 01:09:05 AM
that's it? now we are all officially ignored?

http://cdn.meme.li/i/m62ua.jpg


Title: Re: Hydroponica's rep thread
Post by: Vod on November 18, 2013, 06:21:22 AM
I've received more than one PM from people asking about this debt.

Just contact the Canadian Armed Forces as per my message above.  Send more than one email - send to more than one email address.

I can't do anything further than show you the way, and apologize for all Canadians - we are not like this loser.