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Title: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: misterbigg on November 10, 2013, 06:14:46 PM Do I understand this right...that people trusted TradeFortress with money even though he had no verifiable real-world identity?
Title: Re: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: TheButterZone on November 11, 2013, 01:11:41 AM Doesn't matter. Never trust anyone but yourself with your money.
Title: Re: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: escrow.ms on November 11, 2013, 02:32:44 AM Do I understand this right...that people trusted TradeFortress with money even though he had no verifiable real-world identity? He was on the "Default Trust" list. And He's a VIP Donator too. Ps: http://gyazo.com/1a58eeade4c309cb32f9db4d71f4d41f.png Link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-08/bitcoin-site-hacked-founder-says/5078148 Title: Re: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: Xian01 on November 11, 2013, 05:11:01 AM Do I understand this right...that people trusted TradeFortress with money even though he had no verifiable real-world identity? He was on the "Default Trust" list. Seeing TradeFortress on the "Default Trust" list a couple months back is what made me nuke mine entirely and start one from scratch based on personal business dealings with forum users. True story. Title: Re: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: gramma on November 18, 2013, 03:00:19 AM I don't doubt it. He was pretty well known to be a scammer but was protected :/ Maybe - *I* didn't know, though I do now. In addition to everything mentioned above, he was a silver member of the bitcoin foundation. That's what convinced me. I am stunned that the Foundation has remained utterly silent on the matter. Title: Re: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: Sukrim on November 18, 2013, 09:58:02 AM I bet pirateat40 would have bought a membership on there in an instant, if if existed back then. He had the equivalent though, a spotless profile on BTC-OTC with hundreds of positive ratings and feedback from well known people around here. Also people DID know and meet him personally - he still scammed them.
TradeFortress did something similar and people did (and do) still believe him for example when he accuses others of being scammers (e.g. on his page ripplescam.org) because, as we know from the bible, those without sin throw the first stone! ::) Title: Re: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: Martijnvdc on November 18, 2013, 12:46:40 PM Do I understand this right...that people trusted TradeFortress with money even though he had no verifiable real-world identity? He was on the "Default Trust" list. And He a VIP Donator too. Title: Re: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: aussie_striker on November 19, 2013, 10:30:22 AM He had the equivalent though, a spotless profile on BTC-OTC with hundreds of positive ratings and feedback from well known people around here. Also people DID know and meet him personally - he still scammed them. TradeFortress did something similar and people did (and do) still believe him for example when he accuses others of being scammers (e.g. on his page ripplescam.org) because, as we know from the bible, those without sin throw the first stone! ::) It's funny how so many people believe the rubbish that comes from people like tradefortress especially when they accuse others of being scammers with no proof whatsoever, even when evidence presented indicates otherwise. Then to hear that they have gone and scammed others. I wonder if people that believed all the rubbish will wake up and realize a lot that they were calling scams probably weren't and was just to make themself look big and important. It's much like MPOE-PR who will probably be the next big scammer on here. She/he/it has a following from the trolling against everyone trying to show anything new on here and constantly call everything a scam on here. True there are a lot of scams but you shouldn't call a program a scam from the start for no reason just to gain some self importance. With BTC price rising so much it will make others want to jump on the bandwagon and there is likely to be more like tradefortress turn up. Title: Re: Did anyone know TradeFortress personally? Post by: CrypticBits on November 19, 2013, 03:56:11 PM As far as I know the only thing known about him is his address, no? To be honest I never bothered with all the hassle with this guy as I haven't followed the story and never used his site, but I've sold and sent him something twice (through skype). Since the products werent exactly legal (grin) he never told his real name, ofcourse
Also, if he is a scammer, why doesn't he have a scammer tag? There must have been something that proved him not to be a scammer then, right? |
