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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: tuthienloc92bk on September 13, 2018, 11:59:52 AM



Title: [SCAM ALERT] BitHFT - Fake team member.
Post by: tuthienloc92bk on September 13, 2018, 11:59:52 AM
What happened: BitHFT use the fake team member information.

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1942048
Bitcointalk username: BitHFT

Reference Link:
Website: https://bithft.io
Bounty campaign thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5004392

Proofs:

Look at their team on their website https://bithft.io

https://i.imgur.com/yviVGQr.png

Link to Rajesh (Ron) Pandit LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-pandit/

https://i.imgur.com/TOLmIWw.png

And LinkedIn of real person in this picture: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranav-khanna-1259761/

https://i.imgur.com/OkUGyDd.png

I checked "Rajesh (Ron) Pandit" company which he was a member before: SolarFlare

https://www.linkedin.com/company/solarflare-communications/

http://www.solarflare.com/

And look at their team:

https://i.imgur.com/2zyN3Mp.png
http://www.solarflare.com/corporate-overview-leadership#Management

Then I checked Pranav Khanna (Im sorry for calling his name, so I will use PK to replace his full name)

Capital One company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/capital-one/
https://www.capitalone.com/

https://i.imgur.com/3M97tW0.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_One

Then I found the information of PK:

He is a VP Product Management & Analytics of Capital One company.

His information in GrowthHackers Conference:

https://i.imgur.com/k12fa1s.png
https://growthhackers.com/conference

This is Medium blog of GrowthHackers: https://blog.growthhackers.com/

An article about Capital One team joined this conference and mention to PK:

https://i.imgur.com/Rnd71fm.png
https://i.imgur.com/Cbyd22S.png
https://blog.growthhackers.com/building-a-cross-functional-growth-team-at-capital-one-5df93d39b1ee

This is Twitter of PK: https://twitter.com/khannapranav

https://i.imgur.com/rf0h69X.png
https://i.imgur.com/lxpNbxu.png

These are pictures from 2 LinkedIn:
"Rajesh (Ron) Pandit"
https://i.imgur.com/L8To3W7.jpg

PK
https://i.imgur.com/PmRQ1ty.jpg

To make sure this is one person, flip horizontal "Rajesh (Ron) Pandit" image and check it

https://i.imgur.com/rFu5SED.png

"Rajesh (Ron) Pandit" image was edited by photoshop. Look at his glasses, you will see it just a sticker.

Additional Notes: I think that's enough to claim BitHFT is a scam ICO.


Title: Re: [SCAM ALERT] BitHFT - Fake team member.
Post by: ICOEthics on September 13, 2018, 01:13:33 PM
Good job catching this scam. Scammers are using apps to add eyeglasses/sunglasses, hats, hair, facial hair, makeup, etc, but face recognition software and a good eye still able to find them.

If you can please add that cartoon to our cartoon post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4986549.0


Title: Re: [SCAM ALERT] BitHFT - Fake team member.
Post by: tuthienloc92bk on September 13, 2018, 01:22:54 PM
Good job catching this scam. Scammers are using apps to add eyeglasses/sunglasses, hats, hair, facial hair, makeup, etc, but face recognition software and a good eye still able to find them.

If you can please add that cartoon to our cartoon post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4986549.0


Thank you. It seems that SolarFlare is not an ICO.  I will bookmark your thread and post in this if I find out others cartoon ICO  :)