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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: Hellmouth42 on September 19, 2018, 08:23:17 PM



Title: [SCAM]- AIRCRAFT ICO - Fake profil, identity theft
Post by: Hellmouth42 on September 19, 2018, 08:23:17 PM
AIRCRAFT ICO: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4935341.0
(archive:http://archive.is/cHRtb)
Bounty Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4935352
WP:https://aircraft.travel/images/Aircraft_WhitePaper_v1.pdf
Website: https://aircraft.travel/#team-section-link
(archive:http://archive.is/Gc6QX)

What Happens: use fake profil, unable to give simple guarantees / information about team members

Solicited interlocutors: Amanda Stoun (PR-Spécialist) ; Alfred Morales "Front-end
Developer", leader of the US team

Initial research


A few weeks ago, while checking the fundamentals of Aircraft's ICO project, I was surprised by the "American Direction Development Team"
(you know what I mean, professional pictures of handsome and brighter people make me jealous and suspicious  ;D)

and above all, 2 weeks ago, the photos were not linked to anything (no Linkedin account, twitter, etc...)

https://i.imgur.com/REZ8yU1.png

Discussions that are not frankly informative

I talked by Telegram (for a period of about ten days) with "Alfred" and "Amanda", I don't post all the exchanges here to summarize, I didn't have the slightest tangible element.

The progression has been quite classic: first of all unverifiable banalities, no satisfactory answer to the questions (where are the linkedin, the social networks of the US team - all thirty years old, is it possible to have the address of the "offices in Bern, Switzerland", mentioned in the WP, that kind of thing...).

Then "surprising" statements such as "As far as i know no member of Aircraft team has experience in ICOs, so there can be possibility of mistakes" or "You're the first person I spoke with about the Aircraft company. I can add a link to this telegram if someone will need to stay in touch with me"...

And finally, mistrust and a change of tone (what is my identity, etc...)


The return of the Linkedin's revenge


This morning, surprise! 3 members of the team appears with their Linkedin profile


https://i.imgur.com/Ry3QY14.png
https://i.imgur.com/yTVdZgj.png
https://i.imgur.com/ddMNN0z.png


https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonas-s-299869170/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgio-f-651a13170/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-h-598812170/

By the way, 2 comments: family names are made up of a single letter (making it more difficult to detect identity theft)
AND in the Linkedin profiles url, we find in all 3 cases, the same final numbers (170 in this case) I don't know what to think about it yet, but I think it's an interesting information to detect profiles created at the same time...)

Let's take a look at Jonas Steur "Developer"
https://i.imgur.com/7pOTQl6.png


In fact, this is the real Jonas: Jonas Skorpil, a German model and photographer:


https://i.imgur.com/JkXES8A.png

https://i.imgur.com/fot1hIC.png
Jonas Skorpil Intagram: https://www.instagram.com/zrodyr/
other account: http://www.pictame.com/user/jonasskorpil/2922097409/1395152725981183621_2922097409


I stop there, I have a feeling that some distinguished members of the forum, better than me at detecting photo theft, would be able to demonstrate that Jonas is not the only victim of identity theft in this case...

Something tells me that Amanda, the "PR-Specialist" with whom I've talked a lot may not look like this in real life....

https://i.imgur.com/uHYL2Gb.png




Title: Re: [SCAM]- AIRCRAFT ICO - Fake profil, unable to give basic information
Post by: Hellmouth42 on September 20, 2018, 03:32:10 PM
Some problems in the European team too....

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


In fact, this is the real "Stella Cooper", LENA OLLESCH
account manager
http://www.destination-office.com/people/lena

https://i.imgur.com/S935Qv9.png

https://i.imgur.com/NGuslK8.png




Title: Re: [SCAM]- AIRCRAFT ICO - Fake profil, identity theft
Post by: SFR10 on September 20, 2018, 05:59:18 PM
I stop there, I have a feeling that some distinguished members of the forum, better than me at detecting photo theft, would be able to demonstrate that Jonas is not the only victim of identity theft in this case...

Something tells me that Amanda, the "PR-Specialist" with whom I've talked a lot may not look like this in real life....

https://i.imgur.com/uHYL2Gb.png
Just to add to your findings, you're right (Amanda is also a fake team member):

Amanda Stoun = Ekaterina Shashimova (Shelygina) (https://vk.com/shashimova78) [real]
- Original image (https://vk.com/photo23392342_456244348?all=1) + other photos with that outfit (1 (https://vk.com/photo23392342_456244445?all=1), 2 (https://vk.com/photo23392342_456244822?all=1) and 3 (https://vk.com/photo23392342_456244871?all=1)).


Title: Re: [SCAM]- AIRCRAFT ICO - Fake profil, identity theft
Post by: Hellmouth42 on September 20, 2018, 06:10:09 PM
I stop there, I have a feeling that some distinguished members of the forum, better than me at detecting photo theft, would be able to demonstrate that Jonas is not the only victim of identity theft in this case...

Something tells me that Amanda, the "PR-Specialist" with whom I've talked a lot may not look like this in real life....

https://i.imgur.com/uHYL2Gb.png
Just to add to your findings, you're right (Amanda is also a fake team member):

Amanda Stoun = Ekaterina Shashimova (Shelygina) (https://vk.com/shashimova78) [real]
- Original image (https://vk.com/photo23392342_456244348?all=1) + other photos with that outfit (1 (https://vk.com/photo23392342_456244445?all=1), 2 (https://vk.com/photo23392342_456244822?all=1) and 3 (https://vk.com/photo23392342_456244871?all=1)).


Well done!

That's too bad, she seemed friendly and innocent, Amanda.

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


Title: Re: [SCAM]- AIRCRAFT ICO - Fake profil, identity theft
Post by: ICOEthics on September 24, 2018, 10:37:33 PM
Looks like the whole team is fake, they stole the identity of a lot of people.

http://icoethics.com/imgs/other/21a.JPG
http://icoethics.com/imgs/other/21b.JPG

FAKE NAME AND PROFILE: Stephen Cook – CEO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-cook-792059167/

REAL PERSON AND PROFILE:   Benjamin Bedrava
https://arapackelaw.com/learn-more/the-team/benjamin-bedrava/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bedrava/


http://icoethics.com/imgs/other/21c.JPG

FAKE NAME: Hiroshi Watanabe
REAL NAME: Kazuhide Okuma - Member House of Representatives
https://www.jimin.jp/english/profile/members/129352.html