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Title: VriCoin - Fake Team/Stolen Identity Post by: Bowtiesarecool on January 30, 2019, 07:36:57 PM ICO Name: VriCoin
Website: https://www.vricoin.io ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5103984.0 Archived Site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190130185212/https://www.vricoin.io/ Archived ANN: https://web.archive.org/web/20190130185214/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5103984.0 Came across the announcement of Vricoin and went to their site for a quick evaluation only to find the site replete with grammatical and syntax error. No crime in that. However, when the content you're reading cannot make up its mind on something as elementary as "blockchain" and "block-chain", certain red flags start to flutter in the wind. Decided to check up on the team and here's where it starts to get extremely colourful starting with the CSO, James Lee. https://i.imgur.com/Vxl5iKy.png Who also happens to be onboard another badly worded and formatted blockchain project; Ian-coin (https://web.archive.org/web/20190130191037/https://ian-coin.co/) https://i.imgur.com/PXCQEZR.png Of course, English is not everybody's first language - certainly not mine too. However, a look at partners for VriCoin and IanCoin begins to show certain similarities: VirCoin Partners https://i.imgur.com/4sJvE3k.png IanCoin Partners https://i.imgur.com/tzy6RkW.png Of course, partnership is not an exclusive affair. The same with advisors - speaking of which, I decided to start digging into their advisors and turned up with the first fake profile. Meet DR, ROMAN SAMAREY https://i.imgur.com/5wV1JUq.png Problem is the good doctor is not a doctor, but poker player Oliver Blakey: https://i.imgur.com/puWQNqn.png https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverblakey/ My attention quickly went back to the rest of the team, where the features of an ANDREY VOLKOV just didn't look that Slavic at all https://i.imgur.com/fsrpAns.png Turns out the real identity belongs to Taisei Hosino, a team member of Baasid (https://cryptototem.com/baasid-bas-ico/), also on ICOBench (https://icobench.com/ico/baasid/team) https://i.imgur.com/Ny2nv6v.png At this point, both the circumstential and concrete evidence points to a carefully selected blend of stolen and real identities to try and pass as the real McCoy Title: Re: VriCoin - Fake Team/Stolen Identity Post by: TheNewAnon135246 on January 30, 2019, 08:20:30 PM Nice one, tagged their account.
Title: Re: VriCoin - Fake Team/Stolen Identity Post by: TalkStar on January 31, 2019, 03:33:46 PM Great job mate, you just not only reveal this scam project but also saved a lot of investors too. Lets try to keep our forum clean together.
Title: Re: VriCoin - Fake Team/Stolen Identity Post by: Bowtiesarecool on January 31, 2019, 07:47:35 PM Great job mate, you just not only reveal this scam project but also saved a lot of investors too. Lets try to keep our forum clean together. That's the plan mate. This forum has given so much to the community, time to give back to the forum |
