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Title: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: The Cryptovator on April 01, 2019, 10:26:06 AM
First time I am going to open scam accusation meta since this is serious case.


Website: www.bitcointalk.org
Archive: Here
Bitcointalk ANN thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124947.0
Archive: Here
Profile link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35
What happened: Fake team.


Where all forum member verifying their account with real selfies, one of user called admin used fake photo. Please check below. For your info I have already verified my account. Here is prove: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124947.msg50402826#msg50402826


Now check below picture how edited above image.

https://i.imgur.com/h7lOdAM.jpg

Image source: http://www.ajpeople.com/data/editor/1805/0f4f4978d815744fd38ef05224e9806e_1526875570_662.jpg


Hope DT members will take appropriate action against above fake forum as soon as possible.



Note: Seems lot of April fool topic posted on meta, these all should be moved on off topic or Archive after today.



Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: jackg on April 01, 2019, 10:41:35 AM
I do believe this user used kyc of the bottle type object and as the bottle type object was clearly visible in the images submitted it is valid.




Note: Seems lot of April fool topic posted on meta, these all should be moved on off topic or Archive after today.



Nah we have to leave them here. Last year we had to explain the system up until about a week after it was gone ;D.


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: xtraelv on April 01, 2019, 12:34:58 PM
Like with the fluid gender selection on the KYC application - Bitcointalk is an accepting forum for everyone.

I think you are discriminating against Thermos. A Thermos should be able to change his color, gender or age as they please.

He may have represented himself as Theymos but I'm sure he just made a clerical error with his name when KYC was not mandatory.


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: tvplus006 on April 01, 2019, 02:09:23 PM
In creating a fake image used a real photo of a brown shirt Howard Bondurant's (Jason Clarke) from the site https://us.propstoreauction.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/134/lot/27141/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Findividual-lots%2F%3F%26page%3D3

Archive: http://web.archive.org/save/https://us.propstoreauction.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/134/lot/27141/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Findividual-lots%2F%3F%26page%3D3

https://i.ibb.co/N6kMBnq/1.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: hacker1001101001 on April 01, 2019, 02:17:37 PM
I found real source from where theymos tried to Fake his KYC pic here. This looks like an very secrious scam accusation!

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

Source: https://www.amazon.com/Thermos-Stainless-Beverage-Bottle-Midnight/dp/B0017IHRNM


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: LoyceV on April 01, 2019, 02:31:42 PM
of user called admin used fake photo
You seem to be under the impression that theymos is the guy on the picture. You're mistaken, theymos is the bottle. The picture is real!


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: xtraelv on April 01, 2019, 09:50:50 PM
of user called admin used fake photo
You seem to be under the impression that theymos is the guy on the picture. You're mistaken, theymos is the bottle. The picture is real!

+1

https://i.imgur.com/9vgpqVn.png


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: FFrankie on April 01, 2019, 09:53:55 PM
You didnt know that theymos is a part time model on the side?


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: LTU_btc on April 01, 2019, 09:58:14 PM
OP, you forgot to upload Archived link. When you start scam accusatiin this thing in neccessary because abusers may try to hide traces.
You seem to be under the impression that theymos is the guy on the picture. You're mistaken, theymos is the bottle. The picture is real!
Did you just called theymos bottle? I think it's offence! Thermos is thermos, not a bottle :D


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: The Sceptical Chymist on April 01, 2019, 10:09:42 PM
Like with the fluid gender selection on the KYC application - Bitcointalk is an accepting forum for everyone.
My gender fluid leaked out a long time ago, and now I'm just a confused attack helicopter, which I duly notified Theymos of.

And yes, bitcointalk is an equal opportunity forum--any member is fair game for trolling and serious post dilution, and good luck trying to get anyone to discuss things of importance.  Heh heh.  But I still love it.


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: suchmoon on April 01, 2019, 10:30:47 PM
My gender fluid leaked out a long time ago, and now I'm just a confused attack helicopter, which I duly notified Theymos of.

This KYC "joke" is incredibly offensive to other types of helicopters. I'm horrified to think how the channel 5 traffic chopper must feel about all this. Or the medevac on the hospital roof.


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: tbct_mt2 on April 02, 2019, 02:38:31 AM
I was busy yesterday, so I missed such a big fun on April 1st.
I read back yesterday posts and topics, what I found is:
- Yesterday, theymos verified as a snitch.
- Today, he refunded all merits to souvenir buyers.
There is proof of his statement about refund process
Sadly, we ran out of our stock of zero items. So everyone gets a full refund:

Code:
+----------------------+-------+
| user                 | merit |
+----------------------+-------+
| 3meek                |     1 |
| abhiseshakana        |     1 |
| abhiseshakana        |     4 |
| Alex_Sr              |     1 |
| Anduck               |     1 |
| andulolika           |     1 |
| andulolika           |    20 |
| Anon11073            |    10 |
| Anon11073            |    40 |
| Apriand              |    25 |
| BayAreaCoins         |   142 |
| be.open              |     1 |
| bill gator           |     1 |
| bitbollo             |     1 |
| BitCryptex           |     1 |
| BitMaxz              |     3 |
| bL4nkcode            |     1 |
| bubbalex             |     1 |
| Carrelmae10          |     1 |
| charlie137           |     4 |
| cissrawk             |     5 |
| corather             |     1 |
| Crypto-DesignService |     1 |
| cryptovigi           |     1 |
| DarkStar_            |     1 |
| DarkStar_            |   100 |
| DarkStar_            |   200 |
| dbshck               |   200 |
| DdmrDdmr             |     2 |
| digit                |     1 |
| digit                |     1 |
| DireWolfM14          |     2 |
| DoublerHunter        |     2 |
| e1ghtSpace           |     1 |
| eckmar               |     2 |
| eddie13              |    25 |
| Eugen225             |     1 |
| Flying Hellfish      |   100 |
| Flying Hellfish      |    50 |
| FontSeli             |     1 |
| Foxpup               |   200 |
| FractalUniverse      |     2 |
| free-bit.co.in       |     1 |
| Gren                 |     1 |
| hakka                |     1 |
| hatshepsut93         |     1 |
| Hhampuz              |    19 |
| HI-TEC99             |     1 |
| iasenko              |     1 |
| icopress             |     1 |
| Isildur (official)   |     1 |
| izanagi narukami     |     1 |
| kazuki.t             |     1 |
| kingcolex            |    25 |
| klarki               |    25 |
| Lassie               |     1 |
| lottery248           |   100 |
| LoyceV               |     2 |
| lulucrypto           |     1 |
| malevolent           |   201 |
| ManagerVirta         |     1 |
| markiz73             |     1 |
| Matt9301             |     1 |
| micgoossens          |     1 |
| Mitchell             |   251 |
| mitzie               |     1 |
| mOgliE               |     1 |
| mprep                |   200 |
| Mr. Big              |    10 |
| Nestade              |     1 |
| NeuroticFish         |     1 |
| NeuroticFish         |     1 |
| nubbins7             |    10 |
| OgNasty              |    50 |
| pawanjain            |     1 |
| poordeveloper        |     3 |
| PrimeNumber7         |     1 |
| Quickseller          |     1 |
| radjie               |     2 |
| Raja_MBZ             |     1 |
| RapTarX              |     1 |
| reddish111           |     1 |
| roslinpl             |     1 |
| roycilik             |     1 |
| saharovvv            |    26 |
| SaltySpitoon         |   350 |
| sapta                |   100 |
| Scheede              |     1 |
| shasan               |     1 |
| sheenshane           |     1 |
| slashz9              |     1 |
| Smiley Cyrus         |   700 |
| Steamtyme            |     1 |
| suchmoon             |     1 |
| suchmoon             |     8 |
| teeGUMES             |     1 |
| teeGUMES             |     4 |
| teeGUMES             |     1 |
| teeGUMES             |     8 |
| TotSamiy             |     1 |
| TryNinja             |     1 |
| vapourminer          |     1 |
| VoskCoin             |     1 |
| Whitly               |    26 |
| yogg                 |     5 |
+----------------------+-------+
In conclusion, it seems that theymos is not a snitch at all.

Souvenir shop closed, but in the future, we might see collectible coin of bitcointalk forum. Admin has still kept this idea in mind, so it's a good news for bitcointalkers and collectors.
Quote
I'm probably not going to create any real bitcointalk.org merch anytime soon (except for the collectible coin idea), but if anyone else wants to sell such things, feel free.


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: jackg on April 02, 2019, 05:44:20 AM
Where was the quote about the collectible coin from? Thst seems like an interesting idea.

Also, I learnt cyrus changed his name to smiley cyrus ;D.

This KYC "joke" is incredibly offensive to other types of helicopters. I'm horrified to think how the channel 5 traffic chopper must feel about all this. Or the medevac on the hospital roof.

Not the mention the aeroplanes that will undoubtably be suffering... Who's thinking of airbus and beoing here and how they might react?


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: LoyceV on April 02, 2019, 08:23:07 AM
Where was the quote about the collectible coin from? Thst seems like an interesting idea.
See Bitcointalk.org collectible coin? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5111005.0)


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: xtraelv on April 04, 2019, 07:21:15 AM
Like with the fluid gender selection on the KYC application - Bitcointalk is an accepting forum for everyone.
My gender fluid leaked out a long time ago, and now I'm just a confused attack helicopter, which I duly notified Theymos of.

And yes, bitcointalk is an equal opportunity forum--any member is fair game for trolling and serious post dilution, and good luck trying to get anyone to discuss things of importance.  Heh heh.  But I still love it.

I was offended that my preferred pronoun and identity was not available.

Sex = yes
I am overweight but I identify as trans-slender.


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: nutildah on April 04, 2019, 07:41:57 AM
I was offended that my preferred pronoun and identity was not available.

Sex = yes
I am overweight but I identify as trans-slender.

I know I'm 3 days too late but it took me that long to find your ID on the internet. You weren't easy to dox:

https://2eu.funnyjunk.com/pictures/Sex_169279_919343.jpg


Title: Re: Fake team Bitcointalk forum.
Post by: xtraelv on April 04, 2019, 12:06:15 PM
I was offended that my preferred pronoun and identity was not available.

Sex = yes
I am overweight but I identify as trans-slender.

I know I'm 3 days too late but it took me that long to find your ID on the internet. You weren't easy to dox:

https://2eu.funnyjunk.com/pictures/Sex_169279_919343.jpg

You could have saved time and looked at my recent posts. I posted a selfie for KYC