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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: morvillz7z on May 14, 2019, 09:57:40 PM



Title: Viking Bitcoin - fake team members!
Post by: morvillz7z on May 14, 2019, 09:57:40 PM
What happened: Fake team members, stock photos used.

Reference Link: http://vikingbitcoinco.com

Announced by: ViKing Bitcoin  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2601798)

ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5143221.0

  • Fake CEO and team members, I only checked the first 4 images, they are all stock photos, I presume rest of the team and advisors are also fake.


https://i.ibb.co/G31CCkF/teamsea.jpg (https://i.ibb.co/G31CCkF/teamsea.jpg)



https://i.ibb.co/0Cdmx6c/yandex.jpg (https://i.ibb.co/0Cdmx6c/yandex.jpg) https://i.ibb.co/42w7Pvx/shutter.jpg (https://i.ibb.co/42w7Pvx/shutter.jpg)





https://i.ibb.co/kqZMHPC/shutter2.jpg (https://i.ibb.co/kqZMHPC/shutter2.jpg) https://i.ibb.co/mDBPxPd/shutter3.jpg (https://i.ibb.co/mDBPxPd/shutter3.jpg)

Image Sources:

Code:
yandex.com
https://www.shutterstock.com



Archive of the website:https://web.archive.org/web/20190514213503/http://vikingbitcoinco.com/
Archive of the ANN:http://archive.fo/U530M


Title: Re: Viking Bitcoin - fake team members!
Post by: ICOEthics on May 15, 2019, 02:06:46 PM

I thought that scammers were done with Shutterstock and template images. We found 8 scams (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5085710.msg48729241#msg48729241) last year that were using the same images and names. The design and overall looks appear to be from the same person that possibly created the other 8 scams.

this (below) is confusing/doesnt make any sense.

https://i.imgur.com/jnVXm7y.png


Title: Re: Viking Bitcoin - fake team members!
Post by: morvillz7z on May 15, 2019, 02:34:55 PM
I was wondering why Randall Jenkins' Shutterstock toothbrush photo looked so familiar. lol

this (below) is confusing/doesnt make any sense.

It is difficult to say which industry is in need of blockchain, Seafood or Hair extensions/Wigs (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5137331) haha


Whoever is behind the website and whitepaper made sure it's difficult for people to search for text/plagiarism as they've used a ton of homographs.

Picture 1 (https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F8zrfony.png&t=601&c=aV3wxfxjhTiuqQ), Picture 2 (https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFAIyKie.png&t=601&c=usUlKiQm0xcStw)