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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: morvillz7z on June 12, 2019, 10:21:43 AM



Title: SmartContractFactory - huge red flags 'pun intended'
Post by: morvillz7z on June 12, 2019, 10:21:43 AM
What happened: Fake CEO and team members, they have also created fake LinkedIn profiles with of course the help of stock images.

Reference Link: https://smartcontractfactory.io/

Announced by: SmartContractFactory (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2559794)

ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5153440.0

Flag link to SmartContractFactory:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=46

https://i.ibb.co/p2bvH81/team.jpg (https://i.ibb.co/p2bvH81/team.jpg)


Fake members: Diptak Shrivastava, Roger Jonasson, Ante Blom, Carolin Nordin
Real: stock images are taken from pixabay, unsplash and pexels

https://www.pexels.com/@bit2badmash
https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-black-and-gold-lion-head-printed-crew-neck-t-shirt-903597/
https://pixabay.com/photos/smile-profile-face-male-portrait-1726471/
https://unsplash.com/photos/ucTq2B8Q1jA

Fake LinkedIn accounts:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/diptak-shrivastava-262b93188/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-jonasson-b05a32185/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ante-blom-5abb92188/

https://imgur.com/a/BJgZ5rO

Archive of the website:https://web.archive.org/web/20190612100802/https://smartcontractfactory.io/token/
Archive of the ANN:http://archive.fo/O8Fe4


Title: Re: SmartContractFactory - huge red flags 'pun intended'
Post by: SmartContractFactory on June 13, 2019, 10:27:13 AM
Thank you for pointing out this weak part of our project.

To be frankly we having had some negotiations inside team about this, and due to security reasons decided to not use own names and photos first.
But understand that it is false decision and already removed all fake stuff.

We corrected team profile, made it is more open than before. But still without real photos and social profiles.
In our country we had kindnapping cases of people related with cryptocurrency. And team security is the best point at this moment.


Title: Re: SmartContractFactory - huge red flags 'pun intended'
Post by: ICOEthics on June 13, 2019, 12:07:48 PM
...In our country we had kindnapping cases of people related with cryptocurrency. And team security is the best point at this moment.

And in our country we had many people scammed by projects using fake images of the team, like yours. So, there is no reason to trust your project anymore.
If you wanted to be anonymous you should had done for the day 1 - but instead you decided to mislead possible investors with your fake team members.
You trap didnt work, you got caught and now you are trying to "fix" it by replacing with those cartoons, but the damage is done.

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


Title: Re: SmartContractFactory - huge red flags 'pun intended'
Post by: SmartContractFactory on June 13, 2019, 01:26:31 PM
For your understanding, 95% of crypto projects are scam. Doesn't matter show they their profiles or not.

Only one thing has matter - is what team do.

No one see Satoshi Nakamoto, but every one use his ivention!

Therefore smart people only analize what the company do!

Bye!


Title: Re: SmartContractFactory - huge red flags 'pun intended'
Post by: marlboroza on June 16, 2019, 03:25:32 PM
No one see Satoshi Nakamoto, but every one use his ivention!
If I saved 1$ every time I have heard this excuse I would have a new car by now.
To be frankly we having had some negotiations inside team about this, and due to security reasons decided to not use own names and photos first.
Why did you choose to use photos of random persons from internet instead going anonymous then?


Title: Re: SmartContractFactory - huge red flags 'pun intended'
Post by: The Sceptical Chymist on June 16, 2019, 03:31:29 PM
For your understanding, 95% of crypto projects are scam. Doesn't matter show they their profiles or not.

Only one thing has matter - is what team do.

No one see Satoshi Nakamoto, but every one use his ivention!

Therefore smart people only analize what the company do!

Bye!
This has got to be the least comforting or reassuring statement I've ever read by someone connected with an ICO.  If you're so scared of kidnapping or some other kind of shit happening against you such that you can't identify who's involved in the project, don't start one.  Certainly don't expect people to give you money.  And then don't expect scam accusations not to start against you.  

Have you not seen what happens when the major players involved in these things turn out to be ghosts?  The Scam Accusation section is absolutely full of the same sort of nonsense.  Bitcoin works because it works.  It has nothing to do with the anonymity of Satoshi Nakamoto.  Your project, on the other hand....stinks of scam.

If I saved 1$ every time I have heard this excuse I would have a new car by now.
Word.  Maybe even $0.50 per excuse.  I've owned cars cheaper than bicycles.


Title: Re: SmartContractFactory - huge red flags 'pun intended'
Post by: SmartContractFactory on June 19, 2019, 08:11:38 AM
We understand you guys. We also loose a lot of money on crypto projects.

But now only images. Sorry!