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Title: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: $crypto$ on April 06, 2020, 02:07:10 PM
What happened: Plagiarized Whitepaper

Website: https://www.germancoin.info/
Archive: http://archive.is/PVDbI
Profile btt: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2788879
Ann bounty: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238333.0
Archive: http://archive.is/f0as3
Archive Whitepaper: https://archive.org/download/germancoinwhitepaper/GermanCoin-Whitepaper.pdf

Whitepaper: https://github.com/dily3825002/awesome-blockchain/blob/master/%E7%99%BD%E7%9A%AE%E4%B9%A6/SWISSCOIN-Whitepaper.pdf

https://i.ibb.co/1Zbwzxc/Screenshot-1.png https://i.ibb.co/YLYnKqS/Screenshot-5.png
https://i.ibb.co/MCLfpWf/Screenshot-2.png https://i.ibb.co/3C5J5Z6/Screenshot-6.png
https://i.ibb.co/rQ67VgQ/Screenshot-3.png https://i.ibb.co/w05mgXs/Screenshot-7.png
https://i.ibb.co/BZGF74m/Screenshot-4.png https://i.ibb.co/H2GgzcD/Screenshot-8.png
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Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: sujonali1819 on April 06, 2020, 03:16:07 PM
Good catch. Can you please arrange the photos like two photos in one row? I mean 1 Germancoin whitepaper photo and beside it the Swisscoin whitepaper photos so that people can easily identify it. Just add custom photo size and keep the links alongside.

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Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: GermanCoin_GCX on April 06, 2020, 03:42:32 PM
Guys,

our whitepaper is based on this, thats right, but it is in detail different!
This approach is to be fast and efficient, and to boost the project!
So I think you cannot tell it "plagiarism"!

GermanCoin_GCX


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: $crypto$ on April 06, 2020, 04:01:05 PM
Edit: Tagged
Supports https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1542

Guys,

our whitepaper is based on this, thats right, but it is in detail different!
This approach is to be fast and efficient, and to boost the project!
So I think you cannot tell it "plagiarism"!

GermanCoin_GCX

Still you all copy all Swisscoin white paper and change the project name to GermainCoin, to be honest you don't have your own concept.
And the appearance of the website is so unpleasant to look at.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: witcher_sense on April 06, 2020, 04:06:23 PM
Guys,

our whitepaper is based on this, thats right, but it is in detail different!
This approach is to be fast and efficient, and to boost the project!
So I think you cannot tell it "plagiarism"!

GermanCoin_GCX
Indeed, copying others idea word for word is definitely fast and efficient approach to create your project. The question is why do we need your project if it has no difference from what was already built?
Your project is not "based" on swisscoin, you just copypasted swisscoin project goals, economic model, distribution model, even technology part. Literally, you stole theirs ideas and thoughts.





Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: GermanCoin_GCX on April 06, 2020, 04:09:32 PM
As said our whitepaper is based on this, thats right, but it is in detail different!
We used it as a good example for us with the approach to be fast and efficient, and to boost the project!
We are at the beginning and are continuing to improve!
The Whitepaper will be improved and also our Webside will be revised, but it takes time.
Maybe we will be finished by the end of the year with that finetuning, be patient with us in this case, THX, GCX


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: bullrun2024bro on April 06, 2020, 04:22:58 PM
Very good catch @OP. Would give you some merit, if I had some.

As said our whitepaper is based on this, thats right, but it is in detail different!
We used it as a good example for us with the approach to be fast and efficient, and to boost the project!
We are at the beginning and are continuing to improve!
The Whitepaper will be improved and also our Webside will be revised, but it takes time.
Maybe we will be finished by the end of the year with that finetuning, be patient with us in this case, THX, GCX

This is actually a pretty lame excuse. You copy & pasted most of the paper. You didn't even care to do it good - the wording is bascially the same and you just changed some numbers. No one will fall for this and no one will believe your excuses. You tried to fool us here and you failed. 

We are at the beginning and are continuing to improve!
The Whitepaper will be improved and also our Webside will be revised, but it takes time.
Maybe we will be finished by the end of the year with that finetuning, be patient with us in this case, THX, GCX

What do you mean by improving the White Paper. You should write your own paper and not improve a paper of someone else. Your paper doesn't need a "finetuning", you need to have own ideas. You basically copied another project, that's all.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: JohnBitCo on April 06, 2020, 04:25:57 PM
Guys,

our whitepaper is based on this, thats right, but it is in detail different!
This approach is to be fast and efficient, and to boost the project!
So I think you cannot tell it "plagiarism"!

GermanCoin_GCX

Really, you copied the whitepaper as you think it is waste of time and your main focus is to collect the money from the ICO of german coin.  >:(

Also the name of the coin, German coin gives the impression it is coin of germany.  :o  You cannot fool here as we already know millions of shit projects like these.
 


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: GermanCoin_GCX on April 06, 2020, 04:54:52 PM
This is nonsense!, it is of course from Germany and it is a registered brand in Germany!
Sorry for that!


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: sujonali1819 on April 06, 2020, 06:01:14 PM
Edit: Tagged
Supports https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1542
Supported.

It’s clearly showing that the white paper is copied from other project's whitepaper. It’s really a shady practice. Any legit project does not do like this. @GermanCoin_GCX you should give more care/efforts  of your project.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: ScamViruS on April 06, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
This is nonsense!, it is of course from Germany and it is a registered brand in Germany!
Sorry for that!

If you are really a registered company. So why did you copy the whitepaper from another project? Print money with ico has been closed.  ;D People are no longer fool. Do something original, excluding scam thinking.

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Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: FIFA worldcup on April 06, 2020, 06:23:55 PM
This is nonsense!, it is of course from Germany and it is a registered brand in Germany!
Sorry for that!

If you are really a registered company. So why did you copy the whitepaper from another project? Print money with ico has been closed.  ;D People are no longer fool. Do something original, excluding scam thinking.

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Maybe they thought that they will copy paste the white paper and other stuff and start a signature campaign and would easily make some money and fool people to make them believe it is a genuine coin. All I can see is they are saying is that we just started and will improve with time. They shouldn't have started the project marketing if they do not had the complete product ready yet.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: GermanCoin_GCX on April 06, 2020, 06:37:57 PM
To repeat, we are a registered brand amd our wp it is not a copy, we were just inspired from the other one, like from many others sources!
Our Whitepaper is the base of our project with the goal to accomplish it.
Regarding ICO, yes we thought about it but we never did an ICO!


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: bullrun2024bro on April 06, 2020, 06:48:03 PM
Regarding ICO, yes we thought about it but we never did an ICO!

But your website says otherwise, lol. It clearly states "Token Sales", you even accept PayPal as a payment. What lie are you trying to sell us here?

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

In addition to that it doesn't matter if you are a registered brand in Germany or not. You clearly plagiarized a white paper of a different project. I wouldn't trust you a single euro.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: JohnBitCo on April 06, 2020, 07:12:02 PM
Regarding ICO, yes we thought about it but we never did an ICO!

But your website says otherwise, lol. It clearly states "Token Sales", you even accept PayPal as a payment. What lie are you trying to sell us here?

In addition to that it doesn't matter if you are a registered brand in Germany or not. You clearly plagiarized a white paper of a different project. I wouldn't trust you a single euro.

One lie after the other. Maybe they need some experience to scam even  :D
They thought of an ICO but they have clearly written on their site to contact them via DM, if anyone wants to buy their token. Now how will they defend that ?


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: Tutankrypto on April 06, 2020, 07:32:35 PM
To repeat, we are a registered brand amd our wp it is not a copy, we were just inspired from the other one, like from many others sources!
Our Whitepaper is the base of our project with the goal to accomplish it.
Regarding ICO, yes we thought about it but we never did an ICO!

According to what you are saying, i can wake up tomorrow with few fellows, duplicate the layout and content of the New-York Times, call it the Gotham Times, print and start selling my genuine magazine.
If someone complaint about me plagiarizing the New-York Times, then i will say: be patient sir, we are hardworking on creating our own articles and brand, it's like the NY Times but ain't the same thing. We have an original concept, just buy and you will discover it later.
Wait i forgot, your whitepaper -which is the same as Swisscoin's is the base of your project. So Swisscoin is the base of your project. Just basic math.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: ScamViruS on April 06, 2020, 09:12:45 PM
This is nonsense!, it is of course from Germany and it is a registered brand in Germany!
Sorry for that!

If you are really a registered company. So why did you copy the whitepaper from another project? Print money with ico has been closed.  ;D People are no longer fool. Do something original, excluding scam thinking.

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Maybe they thought that they will copy paste the white paper and other stuff and start a signature campaign and would easily make some money and fool people to make them believe it is a genuine coin. All I can see is they are saying is that we just started and will improve with time. They shouldn't have started the project marketing if they do not had the complete product ready yet.

Yeah. This is an easy way to gain trust and print more money. But now everyone know about their intention. I've seen lot of scams like this. They start marketing right after everything is ready. But when they are caught by any member they say they are still working. This is nothing new. Those involved with Plagiarism never admit that they copied it from anyone else.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: 1miau on April 06, 2020, 10:51:46 PM
Guys,

our whitepaper is based on this, thats right, but it is in detail different!
This approach is to be fast and efficient, and to boost the project!
So I think you cannot tell it "plagiarism"!

GermanCoin_GCX
I think you should renew your whitepaper and write it yourself, not plagiarizing from other projects.

I've seen you have done BTC and ETH giveaways on your Twitter Account (https://twitter.com/schenols) and I don't think you have bad intentions but considering your plagiarized whitepaper, how serious should people take your coin if you can't write a whitepaper yourself (of the coin you are proud to present)??!!

Our Whitepaper is the base of our project with the goal to accomplish it.
Your whitepaper should be the most important part and if it's plagiarized from another project, I can't take such projects seriously. At least a Shitcoin.

Maybe I'll consider to change my negative trust to neutral if you deliever a clean, new whitepaper.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: bullrun2024bro on April 07, 2020, 11:15:39 AM
I also opened a thread in the German subsection to inform the German community about this possible scam attempt. Several members are already supporting your flag @$crypto$ (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=549786). Good work! Thumbs up!

[SCAM-WARNUNG] GermanCoin - Vorsicht Whitepaper Plagiat (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238374.0)

We found some more evidence on Telegram (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238374.msg54174914#msg54174914) and Twitter (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238374.msg54172796#msg54172796).


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: Raflesia on April 07, 2020, 01:17:31 PM
To repeat, we are a registered brand amd our wp it is not a copy, we were just inspired from the other one, like from many others sources!
Our Whitepaper is the base of our project with the goal to accomplish it.
Regarding ICO, yes we thought about it but we never did an ICO!

Luckily some managers don't accept their offer to become a bounty manager so this will be a bad repuitation for a manager if you take this step.
Copying white paper with no concept at all you completely white paper copied from Swisscoin then I think you need to think hard to build the right project do not copy.

People will not believe in your project.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: GermanCoin_GCX on April 07, 2020, 01:27:03 PM
Our last statement regarding this!

Once again, GermanCoin_GCX® is real!
The people who are claiming here badly are wrong and unpolite!
Maybe you are hero´s here but not gods!
The cryptoenthusiasts out there in the world decide and not you.

Wee keep on following our vision to create a worldclass cryptocurrency as a strong alternative to traditional ones by continuesly improving and growing!
It is normal that this takes resources and time, thats why we are also here to look for!

Best Regards

GermanCoin_GCX







Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: $crypto$ on April 07, 2020, 02:04:04 PM
Our last statement regarding this!

Once again, GermanCoin_GCX® is real!
The people who are claiming here badly are wrong and unpolite!
Maybe you are hero´s here but not gods!
The cryptoenthusiasts out there in the world decide and not you.

Wee keep on following our vision to create a worldclass cryptocurrency as a strong alternative to traditional ones by continuesly improving and growing!
It is normal that this takes resources and time, thats why we are also here to look for!

Best Regards

GermanCoin_GCX


It is true that GermanCoin_GCX is a project that copied from another project so here many say that GermanCoin_GCX is a scam project with a copy of Wihtepaper.
If you want to create a classy project then plan from the beginning before it is published in this forum or to others so that more people trust GermanCoin_GCX.

I thought you were just talking nonsense like that.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: bullrun2024bro on April 07, 2020, 02:05:41 PM
Our last statement regarding this!

Once again, GermanCoin_GCX® is real!
The people who are claiming here badly are wrong and unpolite!
Maybe you are hero´s here but not gods!
The cryptoenthusiasts out there in the world decide and not you.

Wee keep on following our vision to create a worldclass cryptocurrency as a strong alternative to traditional ones by continuesly improving and growing!
It is normal that this takes resources and time, thats why we are also here to look for!

To make things a little more clear: You are aggressively looking for investors on your Website, Twitter & Telegram. You stole the concept of SWISSCOIN and plagiarized their Whitepaper. SWISSCOIN is also a huge PONZI scheme by the way (https://news.bitcoin.com/dissecting-swisscoin-cryptocurrency-ponzi-horizon/).



This case is not only about plagiarism. You are aggressively looking for inexperienced users to dump money in your project. If that's not a scam, what is scam then?

Attached:

Hompage: "Token Sales"

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



Wallet:

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



Twitter:

https://i.imgur.com/XqL5liA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EKN1q15.jpg



Telegram:

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


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: aioc on April 07, 2020, 03:42:50 PM

Wee keep on following our vision to create a worldclass cryptocurrency as a strong alternative to traditional ones by continuesly improving and growing!
It is normal that this takes resources and time, thats why we are also here to look for!

Best Regards

GermanCoin_GCX


Checking your website, and your goal of creating a world-class Cryptocurrency I don't think you are capable of doing this, the design of your website is not even professionally made, and you are plagiarizing your whitepaper, I don't think investors should invest on this kind of project and I don't think this project is legit so people should be warned about the project.


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: Rikafip on April 08, 2020, 05:59:51 AM
New GermanCoin ANN, this time about IEO being hosted by Infinivi exchange

Flag Type 1   https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1607

Ann  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238780.0
Archive  https://web.archive.org/web/20200408055800/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238780.0
 


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: bullrun2024bro on April 08, 2020, 04:16:28 PM
New GermanCoin ANN, this time about IEO being hosted by Infinivi exchange

Flag Type 1   https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1607

Ann  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238780.0
Archive  https://web.archive.org/web/20200408055800/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238780.0

Good catch Rikafip! I am supporting the flag and shared it in the German section!  :)


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: 1miau on April 12, 2020, 10:18:57 PM
He's completely stupid and not interested to address all the accusations made in our German topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238374.0)...

Finally, he banned me from his shitcoin group:

https://i.imgur.com/HkTZraW.jpg     https://i.imgur.com/mgvu8O2.jpg     https://i.imgur.com/ikK0lLv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QtE0Yya.jpg     https://i.imgur.com/oEByhUy.jpg     https://i.imgur.com/W5HITe2.jpg

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

::)


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: GermanCoin_GCX on May 02, 2020, 01:03:31 PM
Hello all!

Here is our revised wp!

https://germancoin.info/data/documents/GermanCoin-Whitepaper.pdf

Pls have a look and comment if you want, thx!

GCX


Title: Re: Warning - GermanCoin Plagiarism Whitepaper
Post by: bullrun2024bro on May 10, 2020, 10:47:12 AM
Pls have a look and comment if you want, thx!

Yes, I indeed have some comments and remarks.

You just canceled your ICO/IEO/Listing activities until further notice. Why that? Didn't you know about the legislation in Germany? If you are running a serious blockchain project in Germany, shouldn't that be the first thing to keep an eye on?

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

Source: https://twitter.com/GermanCoin_GCX/status/1250720262397575169

And what happened to the people who already invested in your (Scam-)coin? Did you pay them back or what happened to the huge amounts of ETH that were deposited on your "Token Sales-Wallet"? And why did you removed the section "Token Sales" from your Website? Shouldn't there be some information for the people, who already invested? Don't they deserve some information how to get their ETH back, if GermanCoin is legally not allowed to do a token sale? Or were these early transactions just fake, to get inexperienced users to dump money in your (Scam-)project? Please give us some information on that.

If you want to play dumb, here are the screenshots I am referring too.