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Last week, user freeeestuffff (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2854796) created a Bitcoin giveaway: Free 1000$ worth of bitcoins give away with no conditions what soever... (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5276257.0).
I pointed him to the right board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5276257.msg55208130#msg55208130), but didn't join. Until now, he hasn't paid this giveaway (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5276257.msg55222663#msg55222663). He did make excuses though:

Today, he opened a new giveaway: Giving 0.002 btc to every newbie to get a feel of bitcoins.. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5277735.0).

This is my Reference topic for the Neutral feedback I'm going to leave user freeeestuffff (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2854796). I'm not leaving negative feedback for this, as I think people should be smart enough not to believe everything they read on the internet, but a Neutral warning seems appropriate.
If he does what he promised, I'll gladly update my rating.

The Bitcoin giveaways are definitely fake, the first thread makes more sense than the latter, it could be said he was looking for a good sportsbook to patronize in the first one, and prolly was paying users to get their attention/opinion, but the second giveaway to newbies, just 'so they can get a feel of Bitcoin' is too good to be true.

I know this user hasn't asked for anything from those joining in his giveaway, but I think the feedback is worth it, and what of newbies who could send PM's to this user asking why they haven't received the Bitcoin he promised, could they be scammed there, without the community knowing. ???

That's their own responsibility, we can't really help them. I tried: How can we protect Newbies from getting scammed? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5112400.0))
Quoting theymos from that topic:

I think he is just conducting a survey of some sort for an article or blog and what better way to get a response than "giveaways". It's the same marketing stunt that traditional companies do to get your personal details.

He doesn't even attempt to screen participants in his second topic.

Maybe he's also writing something about how gullible members are with free money hehe.

If he has not paid the previous giveaway yet, why not a negative tag here, LoyceV? Why are you considering this to be a neutral tag? He has promised to pay this, if he does not pay what he promised, he can not be trusted and thus, a negative tag would be better than a neutral I think. It would alert people to avoid hsi fake giveaway. Most of the users, more specifically most of the low ranked users do not take neutral tag as caution and need to check what's on it. As a result, in this case, I do not think neutral will be any benefit. I got your point though, people should be aware of themselves and have common sense.

I think a neutral is best for now for a while. Especially if that user hasn't filled up all of his giveaway slots. I'm sure he can be flagged in due course if he looks like he's about to scam for actual funds.

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I couldn't decide how his thread looked myself either here so I think a neutral tag was a good idea.

From what I see he got (already) banned.

I can think of 2 reasons: I don't really consider this to have victims, because expecting a Newbie to pay is quite naive. If anything, it can even be a learning experience for the applicants without them losing money. And there wasn't a strict time limit, there's always a (very small) chance he'll pay in the future.

Modlog (https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php) confirms that, and his topics are gone.

Locked!

Unlocked: user freeeestuffff (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2854796) created a new topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5278390.0).
He's also instantly banned again in modlog (https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php), which makes me wonder if something went wrong with recent Autobans.