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Profile links:
SamTseudo: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=374376
raveldoni: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=77121

Sam bought raveldoni, and is using it to scam. I tried to buy something from Sam, and he tried to sneak in raveldoni as escrow, and refused to deal unless I sent the money to escrow. He is clearly trying to use the bought account to scam. Beware of this guy, and never use raveldoni as escrow. I also saw Sam post countless threads about bitcointalk accounts he is trying to sell for unbelievable prices.

Proof:




Do NOT deal with this scammer!

Confirmed. This was brought to me a couple weeks ago and looks like it played out just as suspected.

He's also CryptoHeaven.

I received the following message from someone tipping me of the same as well. It was in regards to the  atleticofa hacked thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=877377.0;all) in meta. I told him to post his evidence in the thread, but it doesn't look like he ever did.

Funny, take a look at the trust of athleticofa. He thinks it's me....

Funny, a scammer reporting a scammer.

 :'( when have I ever scammed?

You are the no 1 scammer on this forum and it is a greatest disgrace of the admins and mods that they have not banned your account months ago.

You have blackmailed me and tried to extort BTC from me like you did with dozens other forum members - all of which can be confirmed.

And Totmatocage, you are basing your conclusion on a word of the worst con artist on btc talk forum? It took you 3 minutes to reply to his thread. Well done, great job.

Post evidence here Tomatocage. Let it all be public. Let's see the evidence come on.

I PM'd you once, and it was about saying you were a scammer. I have "tried" to extort just two members, which utterly failed. And I made no direct threats, just asked for BTC in a rude manner. I apologized about trying to do that.

Tomatocage's been really active behind the account buying/selling detective work, and I trust his judgement.

OP, can you screenshot the PM's you mentioned?

Ok, here is what was sent to me on the 16th (IIRC) of last month:

http://images.devs-on.net/Thumb/NWKP9dYMnKaIQPiu-Region.png (http://images.devs-on.net/Image/NWKP9dYMnKaIQPiu-Region.png)

This jibes with the sort of thing I was afraid of. Selling of accounts, while acceptable by forum rules, is often times questionable. Many people will rationalize it with the idea that "people purchase accounts to participate in sig campaigns" but yet Raveldoni's sig shows no evidence of this. Gotta go with Occam's Razor on this one, unless Raveldoni can offer a plausible explanation.

I think that anyone with zero trade history who is offering any kind of escrow services should be considered a scam (regardless of ownership history of the account). While most people are smart enough to decline to use them, there are a few newer users who may fall for it.

A couple of examples are:
Raganius (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=790471.0;all) (someone tried a similar scam on me with this one - it did not work)
Veritas Escrow Service (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=865167.0)
cryptasm (he is a hero, but only completed one trade) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=844679.0)
Cainy's BTC Escrow Service (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=839845.0)
This is by far not an all inclusive list.

This is an example what they do to you when you try to counter them with the truth:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=889074.new#new

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=888883.0

These fake libertarians that run this forum are a bunch of Lenin and Pol Pot worshipers.

How many times do you need telling that just because you failed in scamming doesn't mean you're not a scammer.


Most people do buy them soley for signature campaigns but of course occasionally they will be bought to try scam. The good thing is this community is pretty good at busting them before they get a chance to and this thread is another great example of that.

Fast forward back to September 2011:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40246.msg490436#msg490436

What do you say to this?

Fast rewind

What does this have to do with anything?

It takes one to know one.

Yep.

No it doesn't.

Still waiting on Raveldoni's side of the story. Raveldoni?

This is a concerning info. For all those unaware, Candy is a compulsive liar who tried extorting and got caught. He is now trying to buy accounts and continue deceiving the community.

Here is an example https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=883261.0
As soon as he realised he was getting caught he started deleting his posts to hide evidence.

Pistol, over 6 people have complained about you. I haven't scammed or done anything wrong, other than the extortion attempt awhile back.

If you want to open a scam accusation against me, please do so in a new thread. People are getting the misunderstanding that I am a scammer when I am not because of your silly posts. Make a new thread with evidence, and with links to threads that aren't already resolved.

Are you saying lying to the whole community, playing a drama by creating multiple accounts, pretending to be Pierre11, then abusing the original owner when he started a scam accusation thread, and manufacturing a quote from marcotheminer is you doing nothing wrong?

I refuse to argue back once again.

Please make a thread if you are going to accuse me of anything, and I will explain it once and for all there.

You have a scam accusation thread, you are ignoring it and hoping everbody forgets about your antics https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=840008.msg9774861#msg9774861

You can either explain that or in here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=883261.0

Not wasting my time replying, already been resolved. Find a "scam" that isn't already proven not to be a scam. And taking an account that is defaulted isn't a scam. I have the right to take the collateral after the user defaults.

Please do not post on my thread any longer.

Do you have the right to deceive everybody, create fake accounts and manufacture fake quotes?

I will stop if you respond in the appropriate thread. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=883261.0 or https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=840008.0

Thank you Tomatocage for offering me an opportunity to have my say.

This individual - Candystripes , goes by more nicknames than anyone is able to follow up with. He has been targeting my account since early October. Under his newbie alias "sellerguild" he left multiple negative trust to me saying that the account was sold.

Then in the few days before this Scam Accusation thread his name came up regarding the allegedly hacked "atleticofa" account. He gave me trust from this account in order to compromise me and have a better position when blackmailing me and threatening.

Then I just could not take it anymore and posted negative trust to both atleticofa and Candystripes accounts, warning people to beware of the scammer. After this all hell broke lose, he started contacting me from multiple accounts (which I only realize now in hindsight).

I am not going to lie and tell that I do not know SamTsuedo - I have done business with him on several occasions. I have never had any issues, and all our transactions were flawless. When he contacted me to do him a favour and be an escrow for 0.2 BTC , I agreed to it.

Now just think about how insane would it be for me to try to steal 0.2 BTC from the known scammer, and compromise my whole past 2 years as a respected member of the community. Yes I made a mistake, I did not check who was the party in question, and agreed to be an escrow in order to return a favor to SamTsuedo because he offered me a couple of good deals recently (involving Amazon Gift Cards).

I have never received any BTC to the address I sent to Candystripes, I have never even had a chances to scam him of the 0.2 , yet I have to defend myself here as if I am a hardcore criminal, and this hurts and this made me send angry PMs to you and other mods. I have done multiple business transactions on this forum over the last 2 years and there are many people who can vouch that I am a legit and serious person.

I have done absolutely nothing wrong except being a victim of a vicious and calculated sociopath who prays on his victims on this forums and is hiding under numerous aliases.

Raveldoni

Two points here:

I am not athleticofa or any of those Newbie's you listed. Some trusted members here know who I am and who I am not.

Second, even though you never scammed, you still tried to. That is why I have negative trust. If you try and rob a store but fail, is it still a wrong thing to do? Yes, it is. And I am not complaining, what I did was wrong. There is no arguing about that.

It took you 6 minutes to reply to my post. Are you just sitting here 24/7 and trying so desperately to portray yourself as a "victim" and me as a "bad guy" and a con artist?

Ironically it is the other way around.

You state that "even though you never scammed, you still tried to." . Can you read my mind and see the future? How did I try to scam you exactly? By accepting an offer to be an escrow for the 0.2 BTC trade that never happend? And immediately after that you unleashed an attack on me on all fronts.

What you have been doing this whole time is trying to pass the buck in order to somehow clean your dirty reputation as a notorious con artist, and in the process of doing so you have defamed and slandered me so many times that I cannot even keep the count. It is outrageous and I am still quiet honestly distressed and shocked at your ability to manipulate people , even the admins and mods.

Ok, fair enough, but I find your story a bit odd. If you can digitally sign the following address (the one you used for a number of give-away threads when you first started posting a about a year ago), I'll remove your negative Trust and ask that others do the same:

13uW8z43KHPYHPLMCpHfDCMBi29gRTfBMp

However, if you cannot sign this address for whatever reason, the rating will remain.

Why does it matter whether he is the original or bought an account? The issue was giving false trust to himself.




Its on the blockchain. Should be easy for him to prove that the transaction was made.

Did you have one transaction of 2.4 BTC? Why did SamTsuedo delete trust after the scam accusation was made? Can you show the transaction ID for the 2.4 BTC trade with SamTsuedo and 1.25 BTC trade with CryptoHeaven?

Interesting, I wonder why SamTsuedo removed his 2.4 btc positive trust rating towards raveldoni, it's annoying that you're starting to delete your stuff, since now I have to take screenshots. It appears Sam is now starting to hide the evidence linking all his accounts together, so I'm going to post all the information I have so far, although I was waiting until I had tracked them all down. I believe he has far more than the ones I'm about to mention in this post.

Anyway here is a screenshot of raveldoni's current feedback: http://gyazo.com/479c3b68bef41168514c97f1ef737ef2

Since you're stupid enough to have left these links public, I'll take the chance to explain them. Alright, so far we have SamTsuedo, raveldoni, and atleticofa. So who are these other positive feedbacks?

First thing you will notice is that massive 4.5 btc trust rating left by Turnkey, a response to this "sale" (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=884060.msg9758978#msg9758978) made by raveldoni, one which never actually happened. Very few accounts fit those numbers, and it would never have sold for so much so quickly. Thread is still useful, though as raveldoni uses the opportunity to bump the thread with his new hacked account: http://gyazo.com/9fb6c3c89d5443cd1959b80fa7143595

Anyway, lets look further into Turnkey's history to make sure that he is actually one of raveldoni/Sam's/whoever you are's accounts. One thing to notice is that he loves to shill one particular altcoin called Apex, which makes his alts pretty easy to spot, here are a few choice one's to show the pattern (you can check their post history if he doesn't bother to delete them).

http://gyazo.com/df4c11907c537fec89fe9abb2582c278 http://gyazo.com/df4c11907c537fec89fe9abb2582c278 (http://gyazo.com/df4c11907c537fec89fe9abb2582c278)
http://gyazo.com/0b0426e7843a142467f430d4aca156cd http://gyazo.com/0b0426e7843a142467f430d4aca156cd (http://gyazo.com/0b0426e7843a142467f430d4aca156cd)
http://gyazo.com/8f1235bc0775c31d0d451c19902ffd02 http://gyazo.com/8f1235bc0775c31d0d451c19902ffd02 (http://gyazo.com/8f1235bc0775c31d0d451c19902ffd02)
http://gyazo.com/e9e361b5a3a3690c1087ea105df46113 http://gyazo.com/e9e361b5a3a3690c1087ea105df46113 (http://gyazo.com/e9e361b5a3a3690c1087ea105df46113)
http://gyazo.com/07f1f7f5cc739963c8ed3327f5f90197 http://gyazo.com/07f1f7f5cc739963c8ed3327f5f90197 (http://gyazo.com/07f1f7f5cc739963c8ed3327f5f90197)
(by the way someone ought to tell this poor guy (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=885825.0) that he is about to be defaulted on for .3 BTC)
http://gyazo.com/33041ddc570d390a7a638305fb70aea4 http://gyazo.com/33041ddc570d390a7a638305fb70aea4 (http://gyazo.com/33041ddc570d390a7a638305fb70aea4)
(another one of raveldoni's positive feedbacks, only sent feedback to him)
http://gyazo.com/87a46200ec9da84c6c07a715091011fa ttp://gyazo.com/87a46200ec9da84c6c07a715091011fa (http://ttp://gyazo.com/87a46200ec9da84c6c07a715091011fa)
(yet another one of raveldon's positive feedbacks, only sent feedback to him as well)
http://gyazo.com/458003f4ed942b2a18165c3920887d27 http://gyazo.com/458003f4ed942b2a18165c3920887d27 (http://gyazo.com/458003f4ed942b2a18165c3920887d27)
(same thing as the previous two)
http://gyazo.com/ec273bc6e603a234f3f0134650cfe23a http://gyazo.com/ec273bc6e603a234f3f0134650cfe23a (http://gyazo.com/ec273bc6e603a234f3f0134650cfe23a)
adding this one in judging by his post history

Let's see if there's any other place all these accounts happen to turn up in. Oh look, there is. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=788644.0)
Screenshot for when this thread inevitably gets deleted (since it links a lot of his accounts): http://gyazo.com/b62657fd249753d2762b2a4c7a133199 http://gyazo.com/b62657fd249753d2762b2a4c7a133199 (http://gyazo.com/b62657fd249753d2762b2a4c7a133199)
.75 btc/month membership for this exclusive altcoin selling club? What a steal, let's see who joined it, shall we?

http://gyazo.com/6a465bfed1cd268c14d77322e17dc24d http://gyazo.com/6a465bfed1cd268c14d77322e17dc24d (http://gyazo.com/6a465bfed1cd268c14d77322e17dc24d)
This is who I suspect to be raveldoni's main account, although we'll get to that later.
http://gyazo.com/1a2f7fc85a4ce56dcb7413da6f9033eb http://gyazo.com/1a2f7fc85a4ce56dcb7413da6f9033eb (http://gyazo.com/1a2f7fc85a4ce56dcb7413da6f9033eb)
who is unsurprisingly another ApeX shill, although I don't think he is one of Sam's/raveldoni's alts, just someone who was suckered by him into ApeX
http://gyazo.com/4554151bfacce72c69bf4e320cd76e88 http://gyazo.com/4554151bfacce72c69bf4e320cd76e88 (http://gyazo.com/4554151bfacce72c69bf4e320cd76e88)
http://gyazo.com/5186864758382ed1681ddab238fb2485 http://gyazo.com/5186864758382ed1681ddab238fb2485 (http://gyazo.com/5186864758382ed1681ddab238fb2485)
 ::)
http://gyazo.com/eaada561a59670e860092136b9ccf411 http://gyazo.com/eaada561a59670e860092136b9ccf411 (http://gyazo.com/eaada561a59670e860092136b9ccf411)
Our good friend CryptoHeaven
http://gyazo.com/79aba80c295903198bcf67b3e7d429b7 http://gyazo.com/79aba80c295903198bcf67b3e7d429b7 (http://gyazo.com/79aba80c295903198bcf67b3e7d429b7)
SBradford reappears
http://gyazo.com/ddb8f1a5922ee25515e9f0ee79de6adf http://gyazo.com/ddb8f1a5922ee25515e9f0ee79de6adf (http://gyazo.com/ddb8f1a5922ee25515e9f0ee79de6adf)
 ::)
http://gyazo.com/8b29b752f0b0c2c8ebdde370b46472c8 http://gyazo.com/8b29b752f0b0c2c8ebdde370b46472c8 (http://gyazo.com/8b29b752f0b0c2c8ebdde370b46472c8)
No wonder he was able to afford that 4.5 btc account  ::)
http://gyazo.com/faf16ee64d5d67844c156b49c0011723 http://gyazo.com/faf16ee64d5d67844c156b49c0011723 (http://gyazo.com/faf16ee64d5d67844c156b49c0011723)
http://gyazo.com/b722632a8824776a0b18dc97c62d4316 http://gyazo.com/b722632a8824776a0b18dc97c62d4316 (http://gyazo.com/b722632a8824776a0b18dc97c62d4316)
Another one of his random accounts, also shills ApeX
http://gyazo.com/1dff040efcb4c20565a30160bffb310c http://gyazo.com/1dff040efcb4c20565a30160bffb310c (http://gyazo.com/1dff040efcb4c20565a30160bffb310c)
http://gyazo.com/3203651f263981cc4dc69793fa08786f http://gyazo.com/3203651f263981cc4dc69793fa08786f (http://gyazo.com/3203651f263981cc4dc69793fa08786f)
Attempting to make his group look "exclusive"
http://gyazo.com/aa10076b95b2ac3d2af29d8b940dd396 http://gyazo.com/aa10076b95b2ac3d2af29d8b940dd396 (http://gyazo.com/aa10076b95b2ac3d2af29d8b940dd396)
Used the same account to bump up his account selling thread
http://gyazo.com/3f034a9bf5f0caa97732e6bbe058f287 http://gyazo.com/3f034a9bf5f0caa97732e6bbe058f287 (http://gyazo.com/3f034a9bf5f0caa97732e6bbe058f287)
http://gyazo.com/1abafe6b6de6fb49ed5ec312b5e19e4e http://gyazo.com/1abafe6b6de6fb49ed5ec312b5e19e4e (http://gyazo.com/1abafe6b6de6fb49ed5ec312b5e19e4e)
http://gyazo.com/bb0401062a769b444d798bfd47f2274f http://gyazo.com/bb0401062a769b444d798bfd47f2274f (http://gyazo.com/bb0401062a769b444d798bfd47f2274f)
Not sure why he deleted all the posts on kennyclaw, but it's one of his accounts as well
http://gyazo.com/64bea8fc998d03350df08f1afc1a0da1 http://gyazo.com/64bea8fc998d03350df08f1afc1a0da1 (http://gyazo.com/64bea8fc998d03350df08f1afc1a0da1)
One of the main Apex accounts
http://gyazo.com/4c381ee0dae225995b6667b578d2b692 http://gyazo.com/4c381ee0dae225995b6667b578d2b692 (http://gyazo.com/4c381ee0dae225995b6667b578d2b692)
Last attempt to scam 2 btc out of someone before he leaves the forums, notice how every account that has "joined" is his own.

Honestly, I had planned on finding out more of his accounts before going public with this accusation, but since this thread was made, I'm posting everything I have at the moment, since he will probably be more careful with hiding his accounts in the future.

Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, I have recently come to believe that Vlad2Vlad (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=112208) is his main account. Vlad is clearly deeply involved in altcoins, and it is expected that someone with so many alt accounts would have such a large number of posts (6k). He has done a good job keeping it separate from his all the activity of his alts, since it is not expendable like they are, but it seems he has slipped up on a few occasions, like where he vouches for Jimmy_Zed's integrity (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=788644.msg8969992#msg8969992) and when Jimmy_Zed tries to use Vlad as escrow for a 1 btc bet (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=807557.msg9372018#msg9372018). This is very similar to how he attempted to scam Candy by using raveldoni as the third party trusted escrow, although he used his main account this time. I am no longer 100% certain about this, but personally I would beware using Vlad as an escrow.
http://gyazo.com/e35df503cae9fe07880c310e72124508 http://gyazo.com/e35df503cae9fe07880c310e72124508 (http://gyazo.com/e35df503cae9fe07880c310e72124508)
http://gyazo.com/4389bfeb205f5f4725cc71a0e9b5b911 http://gyazo.com/4389bfeb205f5f4725cc71a0e9b5b911 (http://gyazo.com/4389bfeb205f5f4725cc71a0e9b5b911)
http://gyazo.com/19a0649f46323e5947c3fc6cfa13b625 http://gyazo.com/19a0649f46323e5947c3fc6cfa13b625 (http://gyazo.com/19a0649f46323e5947c3fc6cfa13b625)
http://gyazo.com/82ba5518ca8d6d2da21b98a9440ee906 http://gyazo.com/82ba5518ca8d6d2da21b98a9440ee906 (http://gyazo.com/82ba5518ca8d6d2da21b98a9440ee906)
http://gyazo.com/bd0a97d5e2f0d693756f21898ebab572 (http://gyazo.com/bd0a97d5e2f0d693756f21898ebab572)

Tying up a few loose ends, here is the thread where SamTseudo sells the atleticofa account (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=885543.msg9766816#msg9766816), stats match up perfectly, and the account was actually sold after that, which explains some of the confusion from the thread in meta.
http://gyazo.com/4dfdd6d9ab0f9cb96e212567593845c9 http://gyazo.com/4dfdd6d9ab0f9cb96e212567593845c9 (http://gyazo.com/4dfdd6d9ab0f9cb96e212567593845c9)
http://gyazo.com/6295b228c8f0aae122ccc4f0499df218 http://gyazo.com/6295b228c8f0aae122ccc4f0499df218 (http://gyazo.com/6295b228c8f0aae122ccc4f0499df218)

That's all I have at the moment, will post any updated information if I run into any.


Edit: Forgot Btctalk hates image hosters, converting them all to links, although it messes up my formatting

Good analysis, but all your images are blocked. Try using a different image hosting site.
Do you think there are a lot ranking accounts left you missed out on?

Looking at seclog, only one Legendary Member changed the password recently and it doesn't fit the description so its clear that account trading story is a lie.

It should be easy for raveldoni to disprove all these by showing the transaction IDs.

I've put up all the links next to them, I was uploading them using gyazo since you can create a bunch of images quickly without saving them. I guess I could upload them elsewhere tomorrow if I have time.

Also, the TXIDs in the Jimmy_Zed thread are real payments, he sent them to himself for the purpose of appearing legitimate, as that is why he made all the payment addresses public rather than sending them through PM.

Try to use postimage service for uploading fast pics, bro.

It would certainly disprove the accusation that Raveldoni is no longer the original owner of the account.

Some people are able to provide the private keys when accounts are sold.

The real issue in my eyes is the fact that he was trying to act as an escrow service when doing so is not appropriate. There are many warnings out there that say to use escrow, but a newer user may not know who is and is not appropriate to use as escrow.

Why is it that you suggest people to use escrow, and when you give specific recommendations you choose people who have a very long history of trading (with many successful trades)? The answer is because those particular people have the lowest chance of scamming.

Using the same logic, someone who is somewhat "trusted" but has a less extensive trade history has a higher chance of scamming but the chance is still generally low. Going further down the spectrum, someone who has virtually no trade history and is trying (or offering, or accepting a request to) escrow will almost certainly scam.

Obviously we're chasing down multiple avenues of what all is wrong with Raveldoni's story. Either one as valid as the other, but if the original owner provided the private keys, then by all means I look forward to him signing the address.

raveldoni has gone silent, maybe he didn't anticipate unraveling of the whole scheme by MadZ.

I request you to give neg rep to all the accounts mentioned so that events like giving out loans doesn't happen. There is already one victim in this.

I don't know who the hell hacked my account. But my account was hacked exactly as described in my thread. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=877377.0

I downloaded a wallet with a trojan. And with the trojan he was able to steal my account from bitcointalk, it was the only password I had saved in Chrome, just some day I clicked on "Remember me" by error. The other passwords were protected with Lastpass.

When I realized my password was changed and the email also. It was late to do something..

I wrote to theymos, with the proofs in a bitcoin signed message, and to Badbear today. But I don't have any answer yet.


I'm willing to colaborate if I can help in some way to catch this scammer. He has opened A LOT OF fake cloned threads on Alt curencies Announcemente section with the trojan in the wallet download link.


AND I think that NOBODY bought my account. The password was changed only ONE TIME, 23 Nobember, the day they hacked it. If someone had purchased my account, he would have changed the password..  Come on.. nobody buy an account for 0.65 and don't change the password... So the assumption that my account was sold is most likely wrong. https://bitcointalk.org/seclog.php

I expect that at least the staff can disable your account, recovering it will be hard.
Fuck scamers