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Title: Dubious potential ponzi sites promotions appearing in "Service Annoucements" Post by: biggbox on May 18, 2016, 03:51:27 AM Hello, this is for your consideration --
I might be mistaken. But I believe most of the time, sites that promote "investments" or ponzi-like sites are usually placed in Investor-based games forums under Gambling section. However, recently, many of these new "investment" sites are being posted and promoted on Service Announcements. This, I think may be detrimental to the reputation of Bitcoin community. Some examples: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1061770.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1475698.0 Thank you. Title: Re: Dubious potential ponzi sites promotions appearing in "Service Annoucements" Post by: Lauda on May 18, 2016, 05:54:58 AM Seems like they're trying to escape the grasp of those who 'protect' people from getting scammed by giving out warnings and negative ratings. It's nothing special really, just report them when you see them. I've already moved one of them (prior to seeing this thread).
Title: Re: Dubious potential ponzi sites promotions appearing in "Service Annoucements" Post by: biggbox on May 18, 2016, 07:47:05 AM Seems like they're trying to escape the grasp of those who 'protect' people from getting scammed by giving out warnings and negative ratings. It's nothing special really, just report them when you see them. I've already moved one of them (prior to seeing this thread). Hi Lauda, Thank you! Thank you for your efforts and vigilant to keep the community safer. :) Title: Re: Dubious potential ponzi sites promotions appearing in "Service Annoucements" Post by: Slow death on May 18, 2016, 04:20:42 PM This, I think may be detrimental to the reputation of Bitcoin community. These ponzi sites. are cancers, you remove and they come back minutes later. Title: Re: Dubious potential ponzi sites promotions appearing in "Service Annoucements" Post by: biggbox on May 19, 2016, 12:40:43 AM Seems like they're trying to escape the grasp of those who 'protect' people from getting scammed by giving out warnings and negative ratings. It's nothing special really, just report them when you see them. I've already moved one of them (prior to seeing this thread). Will we get any penalty if we keep on using the report function? This one looks dodgy too: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1061770.0 Title: Re: Dubious potential ponzi sites promotions appearing in "Service Annoucements" Post by: botany on May 19, 2016, 01:12:49 AM Seems like they're trying to escape the grasp of those who 'protect' people from getting scammed by giving out warnings and negative ratings. It's nothing special really, just report them when you see them. I've already moved one of them (prior to seeing this thread). Will we get any penalty if we keep on using the report function? This one looks dodgy too: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1061770.0 I don't think there is any penalty, unless you try to spam moderators' inbox. The only downside is your report accuracy will come down if your reports are incorrect. |