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Title: Btctalk user is using a traffic generator bot (several thousand PV per hour) Post by: PAMPT on August 14, 2017, 06:40:51 PM What happened: Btctalk user is producing fake pageviews count for their ICO using software capable of generating thousands of pageviews per hour.
Scammer's profile links: Check (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=400333) and Check (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=389758) Reference links: Pageviews count roughly 90 minutes back: 136K (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2089219.msg20874365#msg20874365) Pageviews count roughly 70 minutes back: 142K (https://archive.is/gJycb) Pageviews count roughly 35 minutes back: 143K (https://i.imgur.com/WLrX33S.png) Pageviews count as of now (UTC 7:33 PM): 149K (https://i.imgur.com/gFzhvnO.png) Additional notes: Fake traffic is coming from an automated link-clicking software, bots. To check how pageviews count changes over time: Check (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2084827.0). Needs to be escalated to admins. Title: Re: Btctalk user is using a traffic generator bot (several thousand PV per hour) Post by: The Sceptical Chymist on August 14, 2017, 06:49:47 PM Sparksi keeps posting the same shit over and over, obviously an attempt to bump the thread against the rules. Pretty obvious scam right there, plus all the noob accounts. Typical.
Title: Re: Btctalk user is using a traffic generator bot (several thousand PV per hour) Post by: Joel_Jantsen on August 14, 2017, 06:55:41 PM Nice catch!
I don't know how relevant are bitcointalk's views but definitely those seem like link building with the bots.The account sparksi definitely needs a ban and the thread be moved -> trashcan. The ICO is a scam as well,no point in keeping the thread alive . Title: Re: Btctalk user is using a traffic generator bot (several thousand PV per hour) Post by: Lauda on August 14, 2017, 06:58:23 PM Could you please stick to this format?
Code: [b][color=black]What happened:: [/color][/b] [b][color=black]Scammers Profile Link: [/color][/b] [b][color=black]Reference Link: [/color][/b] [b][color=black]Amount Scammed: [/color][/b] [b][color=black]Payment Method: [/color][/b] [b][color=black]Proof of Payment: [/color][/b] [b][color=black]PM/Chat Logs: [/color][/b] [b][color=black]Additional Notes: [/color][/b] If I understand correctly, you are saying that the ICO is using a bot to generate a lot of pageviews in hopes to fake *attention*? Seems like a high risk "ICO" worthy of tagging. The account in question even has: Quote Trust summary for andreiyy12 This user's email address was changed recently. This user changed his/her password recently. Title: Re: Btctalk user is using a traffic generator bot (several thousand PV per hour) Post by: Joel_Jantsen on August 14, 2017, 07:09:20 PM If I understand correctly, you are saying that the ICO is using a bot to generate a lot of pageviews in hopes to fake *attention*? Seems like a high risk "ICO" worthy of tagging. The account in question even has: Not just the views,they even have a bot account which is posting multiple times in a same day that is bumping the thread.Account : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=389758 Definitely a high risk ICO if their only goal is to keep the thread on top with fake views and bots. Title: Re: Btctalk user is using a traffic generator bot (several thousand PV per hour) Post by: Lauda on August 14, 2017, 07:15:46 PM If I understand correctly, you are saying that the ICO is using a bot to generate a lot of pageviews in hopes to fake *attention*? Seems like a high risk "ICO" worthy of tagging. The account in question even has: Not just the views,they even have an bot account which is posting multiple times in a same day that is bumping the thread.Account : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=389758Definitely a high risk ICO if their only goal is to keep the thread on top with fake views and bots. |