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Title: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: r_victory on February 20, 2018, 02:49:42 PM (Probably) Cheating in Social Media Campaigns
I was looking at the spreadsheet of Utrust campaign, I participated in signature, twitter and facebook campaigns, and out of curiosity I went to look at etherscan with someone's wallet (public key) randomly because they posted that the distribution had started and I wanted to confirm if anyone had already received. Looking at the address 0x4858445E665398EADDE92933cC65038811465D99 I noticed that there were 3 transactions of the STK token with equal values. I realized it was from the Twitter campaign (which I participated in). The screenshots I made may even be a coincidence (which I doubt), and coincidentally the 3 users post in the Indonesian local community too. https://i.imgur.com/STOSenq.png The transactions were sent to the one I defined as the principal address, through these other 3 addresses (belonging to the 3 users in question). I could not find any other suspicious transactions, but I believe these accounts are connected and are being used to break the rules and take advantage of the campaigns. I don’t want to make false accusations, I tried to gather some evidence, I don’t know if it proves anything, but it's strange and suspicious (I thought). I also noticed that they farm merits between them. Accounts Username: maniakbtc Profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1068300 ETH address: 0xeDa3ce39915150a98Fc32cbb5FA1373efD3Ce10e Username: berkat Profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1111232 ETH address:0x665d7CBbE360B48d0F59C87FA90fE7FD29a6F859 Username: berkatjunior Profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1155996 ETH address: 0x22927fEa195A6dAdE448f78011565E1A27664383 Main address: 0x4858445E665398EADDE92933cC65038811465D99 Campaigns screenshots https://i.imgur.com/nZlnKEC.png https://i.imgur.com/PPLjoFS.png https://i.imgur.com/cyNQjdF.png https://i.imgur.com/n8FU2zM.png Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: sapta on February 20, 2018, 03:21:09 PM They're Indonesian. I'm sure they're alts. I've got myself a few reports from forum members who also said that there are lots of cheating occured on that kind of campaign but haven't got the time to look it up, this is one of them.
Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: r_victory on February 20, 2018, 03:31:14 PM They're Indonesian. I'm sure they're alts. I've got myself a few reports from forum members who also said that there are lots of cheating occured on that kind of campaign but haven't got the time to look it up, this is one of them. I have some other accounts that I suspect, I'm still investigating, gathering evidence, I don't want to be unfair to anyone. Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: sapta on February 20, 2018, 03:34:17 PM I have some other accounts that I suspect, I'm still investigating, gathering evidence, I do not want to be unfair to anyone. I'm also rounding up the reports as I can already see a handful number of alts participated in the same campaign, a few of them already got a red tag though. This will be my short project. Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: r_victory on February 20, 2018, 03:47:47 PM I have some other accounts that I suspect, I'm still investigating, gathering evidence, I do not want to be unfair to anyone. I'm also rounding up the reports as I can already see a handful number of alts participated in the same campaign, a few of them already got a red tag though. This will be my short project. Whenever I find this type of user (cheater), I'll post. It is possible to make a good income by being honest and doing it right (and with only one account). This is going to be my project too. I don't tolerate dishonest and greedy people. Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: endlasuresh on February 20, 2018, 05:28:34 PM These are very tiny scammers, try to catch Bounty Managers who are scamming a lot of tokens and cash. Anyway do your job of catching these small people, but never forget to catch big scammers.
Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: Lauda on February 22, 2018, 12:02:34 AM Handled.
These are very tiny scammers, try to catch Bounty Managers who are scamming a lot of tokens and cash. Anyway do your job of catching these small people, but never forget to catch big scammers. I need names and evidence. Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: endlasuresh on February 22, 2018, 02:35:42 AM Handled. Let the OP need to catch, I was been scammed in some bounties and seen in the past, Nothing will happen in this forums, if you can try to catch them. There is no justice for people here. I might leave this forums at the end of year before that ill write about scammers on my blog to reveal in public. These are very tiny scammers, try to catch Bounty Managers who are scamming a lot of tokens and cash. Anyway do your job of catching these small people, but never forget to catch big scammers. I need names and evidence. Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: hilariousetc on February 22, 2018, 10:24:40 AM There will be hundreds if not thousands of accounts abusing these crapcoin bounties and often they're blatantly obvious just by looking at their spreadsheets. Sometimes just going through their spreadhseets alone you will see patterns in usernames and post-counts etc. Sometimes just clicking on handful of profiles that joined the campaign at roughly the same time you will see they all have the same registered date or very close which is usually a good indication of alts. I'm sure many aren't smart enough to cover their tracks via blockchain evidence either and send to the same address etc but all of this is very time consuming to look into.
Title: Re: Are these accounts connected or is it just a coincidence? Post by: Welsh on February 24, 2018, 10:25:41 AM There will be hundreds if not thousands of accounts abusing these crapcoin bounties and often they're blatantly obvious just by looking at their spreadsheets. Sometimes just going through their spreadhseets alone you will see patterns in usernames and post-counts etc. Sometimes just clicking on handful of profiles that joined the campaign at roughly the same time you will see they all have the same registered date or very close which is usually a good indication of alts. I'm sure many aren't smart enough to cover their tracks via blockchain evidence either and send to the same address etc but all of this is very time consuming to look into. Isn't this the responsibility of the campaign manager though? Whoever that may be whether they are low rank or high ranked. It should be one of the most important factors for campaign/bounty managers because if they are enrolling alt accounts without reviewing them before accepting, then they themselves could be accused of enrolling their own alt accounts. |
