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5741  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: [Warning] HelioSwap plagiarized whitepaper! on: October 01, 2020, 02:38:07 PM
Nice catch again Rikafip! I've recently bumped onto their announcement thread and it was too good that it seems to be true, but looking further on to the link, (hovering the whole ANN image), you can see that it will direct you to "http://https//helioswap.org", hence I've been suspicious with the occurring redundancy on the URL link alone

I think that's just a mistake of a person that made their ANN, he simply used the wrong link. And they were so lazy and incompetent that they didn't even check if links are working properly.


What happened; HelioSwap took content and ideas from Mainframe whitepaper and Falcon Swap project and used it as their own, without providing any reference whatsoever.
Maybe they thought no one would noticed. Falcon swap is one of the mid tier project that reach more than 10x as ATH so these guys are probably trying to get that hype. Though thanks to our diligent scam hunters here, these are exposed. Thanks for posting again a good catch mate, supported the flag.
Until I checked HelioSwap, I never even heard about FalconSwap as I'm not really into DeFi and I stay away from it. One thing always surprises me is the fact that scammers tend to copy well known projects, while that generally makes it easier to spot. They are just that stupid sometimes.


Awesome catching mate. But how do you verifying this, I mean in which online seo plagiarizm checker?
I've tried some tools at the beginning, but now I mostly use good old Google. Nothing fancy, just that. And after some time you start seeing some inconsistencies so it makes it a bit easier to sport. For example, part of the whitepaper was written in subpar English, and then suddenly you have parts clearly written by someone fluent. That's a big red flag, and usually means that part has been copied.
5742  Other / Meta / Re: Report Malware and Suspicious Links here so Mods can take Action ! on: October 01, 2020, 10:29:27 AM
@qwertyup23 Good job with all these reports, just one small suggestion, since I see that you are on  DT2 (even if you weren't it is a good thing to tag scammers) : it is not a bad idea to tag the OP of the fake thread due few reasons:
  • That way you will warn the others that stumble upon the thread, as even though fake threads are deleted pretty fast, in some cases it might take a day or two.
  • For some reason, not all accounts get banned, so it is a good thing if account has been tagged already if scammer decides to use the same account
  • It helps the others that are reporting such threads, as when I see the tag, I know that it was reported already so I don't have to check this thread.

Cheers and keep up the good work!
5743  Local / Hrvatski (Croatian) / Re: Zbirni topic za davanje merita za kvalitetne postove on: October 01, 2020, 10:13:29 AM
Ja prijavljujem jos jedan post, prijavio sam se na natjecaj za roobet u kategoriji Craftsman, pa udijelite koji merit da mi pomognete osvojiti neku od nagrada, jer gledaju i merit kao jednu od varijabli koja ukazuje na popularnost ili privlacnost submitanog rada, ako bude srece.
Super ideja i jako dobro odradjeno, nadam se da ces imati vise srece nego ja sa svojom Pizzom haha Cheesy. Merit posaljem cim nesto skupim, standardno sam uvijek na 0.

Fini intervjui ekipa, i sigurno spadaju medju najzanimljivije, a procitao sam ih vecinu. Jos jedan dokaz da smo medju boljim posterima. Mene je isto kontaktirao prije par tjedana ali mi se nekako nije dalo bakcat sa tim, ali sad ste mi dali poticaj da i ja to odradim.
5744  Other / Meta / Re: Don't send PMs begging for merits. on: October 01, 2020, 09:58:16 AM
Same here, received one two days ago from this guy, but it was the first time I had someone PM begging if I remember well.
When I saw those two posts made by that guy it looked kinda suspicious, as his first post was too well written for a brand new account, and from my experience, it is usually plagiarism, and 2nd one wasn't properly referenced He even got some merit for it. Just a little bit of reverse image search of the chart he shared and voila, he did copy his "analysis" from some Iranian website. He just Google translated it and that's about it. Here is one small example. Just shows what kind of people begs for merit.


*The moving average of convergence and divergence is slowly entering the descending zone.
*The hourly relative strength index is declining to 50.
*The main support levels are $ 9275 and then $ 9180.
*The main resistance levels are $ 9350, $ 9375 and $ 9500.



Source: https://coinsara.com/bitcoin-big-reaction-bulls-likely/


By the way, sorry for the offtopic, didn't want to derail this topic, but had to bust this guy.



Regarding the merit begging, aren't there enough merit giveaways threads in Beginners&Help section? Some of them were even closed due low interest, so I really don't get why would anyone do that. So far I haven't experienced that, but if I do, I might consider neutral tag for those.
5745  Other / Meta / Re: Report Malware and Suspicious Links here so Mods can take Action ! on: September 30, 2020, 08:05:11 PM
Fake announcement thread made for a sole purpose of spreading malware link. Recently awoken account after long break (most likely hacked), github account made few days ago etc, all standard signs are here. Please nuke before someone  inexperienced enough see that thread and decides to download malware infected wallet.

User dtloc84
ANN [ANN] [PRX] [Masternode] [Staking] ProxyNode Network - The Rebirth
Archive https://archive.fo/ad5zM

Code:
https://github.com/ProxyNode-core/PRX/releases/download/v1.0/ProxyNode-v1.0.zip

Original ANN [ANN] [PRX] [Masternode] [Staking] ProxyNode Network - The Rebirth
Original github http://github.com/ProxyNode

5746  Economy / Reputation / Re: [LIST] ANN threads that are using bumping services on: September 30, 2020, 05:32:19 PM
Another project with bumping services.

ANN BaexDapp - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5278713.0

You are right, it is an obvious case of thread bumping. Majority of accounts used have been made few years ago and now they suddenly decided to appear on that thread and fake the interest and "working" mostly in that thread. Anyway, thank you for letting me know, Baex Dapp ANN has been added to the list.


Moderators should go hardline with projects doing these kinds of spams!
I agree that we should have stricter rules for this but well, it is what is, we can still reduce that spam by reporting posts as sometimes they get bored of that and give up. It is rare, but it happens.
5747  Other / Meta / Re: [CLUB] The SpamBusters! Busting rule-breakers constantly. on: September 30, 2020, 05:07:26 PM
It's already done Smiley I think I took it ahead this time and I started reporting since yesterday all the posts of all the members mentioned by you and Bitcoin_Arena.
Yeah I noticed that majority was gone when I checked the topic Smiley. I also see that you(probably) seriosuly reduced ZYX ANN, and that one is especially annoying. Firstly because they are ponzi, and secondly because  they are using those services for months now.


After a few hours reporting marathon I ended up with 870 reports. There were just a few posts remaining to be reported from Bitcoin_Arena's list. I think someone else took it ahead of me too lol. Mods are already working on these posts. As far as I see they keep deleting them.[/quote[

Yeah I was also reporting them, but not as many as you lol, that's some serious effort, good job man and keep it up! By the way, when you have some free time on your hands and feel like reporting, you might wanna check ANN threads that are using bumping services. I am keeping that list regularly updated with all the latest findings.


We always wanted to make this efficient as possible, I wonder if something changed or still we have to report all spammy posts one by one?
We still have to report posts one by one, no other way unfortunately. Luckily there are plenty of us reporting so it's manageable. I don't know if you are using @suchmoon [HACK] One-click mod report, not for the faint of heart , but that can also help and speed up the process.
5748  Other / Meta / Re: [CLUB] The SpamBusters! Busting rule-breakers constantly. on: September 30, 2020, 12:09:59 PM

Thanks for reporting this @Rikafip. I am also going to tag the bump accounts. As if the warnings were not enough, @PrimeBitExchange decided to wake up more bump accounts to continue with the fake buzz.

Honestly I don't think that Primebit is in the control of  those bumping accounts because they are working on other threads as well, as I showed on that table. If they are really Primebit's accounts, they would solely focus on that thread, and not work on others, as among them there are pure ponzi scams, like ZYX Network. What's bad though is the fact that  @PrimeBitExchange was online recently and active on thread but he conveniently decided to ignore your warning.
 
That service that is behind all this bumping woke up new accounts because old ones have been tagged. That's their standard practice, I've seen it many times before. If you tag newly awoken ones, they will simply add new ones. They are using newbie accounts as those are easily disposable and they have unlimited supply. Rinse and repeat.

Gonna report all of their spam posts for now, and then I'll see what to do next, as sometimes they just give up when mods keep deleting their spam posts constantly.
5749  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Read the rules and don't post plagiarised content. on: September 30, 2020, 08:29:57 AM
Plagiarist are theif, they steal other people's work and take the credit. That's how I observe it.
That's unquestionable, and I think that we all agree on that, I reported my share of plagiarism cases as well. And as I said ignorance is not a valid excuse for breaking the rules. Not on this forum and not anywhere else.
I just think that it wouldn't be a bad idea to add some warning as others suggested. Costs nothing, and it might help fight plagiarism that's a real issue here.
5750  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Read the rules and don't post plagiarised content. on: September 30, 2020, 07:45:07 AM
Perhaps a gentle reminder in a place nobody can avoid could go a long way … although probably still rendering mild results, but you can’t really beat about the bush with someone who does not take the explicit hints, such as is exemplified in the image below (see text in red):
I would definitely like to see something like that. It is not too intrusive, and I don't see any drawbacks to this. Doesn't even have to be shown for all ranks, but maybe restrict it for newbies/Jr Member. Those who reach latter ranks should already know what's wrong and what's not. And who knows, this little warning might even yield some results and reduce plagiarism.



Perhaps a gentle reminder in a place nobody can avoid could go a long way …
I doubt it would bring any of good benefits at all as they don't care actually. Plagiarist always thought they could get away from forum mods or they don't care. There are very few plagiarist who plagiarize without knowing how much stupid work it is. More or less plagiarism is known to everyone and they are well aware of plagiarism in other places too.
It is true that majority of those that plagiarize are very well aware of the fact that they are breaking forum rules and know the consequences of such actions, especially those that use spinbots, or are paraphrasing texts as they are trying to avoid detection. As always, ignorance is not a valid excuse, but occasionally some legit member will appear that doesn't know what's the proper way to deal with external texts.

As a matter of fact, I don't know any other forum with such strict rules regarding plagiarism ( and I am active on few of them  for almost 20 years), but I understand why is that needed, as this forum offers a way to earn some decent money by simply posting and that's not usually the case on other forums. With that simple addition suggested by @DdmrDdmr (and others before him) we might save few of those that would be positive contribution to this forum in the future.



I just don't understand why some users do plagiarism besides due to laziness of constructing their thought.
It is not that hard to construct a sentence, you can state your thought by using simple words that are easy to understand and cite sources properly.
It's very simple, most of them simply want to appear smarter and more knowledgeable than they really are, hoping that way they get more merit and rank up faster. Add on that generally lower English level, and you get current situation.
5751  Other / Meta / Re: Report plagiarism (copy/paste) here. Mods: please give temp or permban as needed on: September 29, 2020, 05:23:45 PM
I guess this should be enough evidence for ban. I see that  he is even trying to get some merit from Ognasty for signing a message.

I hope you reported the user - I didn't since it's your findings... good job.
Yeah I reported him to the mods immediately after I found the evidence, and tagged him just in case, until mods nuke him. Hopefully soon as it looks like a clean case.
5752  Other / Archival / Re: [Merit] Hey Newbies! Can You Sign A Message? on: September 29, 2020, 12:34:02 PM
Messages : This is PhilEilhart from bitcointalk.org and today is 2020.09.29
To confirm ''Hey Newbies! Can You Sign A Message?'' Thread

Address : bc1qrjvpjycukksvt7q82cd77zxza8dh4can2pdmlz
Signature : IDL/3X8FYdvS02L3lJ34jlul2Wf6A0WLBK5/v7UKmurJSivRRtTGWhcy8/q6oeMzLXId+3ZUuIy5sGeoHhdcPzw=
This user is trying to cheat his way through ranks by copying external texts and then using spinbot to avoid detection.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1926895.msg55283479#msg55283479
5753  Other / Meta / Re: Report plagiarism (copy/paste) here. Mods: please give temp or permban as needed on: September 29, 2020, 12:18:06 PM
This user is almost certainly word-spinning but I can't quite pinpoint the source:
I think I found one source for one of his spinned posts. And yeah, his whole post history seems full of the similar stuff

Bitcoin, like other cryptocurrencies, is still beneath improvement. Hence, something totally startling seem happen to it, which perpetually happens at the advancement organize not as it were with financial objects but too with test innovations.
https://archive.fo/1ErOS


https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/17390/the-main-risks-of-investing-in-bitcoin


Another one. This time he didn't even bother much as text is almost the same.

This might appear like nit-picking, but there are really classes you'll be able take in Las Vegas that give tips to slide instead of roll dice to force a certain result. This can be why casinos require that you just bounce the dice off the back bumper of a craps table.

Quote
This might seem like nit-picking, but there are actually classes you can take in Las Vegas that provide tips to slide rather than roll dice to force a certain outcome. This is why casinos require that you bounce the dice off the back bumper of a craps table.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a22856/dice-mathematically-fair/



I guess this should be enough evidence for ban. I see that  he is even trying to get some merit from Ognasty for signing a message.
5754  Local / Hrvatski (Croatian) / Re: Mjesečna Analiza za Hrvatsku Lokalnu Zajednicu (Bitcointalk Croatian) on: September 29, 2020, 08:45:07 AM
Ma bez brige... Doći će Meriti. Pogledaj mene. Pišem gotovo isključivo u hrvatskoj sekciji, a nisam tako daleko od Hero Membera. Mislim da kod nas stvarno nije teško doći do Merita. Istina, malo je teže dobiti npr. 5 Merita za jedan post ali to je više zbog nestašice sMerita kod naših članova.
A može se rankat i kod nas, i ono što je dobro je da će skoro svaki dobar post dobiti bar merit-dva, ali ipak nismo samoodrživi  kao neki ostali boardova tipa Njemački, Talijanski, Arapski, Ruski etc i dosta ovisimo o pisanju na Eng dijelu. Da nismo toliko aktivni i generalno dobri posteri, situacija bi bila dosta lošija.

Baš neki dan gledam jedan thread gdje priča par membera koji su došli jako brzo do 1000 merita, negdje otprilike kao ja a neki čak i brže, i onda vidiš da su na domaćem boardu pokupili i do 80%, što je kod nas mission impossible u tom vremenskom roku  (cca 10 mjeseci) pa makar bio i sam Satoshi Nakamoto. Čisto spominjem da se vidi razlika. Ali zato je tu @dkbit98 da promjeni to, kad dobije jedno 200 merita mjesečno pa eto i tebe do Legendary ranka u kratkom roku Cheesy
5755  Other / Meta / Re: [CLUB] The SpamBusters! Busting rule-breakers constantly. on: September 29, 2020, 07:57:10 AM
More spam threads/ accounts detected and tagged. One of the threads that are using this service is Primebit.com. They were warned about this by @Bitcoin_Arena but it looks like they don't care. That's a pretty shady behavior, coming from an exchange.


Just a word of advice @PrimeBitExchange, It isn't necessary using bump accounts to create fake buzz in your thread. It's shady practice and instead cause a negative impact on what you intend to do. Such practices is not acceptable in the community.

Proof of connection:


Accounts used: CucklerBret823, maraslibas, predbangtursa, MinhDuong355517, dilladegru, nelsonjohn2046, ecviefuca, kresesosal, zoilanikolaus, tonbichlien


ANN threads:
PrimeBit.com - P2P Exchange Platform for P2P Currencies, up to 200x leverage
[ANN] ZYX NETWORK - A GROUND-BREAKING POS-BASED PRODUCT FOR A WIDE AUDIENCE
[ANN] [ICO] 🔥🔥🔥 Geco.one - Cryptocurrency PAMM Trading Platform🔥🔥🔥  
[ANN] tap - Access to crypto trading and banking | Mastercard Approved
🔥[ANN] MobiusCrypto- Redefining #DeFi
[Ann] LifeRhythm Medical Services, LLC ⭐️ Programming the Future of Healthcare  



Proof of connection:


Accounts used: masrasipa, failofule, AndrewGreen1, urloferda, nilycoti, daahicarmi, alegraces, pingtertergda, polar091, atrababul

ANN threads:
🔥🔥 EGGSBOOK TOKEN - A COMMON CRYPTO-CURRENCY FOR P.O.P. BASED GAME 🔥🔥
[ANN] DSF - The SoFi Blockchain - Redefine Social Network with Blockchain
Fetch.ai and Bitfinex announce trading competition and catalyst sale
[ANN] ZYX NETWORK - A GROUND-BREAKING POS-BASED PRODUCT FOR A WIDE AUDIENCE
5756  Economy / Reputation / Re: [LIST] ANN threads that are using bumping services on: September 29, 2020, 07:41:18 AM
I mean, if you did a few of these simple things and, in addition to reporting, report it, the moderator will not pass by (at least this is the case in the Russian section). But if you still don't see enough evidence, you can PM me or this thread, then I can dig deeper.
From my experience, mods really need strong proof to delete topic, at least here in English part of the forum. Thing is, airdrop spam is usually easy as spot as posts are even more redundant than those made by bumping service, and usually there is some proof of posting incentive, whether through airdrop sites, or sometimes they advertise that in their telegram group, like in this example. In those cases, topics usually get deleted.

I noticed earlier today some spammy one liners on the 🔥🔥 [ANN]XTAKE: Universal Blockchain Income ✅✅ [1% DAILY REWARD] 🔥🔥 thread.
At first I thought that  they hired really bad bumping service so I decided  to wait a bit to see how situation develops, but when I checked their Telegram group, what they are actually doing is giving 100 XTK tokens to everyone that leaves a comment on the ANN thread, therefore breaking forum rules.


https://t.me/xtakecash

Ann archived https://archive.fo/ybNxt




Two new threads added:

PrimeBit.com - P2P Exchange Platform for P2P Currencies, up to 200x leverage
Exchange platform that hired bumping service few days ago. Accounts used are also active in several projects that are doing the same thing, among them is one obvious scam, ZYX.

edit: Primebit was removed since they admitted and stopped with that activity.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236143.msg55299874#msg55299874


🔥🔥 EGGSBOOK TOKEN - A COMMON CRYPTO-CURRENCY FOR P.O.P. BASED GAME 🔥🔥
Another thread that hired bumpers recently. I've tagged OP of that tread previously for impersonating another bounty management service. All the other threads where accounts are active have been previously added to the list.
5757  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: ANN Removal Request: Uncommonn, Amepay, MSKMINER, Monolith on: September 29, 2020, 06:29:49 AM
I know that the mods won't remove topics based on user requests, but they might remove one if there are enough bad reports made in the thread.
It would be great if mods start to do that, but when I see COINSBIT ANN thread, somehow I don't think that will happen. Coinsbit is proven scam, having Flags Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 active, both you and @Jollygood (and a few others) were tagging their accounts. According to https://loyce.club/archive/topics/518/5185065.html more than 500 posts have been deleted from that thread (archive shows 3965 while there are 3411 at the moment). It's obvious to everyone what is going there and despite all that, thread is still there. I did the same in some threads, reporting hundreds of posts and getting them deletes, but nothing happened. True, I haven't tried this approach, trying to get them deleted as I though I don't have evidence strong enough to do that. At least not in most cases.

@icopress  I really hope that what you are trying to do works in the end and you get some of those threads deleted. If that happens, there are bunch of them that deserves the same.
5758  Economy / Scam Accusations / HYIP script seller on: September 29, 2020, 05:16:42 AM
What Happened: User @millerjohn2792 is advertising website that creates and sells HYIP scrypts, as "secure way to start HYIP business" but what that actually mean -is "secure way to start scam business".  We all know that HYIP is just an euphemism for a ponzi scheme so everything is obvious here, nothing good can come from this, therefore I am raising a flag against scam promoter.

Flag Type 1 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=2362

ANN https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5278850.0
Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20200929051408/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5278850.0

Website https://www.zeligzwebstore.com/product/hyip-script
Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20200929051521/https://www.zeligzwebstore.com/product/hyip-script#combooffer





Its ironic that they  even have various packages for their clients, like all HYIPs have.




Zeligz Web Store deesn't sell scrypts only, they sell whitpapers, promotional videos, apps etc. Everything scammers need in one place.

5759  Other / Archival / Re: [DeFi EXIT SCAM] HATCH DAO on: September 28, 2020, 06:55:03 PM
Hey @Ratimov, I think this  fits better in altcoin section since  this scam was exposed by others, you are sharing the news.

Regarding the Hatch DAO, we gonna see more and more of those exit scams unfortunately in the coming months as DeFi ponzi  balloon crumbles.
5760  Economy / Reputation / Re: [LIST] ANN threads that are using bumping services on: September 28, 2020, 03:57:09 PM
In addition, I noticed that you are adding quite a few threads to the list, (no archives, and not flagging OP accounts to protect other users). In your opinion, can DT tag them, relying only on your word?
True, I do add a lot of them and despite that many go unnoticed as unfortunately this bumping scene is still alive and kicking, despite changes in bumping system. I do tag OP of those threads where I have more proof that it is a scam. Regarding archiving, if I ever have to provide an additional proof, I can use 53M posts! View unedited/deleted posts (search per post, per user or per topic).


Also, you can always report a violation to the moderators. There are example's when moderators deleted threads even with 100,000 views. Below I gave an example of how such reports might look, (If you need help creating reports like this, let me know).
Yes I now that mods can delete threads if there is a proof that OP is paying for comments, but afaik, you have to have really strong evidence for that to happen. I report those when I have proof, I usually make post about it in [CLUB] The SpamBusters! Busting rule-breakers constantly and then report to the mods.

Regarding accounts that are used for shilling, as @nutildah pointed it out, I do tag them when there is a strong connection to scam promotion, like in this case I discovered today User NUMAS selling codes for "dirty" BTC with 50% discount. where I tagged all bumping accounts involved. I used to tag them more often (as did others I think) but since those "marketing agencies" as they like to call themselves have unlimited amount of newbie accounts, they simply ditch those and start using new ones. And we are talking about hundreds or maybe even thousands of accounts used.
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