ICObench is taking a card out of the soft EXIT SCAM game.

The Telegram Official Telegram Chat has been all deleted and the admin team have disappeared.

Here is the most up to date info so far on this ico rating trainwreck.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5261649.0

UPDATE - Official Telegram Deleted!

ICObench is taking a card out of the soft EXIT SCAM game. Pay up and then you get shut up! I took a look over 2 weeks ago and people out of the official telegram chat group kept pushing how money had been stolen and the admins did nothing but delete the chat. NOw it looks like the entire telegram chat group was shutdown. Where have they all gone now?

Now the real interesting part is who deleted it and why ?  Who are the admin team protecting and running this shitshow chat group? I've clicked the links on the official web page and get this link now

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5258372

There is even more reports of this shady operation going some time back

Is ICOBench DEAD?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5261715.20

BEWARE OF ICOBENCH
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3765187.0

Website is definitely dead. Not sure if they haven't paid the bills for the site but I suspect they felt the heat around the corner and 404'd with shutdown.

Just posted a new thread to warn everyone about ICObench.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5261649.0

ICObench Website: www.icobench.com
Status: Site Disappeared and then Renewed???

ICObench Telegram News: https://t.me/icobench
Status: not active

ICObench Official Telegram: https://t.me/icobench_official_chat
Status: Official DELETED with Bitcointalk link???

ICObench Twitter: https://twitter.com/icobench
Status: not active

Owner/s: Nikolay Shkilev (TG: ) and Vladimir Nikitin (TG: @VNNVO)

COMMUNITY WARNING to all crypto newcomers that are especially trusting of any ICO rating platforms.

ICObench FREE at a price!
It looks like another ICO ratings platform with reports of pocketing money using so-called KYC'd "experts" for favorable reviews has finally gone down. There has been STRONG suspicion circulating for some time now that the "expert" ratings they provide are in no way independent, but can be purchased. So it really hasn't been the so-called "free" ICO rating platform that it's supposed to be in the blockchain community.

The community has had enough!
Dig a little deeper and you'll find after searching online many telltale signs and RED flags that they are not be being upfront. Check it out ... the ICObench wesbite is down, facebook not active, the owners are in hiding, the "experts" or "advisors" are nothing special and the chat group admins are deflecting complaints or not even answering about stolen payments. Meanwhile to top it off there are rumours floating around that ICObench is currently under SEC investigation! - section 17b violation!  Enough is enough ... you all have failed to be responsible and some honest with the blockchain and the crypto community!

Do your own research and report which of these "experts" or "advisors" are taking money for ratings and/or abusing their so-called claimed status.

THIS NEEDS TO STOP!

If anybody has the website cached drop all the team and details here so everybody can do their own due diligence for themselves.

Here are some of the information sources that can be found after a little online digging.

Sources:
1. Orginal Bitcointalk Forum WARNING - ICO Bench Shady Workings
Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5258384.msg54690987

2. ICObench Facebook Comment - Stolen Crypto
Link: https://www.facebook.com/ICObench/posts/2645461265696807?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB4MMHV7WF6lp6YPSZYJB84Ba7FhsRDyN1P_4wX8_S3v8T15FgcVF14xIyHY144FXX_tdfthPCHNtwjgOfKYmtsLk97cri-3IEPlxOqr5UCUEGVyxWtqw9h8znHEUpgduvcc8YbPm6JCuTGbynKnmdP6N79fNaXOQpcVj7hvwnAf8-eHEY5-S0uXftARTczBvlwv792iWmjd6XtBpXtaXIKO7BSEChyHFfRIG-UBFgRdlOOoiEQ1Y5jCUv2c6xh_oyDkKul75ItU4WVU9tSp-AmEKLY68t6Hy8TkIH8H4BGFLs2BaM-q15oesmOIfBJJ16RBlpq3f0WpjiN3HhLWtaR&__tn__=-R

3. Corrupt ICO Advisors, Experts, and Listing Sites
Link: https://www.cointelligence.com/content/ico-expert-corruption/

4. Experts providings hiding kickbacks for Reviews
Link: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-settles-with-ico-service-over-undisclosed-payments-for-positive-reviews

5. A story of GREEDY ICObench Advisors and Experts
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/icobench-greedy-advisors-hosam-mazawi

6. Exposing the underbelly of ICObench Team of Experts
Link: https://hackernoon.com/ico-bench-exposed-7d99335a63b3

7. Exposing the whos who behind the ICObench Review Mafia
Link: https://hackernoon.com/who-is-behind-ico-bench-1fb7afb8e7e7

SO ... ICOBench states they list top experts and influences in the crypto world?

I don't know if they have 404'd but is looks like the main website is down since the chat openned up about them.

Well if the rumors are are true then it looks like ICOBench team, experts and all involved may face the same heat as ICOratings.

Check this link...
 
https://www.coindesk.com/sec-settles-with-ico-service-over-undisclosed-payments-for-positive-reviews

I agree I don't trust any of those people in ICOBench when it looks like they start to deflect on real questions about funds paid for KYC. What makes them the authority to KYC anything for that matter? This is where it all starts down the rabbit hole .

What's the bet the admin team are trying to cover up?

I think this discussion should move to a larger group as this will surely blowup as things keep moving in this direction.

Not really shocked at all ... I am seeing clearly now that these guys have been running a scam operation taking money to promote and write reviews since the ICO run of 2017. Now the gravy train has run out of steam or the SEC is on their backs.

Icobench "experts" ? What a joke! The big question is what exactly makes them "experts" in the eyes of icobench? I don't see them in any significant blockchain expo or conference showcasing their weight the last time I looked. If you take a closer look at their profiles there is nothing really "expert" about them. Just a bunch of nobodies offering "expert" 5 star approvals and fomo chat at a price. I wonder ... what happens if you don't pay up when they come knocking.

I don't think you are going to get any answers from the lead team member/admin Dr. Yeap let alone any of the others over there. Whatever's left of them are trying to bail water out of sinking ship so they can save themselves.

Take down the ICOBenchOffical website and any chat forums I say before more people get stung and left out of pocket.

Check out these links:

1. https://hackernoon.com/ico-bench-exposed-7d99335a63b3

2. https://hackernoon.com/who-is-behind-ico-bench-1fb7afb8e7e7

Just another review site sinking only this time it took longer.