CODEX.ONE using bumping services + connection to a merit farmer and a hacker

[SFR10]

Earlier, I noticed the following thread receiving multiple comments within a short period of time, so I did a little bit of digging and found a pattern:
- Take note:

• That's not the case with most threads on "Service Announcements" board ^{[usually it's quite quiet]}.

Thread in question: [Official Thread] CODEX.ONE - Officially Licensed Cryptocurrency Exchange
- Thread (archived)

Comments:

#1

Give us please working links to your social medias.

November 01, 2018, 10:41:47 AM - yurij.gorbunov.24 - password changed

Date Registered: October 06, 2018, 10:27:07 AM
Last Active: Today at 11:26:41 AM

#2

Where I can buy CDX?

November 01, 2018, 05:26:49 PM - toben - password changed

Date Registered: April 19, 2013, 01:00:56 AM
Last Active: Today at 11:39:57 AM

#3

I'm interested will I be able to buy it for USD?

November 01, 2018, 07:18:05 PM - thejaxx - password changed

November 01, 2018, 12:56:11 PM - thejaxx - woke up

Date Registered: September 21, 2013, 05:55:31 PM
Last Active: Today at 11:51:05 AM

#4

Benefits are impressing!

November 01, 2018, 07:23:43 PM - Rishab Mehra - password changed

November 01, 2018, 12:18:58 PM - Rishab Mehra - woke up

Date Registered: October 29, 2014, 10:21:43 PM
Last Active: Today at 12:03:43 PM

#5

How long is your exchange working?

November 01, 2018, 07:27:20 PM - BCPZalkota - password changed

November 01, 2018, 02:47:44 PM - BCPZalkota - woke up

Date Registered: December 23, 2013, 01:37:09 AM
Last Active: Today at 01:20:38 PM

#6
- This user has a weird comment but didn't find any patterns ^{[apart from its inactivity]}...

New thread? What happen to CRYPTAGIO thread?

Date Registered: January 30, 2017, 03:06:30 AM
Last Active: Today at 02:14:15 PM

Question: A bumping service or something else?

[shasan]

Additional info:
#1 merit: 1, received 23rd October.
#2 merit: 1, received 01 november
#3 merit: 1, received 01 november
#4 merit: 1, received 01 november
#5 merit: 1, received 01 november
#6 newbie

I think these cant be co-incidence. It has been used for bumping service by alter accounts.

[SFR10]

I think these cant be co-incidence. It has been used for bumping service by alter accounts.

Great catch, I forgot to check their merit histories ^[face-palm].
- Look who merited them (a merit farmer and a hacked account)!

• krisnt80
• ajochems

[shasan]

I think these cant be co-incidence. It has been used for bumping service by alter accounts.

Great catch, I forgot to check their merit histories ^[face-palm].
- Look who merited them (a merit farmer and a hacked account)!

• krisnt80
• ajochems

• krisnt80

is a merit farmer.

• ajochems

is a hacked account.


So, base on all above discussion they are doing something illegal. There is a chance the project is scam and hacker & merit farmer engaged with the project.

[SFR10]

So, base on all above discussion they are doing something illegal. There is a chance the project is scam and hacker & merit farmer engaged with the project.

Yes, most likely...

Looks like they^[/'re] did/doing it one more time ^{[bumping services]}:
- Archived (1st page/2nd page).

New comments:

#7

Hi, guys! When your team will answer our questions?

Date Registered: November 28, 2013, 10:43:58 PM

2 Merits from ajochems

#8

Your loyalty program is promising. When will you launch it?

Date Registered: December 11, 2013, 09:32:30 AM

1 Merit from ajochems

#9

https://medium.com/@codex.one/dear-community-b079f747b055

Date Registered: November 26, 2014, 05:11:13 PM

1 Merit from ajochems

#10

New design is great. I love it.

Date Registered: December 14, 2014, 12:28:38 PM

1 Merit from ajochems

#11

Will you transfer all my funds from Cryptagio or I need to do it manually? Also will credentials stay same?

Date Registered: December 30, 2014, 08:15:01 PM

1 Merit from ajochems

#12

Do you really have lowest fees? And what exchanges are your competitors?

Date Registered: January 05, 2015, 08:55:21 AM

1 Merit from ajochems

#13

24 hour support is very important to us. Nice to know that I can contact you at any time of the day.

Date Registered: January 08, 2015, 05:32:15 PM

1 Merit from ajochems

#14

Will you translate your site on other languages?

Date Registered: January 13, 2015, 03:43:20 PM

1 Merit from ajochems

#15

I thought that btc more than 5k now. How I was wrong...

Date Registered: January 14, 2015, 10:51:40 PM

1 Merit from ajochems

#16

In what world are you living? Or you just far from crypto world

Date Registered: January 16, 2015, 04:28:43 PM

1 Merit from ajochems

Most of them have either one or both of the following warnings on their "Trust summary pages":

This user's email address was changed recently.

This user recently woke up from a long period of inactivity.

[shasan]

snip

It is 100% sure that CODEX.ONE using bumping service and

• ajochems

or

• krisnt80

is the main account who is bumping with the alter account of his/her. Alt accounts are:
yurij.gorbunov.24
toben
thejaxx
Rishab Mehra
BCPZalkota
VENUSD.dev
FarSider
alex04210
A.L.F.
doctorbyte
mmxca
BitcoinSolutions.com
BreakTheBookies
PonziLord
r3t4rD4life
hobiedenbosch

So, I think DT will take action against the project poster and ann bumpers as well as merit abusers (by alt accounts).

[nutildah]

Good research guys, I supposed things like this existed but I've never seen the dots connected so extensively. Wonder how much they sell this "service" for.

[SFR10]

So, I think DT will take action against the project poster and ann bumpers as well as merit abusers (by alt accounts).

I was hoping for that + I reported the thread ^{[still "Unhandled"]} but no luck on both ends ^{[unfortunately]}...

They're breaking the following rules + using bumping services:

13. Bumps, "updates" are limited to once per 24 hours.[2]

32. Posting multiple posts in a row (excluding bumps and reserved posts by the thread starter) is not allowed.

Good research guys, I supposed things like this existed but I've never seen the dots connected so extensively. Wonder how much they sell this "service" for.

Thank you. Here's a guy that's offering such services (archived ^{[Ann] - [SS of the Ad]}).

[nutildah]

Here's a guy that's offering such services (archived ^{[Ann] - [SS of the Ad]}).

Lol @ "high quality forum posting" ... I would definitely want my money back after reading his posts.

I'm willing to bet a lot of the positive feedback for his merchant page is also self-generated.

[CODEX.ONE]

Hello everyone,

First of all, we have to admit that indeed back in time we used a service to increase visibility. It was during a period of technical launch and our team tested such a service from a pure curiosity about what it can deliver. We came to the conclusion this was not the best way to achieve some awareness and even harmful, as we saw it later, and stopped it.

Second, as was mentioned above we don't use these kinds of techniques anymore as they are unprofessional and not transparent in a relation to the community. We have changed the marketing team involved and redefined our marketing strategy. Bumping services are not a part of it. We planned quite a lot of activities, partnerships and integrations for this year to increase awareness and provide the best trading experience we can for our customers.

Just a quick note, we have already reviewed our CryptoCompare page. We got to know that comment activity was also artificially increased, but in addition, we faced the competition sent us negative reviews in advance. We contacted CryptoCompare support this month and asked to remove fake comments (both positive and negative). As you can see, even here in our official thread we had no new comments in between our updates.

We welcome opinions and in case you have anything else in mind, please, tell us.

Thank you!