This is not me defending Gismo28 or BuddyIsrael, but giving a neutral view on the subject on the basis that an accusation should not be made without undeniable proof; and mere suspicion is not proof. That is not to say that the coincidences between the two are very suspicious.
If they both speak German, theres a good possibility that it might be a coincidence that they both live in Germany, hence leading to the similar posting hours. However, that does not explain the coincidence in he similarity of the sections they posted in, the only possibility is that they like to trade with bitcoin on the forum as many other do.
noting the possibility that both individuals live in germany: same time zones
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The real suspicious part is the "trade" that happened between these two that seems to have happened so smoothly even without escrow: the reference in the trust feedback leads to this thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1064017.0Now, I don't know German, but i trust Google to do at the very least an "okay" job at translation (Chrome users there is an auto translate option); here is the "vouch post" from Gismo28 on the thread:
It's quite broken but the general message can be read. In addition, the only trust feedback Gismo28 has left is to provide positive feedback for his probably alt stating BuddyIsrael is "someone you can trust."
Going back to that vouch post from Gismo28, I can see 1 other suspicious detailt; noting the time it was posted; May 25, my time is central time US, the time in Germany would be +7 hours, but the local time on
both profiles is only 5 hours ahead (I think this is London time).
With the knowledge that the profiles show a 5 hour difference:
my time at making this screenshot:
- BI time:
Google:
The possibility of 2 separate individuals who both speak both German and English well that browse this forum, mainly in the same sections nonetheless along with a very similar posting schedule, and seem to be able to work out a deal without escrow when the probable alt already has negative trust is
incredibly low.
The "deal" was made at some time prior to May 25th, 9:05 PM their time as Gismo28 states in the post, and seeing that there was no post from Gismo28 in the thread prior to his vouch, the only possibility of a legitimate deal happening is if it was done entirely through PM. If Gismo28 and BuddyIsrael
both cannot provide PM's and txid's for this exchange timed prior to that time to prove they made the deal, I would consider this to be proof enough the two accounts are related as there was no proof of an exchange done. In the case the trade was faked to this extent and ther are PM's however, that does not mean the two accounts are unrelated; there is still enough coincidence to warrant suspicion; the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
tl;dr: post those pm's or youre practically convicted.
