Who are some of the biggest scam artists in bitcointalk?

[Xenoph0bia]

I would like to know about them to educate myself and as well as the readers of thread to be aware of various forms of scams and stay clear of them,

to start with, i heard of a guy named Pirateat40  who was a ponzi owner

from Bitcoin wiki page

Pirateat40 (called Pirate) , Trendon Shavers,  was the operator of the largest scam in bitcoin history: he operated a ponzi scheme which initially promised a guaranteed a daily profit of 1%, and then disappeared with an unknown amount of bitcoins in August 2012. Thoughts were that the amount was about 500,000 bitcoins, valued around US $5 million at the time. These amounts were soon quashed once investigators realized a large hoard of coins found in their analysis did not belong to Pirate, but instead to a black market website with which Pirate used to mix his funds to hide the actual amounts he had held/stolen.

SEC (The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission) charged Trendon Shavers with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme.




If you can get different guys name and brief detail of scam, we can understand the evolution of scams in the forum and will educate people to not fall for such scams or trust them with their money.


List updated by forum members:


Old master list:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=576337




Self admitted third rate scammer:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=383866

shamelessly confesses and takes pride of his scams in the thread.



James Volpe HYIP scammer:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1046791.0

The scammer James Volpe has created a large number of HYIP's that ended up scamming after enough people put money in them. (100 btc+ guesstimate)



Suppa (Crazyrabbi) Loan scammer:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=575743.0

A serial loan scammer takes loan from one to pay another to ultimately scam big with his reputation.


Common  paypal scammer:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=115754

Asks people to send paypal funds first for his btc saying it can be charged back as well as fakes Bitcoin transaction with photo-shopped images etc, and evades after  receiving paypal funds.


Beware of these people and various scam tactics.

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[DebitMe]

There is already a very large thread detailing various scams with dates and amounts and information about each.  I will have to see if I can find it for you.

EDIT: Here you go...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=576337

[Xenoph0bia]

There is already a very large thread detailing various scams with dates and amounts and information about each.  I will have to see if I can find it for you.

That will be great, we can update the list with new forms of scams as well, those are necessary for people to know and not fall for them.

[Xenoph0bia]

EDIT: Here you go...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=576337

That's a great list, currently i see in the forum, mainly scams happening in Investor based games sub forum, where they run a ponzi and do not finish fully or fairly and run with people money as soon as they hit like 50 btc bankroll or more.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=207.0

It is a den of scammers, wonder if we could restrict them somehow. Like asking them to pay the forum 10 btc to start a thread there  

[DropboxSeller]

I am.

[Xenoph0bia]

I am.

Instead of scamming others why don't you try to use that energy to do something good and earn for yourself?

[owlcatz]

I am.

Not for long scumbag.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1133109.0

[Quickseller]

The scammer James Volpe has created a large number of HYIP's that ended up scamming after enough people put money in them. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1046791.0

I would guesstimate the amount he has stolen is somewhere around 100BTC as an upper bound although it could be more as he has continued to scam after he was doxed

[BitcoinDistributor]

According to my trust page, I would be in the top 25 of all scammers of bitcointalk.

However, I'm not actually a scammer so its funny the way the world works sometimes.

[Xenoph0bia]

The scammer James Volpe has created a large number of HYIP's that ended up scamming after enough people put money in them. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1046791.0

I would guesstimate the amount he has stolen is somewhere around 100BTC as an upper bound although it could be more as he has continued to scam after he was doxed

These people feed on greed of others, this is sad, people should be more aware and not invest in these ponzi sites.

[subSTRATA]

I would think supa (crazyrabbi) is one of the bigger ones: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=575743.0
he has managed to scam over a hundred btc, not just on this forum either.

[Xenoph0bia]

I would think supa (crazyrabbi) is one of the bigger ones: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=575743.0
he has managed to scam over a hundred btc, not just on this forum either.

Thanks for the link, first time i am seeing  a scammer like him , a serial loan scammer takes loan from one to pay another to ultimately scam big with his reputation, people should stay clear of these scammers, always trust your money with someone whom you know personally and met rather than some stranger in internet.

[Justin00]

maybe try not trusting your money with anyone?

for e.g why lend say 1btc for 1.10 in return ?
cbf checking but I think BTC is around $270US... So you risk $270 to make 27............

ofcourse if its a friend or someone you know and they need help thats a diff story..

[gotchaplacebo]

Dutch fuck placebo of course, that cunt released 100's of coins ICO's , crowdfunds, premines you name it he did it , and still does it he so stupid he comes in and calls his own coins scams to avoid detection lol told you, your time is up, more to come ...

[ajrah]

I think this guy should be added to the list
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=115754
I am sure he was multi accounter and keep creating new account and scamming people on this forum till today.

[Xenoph0bia]

I think this guy should be added to the list
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=115754
I am sure he was multi accounter and keep creating new account and scamming people on this forum till today.

Added the common paypal scammer.

[jc01480]

Scott Davie has all these beat.  Real scumbag.