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[bigjme-real]

Hi everyone.

It seems that my original account has been hacked under the username: bigjme

I have not been active on that account for a long time and have started to receive messages about bitcoin loans.
So far i have received messages from the following usernames: Magic8Ball, SebastianJu, Gelbstich

I have been able to see this much as ther account still had my email address set however it now seems that the email address and password have been changed making me unable to recover it at all.

DO NOT INTERACT WITH THIS ACCOUNT!

If the forum admins would like to email me i can verify it is me how ever they wish. I am also the website owner of cudamining.co.uk so can gladly confirm my validity via putting something on the website.

I am extremely sorry about this and i hope no one has been scammed out of nay money.

Regards,
Jamie

[ColderThanIce]

Did you ever post a bitcoin or altcoin address with that account? If you have an old, unedited post with an address you can sign a message with it to prove that you are indeed the owner of the account. See this thread for all the info on doing so.

I went through about 20 pages of your posts though and I didn't see an address posted anywhere. I don't know if the admins would be able to take your website as proof because it may have changed hands in the last few months that your account was inactive. However, if you know some secret details about the account (ex. private messages sent and received, etc.) then the admins may be able to help you out. I thought I read once that BadBear asked a user questions about their account to recover it when it was hacked.

Also, please move this thread to Meta, it doesn't belong in Technical Support.

[nydiacaskey01]

is this te account you are talking about?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=210860
the account was inactive for 9 months from November 2014, then active again August 2015
how far back can you sign a message?

[shorena]

So you did not ask for a loan today?

Loan amount required: 0.12
Repay amount: 0.13
Repay date: 24/08/2015
110% - 150% Collateral: this account
Bitcoin address: 1M5a1Uw6FqD43UyxN8TPJau6SCzKttfoZL

and orenz is not an alt of yours?

Done
https://twitter.com/vino11adrian
BTC addres: 1M5a1Uw6FqD43UyxN8TPJau6SCzKttfoZL

thanks

[ColderThanIce]

is this te account you are talking about?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=210860
the account was inactive for 9 months from November 2014, then active again August 2015
how far back can you sign a message?

That looks like the account he's talking about.


OP, are you able to sign a message from one of the following two addresses?

1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem
17eJQr8HUaidhNHUGYR7fWKBGonwvcFbz7

Both of those addresses were listed in your signature in 2014 (according to archive.org), and I suspect if you're able to sign a message with either of those that would be sufficient proof for the admins to reset the email address on your account.

Proof 1
Proof 2

[bigjme-real]

@ColderThanIce

How would i go about moving this? Sorry about putting this in the wrong section.

If the admins can see my old signature, the donation address on that and the cudamining website was: 1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem

As you can tell, its no small account like his, and has been empty since the end of 2014. I have emails in my inbox from april 2014, including personal messages.
It's amazing how nobody noticed the account went from talking full sentences (about compiling cuda miners, and gpus) to talking extremely bad English


@nydiacaskey01

Yes that is the account. As stated above, i have emails from april last year. Along side my personal bitcoin address i posted above. It may be in some of the account personal messages.

@shorena

I have no alt accounts, i am english and have no social media accounts. And i can even provide screen shots of the bitcoin address posted above.

@ColderThanIce

I can certainly sign if you can show me how to?


Regards,
Jamie

p.s. This 6 minutes between posts is a killer so i am replying as i can

[--Encrypted--]

-snip-

you don't need to move this thread anymore because a mod already moved it to the right section.

I don't think screenshot will prove anything because they can easily be faked.
you can learn how to sign an address by reading this thread.

[subSTRATA]

I can certainly sign if you can show me how to?

here you go: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=990345.0

[ColderThanIce]

@ColderThanIce

How would i go about moving this? Sorry about putting this in the wrong section.

If the admins can see my old signature, the donation address on that and the cudamining website was: 1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem

As you can tell, its no small account like his, and has been empty since the end of 2014. I have emails in my inbox from april 2014, including personal messages.
It's amazing how nobody noticed the account went from talking full sentences (about compiling cuda miners, and gpus) to talking extremely bad English


@nydiacaskey01

Yes that is the account. As stated above, i have emails from april last year. Along side my personal bitcoin address i posted above. It may be in some of the account personal messages.

@shorena

I have no alt accounts, i am english and have no social media accounts. And i can even provide screen shots of the bitcoin address posted above.

@ColderThanIce

I can certainly sign if you can show me how to?


Regards,
Jamie

p.s. This 6 minutes between posts is a killer so i am replying as i can

If you're still in control of the 1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem address please sign the following message with it:

Code:

My account "bigjme" has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to (your email address). The current date is August 18th, 2015.

Once you do that, send the signed message to either theymos or BadBear and they should sort everything out in a week or two. If they don't get back to you then I'd suggest bumping this thread once a week or so, just to keep it near the top of the Meta section.  If you aren't sure how to sign a message refer to the thread that --Encrypted-- posted, it shows how to sign a message with every major bitcoin wallet.

[bigjme-real]

Message sent to BadBear,

For everyone else, here is a signed message for you all to check while they look into this.

Address: 1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem

Message: My account "bigjme" has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to () or delete the account. The current date is August 18th, 2015.

Signature: H0JGgw7dLNmIk67fL9I314/B9NG8U+Oh8avLQqtIindXHtqx+UFpcV0lT7DLSzGSAq3g3FMDxISxPE1I1AQBzpw=


Again sorry to everyone effected by this

[shorena]

Message sent to BadBear,

For everyone else, here is a signed message for you all to check while they look into this.

Address: 1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem

Message: My account "bigjme" has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to () or delete the account. The current date is August 18th, 2015.

Signature: H0JGgw7dLNmIk67fL9I314/B9NG8U+Oh8avLQqtIindXHtqx+UFpcV0lT7DLSzGSAq3g3FMDxISxPE1I1AQBzpw=


Again sorry to everyone effected by this

Code:

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account "bigjme" has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to () or delete the account. The current date is August 18th, 2015.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem
H0JGgw7dLNmIk67fL9I314/B9NG8U+Oh8avLQqtIindXHtqx+UFpcV0lT7DLSzGSAq3g3FMDxISxPE1I1AQBzpw=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Different format. Signature checks out, but its probably best if you ask for an mail address that actually exists.[1] Accounts do not get deleted.

[1] In the light of the remark by guitarplinker below I removed this part.

[guitarplinker]

Different format. Signature checks out, but its probably best if you ask for an mail address that actually exists. Accounts do not get deleted.

I think he might have sent BadBear one with his email address included, just because of the wording in his message below.

Message sent to BadBear,

For everyone else, here is a signed message for you all to check while they look into this.

Address: 1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem

Message: My account "bigjme" has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to () or delete the account. The current date is August 18th, 2015.

Signature: H0JGgw7dLNmIk67fL9I314/B9NG8U+Oh8avLQqtIindXHtqx+UFpcV0lT7DLSzGSAq3g3FMDxISxPE1I1AQBzpw=


Again sorry to everyone effected by this

Negative trust left on the account. Let me know when you're in control of the account again and I'll remove the negative trust left. But now that you've sent BadBear a message you've basically done all you can, and I wouldn't worry about the hacker doing anything on your account now with the negative trust. However be sure to let us know when you get back into your account.

[bigjme-real]

@shorena

The email to BadBear has my email address in it. i didn't fancy giving it out here.
Just wanted to post something for you to see until the admins resolve the issue.

@guitarplinker

Thank you!

Regards,
Jamie

[--Encrypted--]

well crap. looks like Gelbstich gave the loan after all. I think the account is in his possession right now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1156050.0

[Magic8Ball]

well crap. looks like Gelbstich gave the loan after all. I think the account is in his possession right now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1156050.0

Gelbstich has been reckless giving out loans today. He/she will learn soon.

[Gelbstich]

well crap. looks like Gelbstich gave the loan after all. I think the account is in his possession right now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1156050.0

Thank you Encrypted for informing me. I wrote a PM to the OP.

[shorena]

well crap. looks like Gelbstich gave the loan after all. I think the account is in his possession right now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1156050.0

Thank you Encrypted for informing me. I wrote a PM to the OP.

Lets hope you can aggree on something. There has been a similar case and its dragging on for months. The admins tend to not interfere if the account was transfered as part of a deal.

[bigjme-real]

I am sure we will be able to sort something out. After all, the account was inactive for 8 months, i don't plan to use it again

Regards,
Jamie

[SebastianJu]

Ok, first thing first, the account is not gone. It's secured by me.

Well, what should i say... i really don't know why i did not get the idea to tell Gelbstich to ask for a signature when accepting an account as collateral. I think it might be because account buyers are behind it so very much all the time.

Anyway... since this is partly my blame i will pay Gelbstich his loss. And when the original owner can provide a signature that proofs his ownership then i will give him the account login.

I checked if the story might be correct. The last PM's are from september 17. The account posted from 7th to 14th august. Before that only until november 3rd. And the posts and language is very different.

So it might very well be true. Except a scammer had a long working plan and is clever.

Automatic email notification for threads was deactivated too.

Looks like i just was welcomed in the club of escrows that had a hacked account in escrow.

[guitarplinker]

And when the original owner can provide a signature that proofs his ownership then i will give him the account login.

Message sent to BadBear,

For everyone else, here is a signed message for you all to check while they look into this.

Address: 1GTdTYN1KdeFNcp3mgX2RffnZH5A5mTem

Message: My account "bigjme" has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to () or delete the account. The current date is August 18th, 2015.

Signature: H0JGgw7dLNmIk67fL9I314/B9NG8U+Oh8avLQqtIindXHtqx+UFpcV0lT7DLSzGSAq3g3FMDxISxPE1I1AQBzpw=


Again sorry to everyone effected by this

He posted that signature earlier in this thread so he is indeed the original owner of the account. You can see proof of this bitcoin address being used by bigjme in his signature here.