Scammers claiming to be Poloniex, but are not

[MWD64]

A comment today on this page of my site:
https://bipcoin.org/?page_id=25

says:
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Hi,

I am Busoni admin of Polo Exchange,

we have been reading through your thread and are wondering if you would like to be added to our exchange. We feel we could bring a lot of attention to your project from our customer base.

We currently offer:

Coin addition: 1 BTC
Holding of ICO: 2 BTC

Please let us know how you feel of our offer,

Regards
Tristan D’iagosta


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It claims to be from  Tristan D’ agosta
at email
poloneixexchange@gmail.com

IP
86.45.252.233
 is in  Ireland, Laois, Portlaoise
is not a proxy. Is sent from a mobile network.

While I'm sure the person at the other end of this email would take my Bitcoin if I responded enthusiastically, I'm sure it would not result in my coin BipCoin being listed on Poloniex Exchange.

First, that's not Tristan's email. I know Tristan's email address because a friend whose coin is on Poloniex gave me an introduction. Tristan's email is not a gmail address.

Second, I doubt anyone at Poloniex Exchange has a gmail address that misspells "Poloniex"!  lol.

Just wanted to give a heads up for any other altcoin devs who recieve the same scammy message. It's not Poloniex. And these people will probably come up with a different email now that spells Poloniex right, like
PoloniexTristan@gmail.com
or something like that.


Poloniex company email addresses are not gmail addresses.


MWD
BipCoin dev team

[King_Of_Ancapistan]

Hello, Bipcoin Dev Team!

If you pay me 1 BTC I can get you onto Mt. Gox!

Please respond at mtgocksclayton@aol.com

But you must hurry, I am moonlighting as the Minister of Finance for Nigeria, and the rebels are closing in on the capital, I must find a generous person to help me secure the treasury's balance outside of the country!

[MWD64]

Nice info! Thanks

Yup. I could totally see someone anxious to get listed there falling for that. Wanted to make sure people were aware of it.

If it happens to anyone else, please post here. Though I figure they're likely to switch it up because they probably follow this site and might see this post.

I'm also curious if anyone gets similar but different scam attempts as web comment posts or emails. And it's good to post them to help others avoid them.

I look at altcoins, especially CryptoNote coins, as something where it's go to be in cooperation rather than cutthroat competition.

[SHAWN-MIDWAYS]

Why not contact Poloniex to alert them of the scam that's brewing under their name so that the alert any potential victims from falling for this cheap scam! Better late than never.  

[MWD64]

Why not contact Poloniex to alert them of the scam that's brewing under their name so that the alert any potential victims from falling for this cheap scam! Better late than never 

Done. Thank you. I was really busy and multitasking when I got it, didn't think of it. But good idea, and I just wrote them.

MWD

[Beyond the Void]

Hi !

We just received the same e-mail. Hilarious, especially when you know we are already added on Polo, but if they didn't take the time to check that probably means that they are sending these e-mails to a great number of people/projects.
I'll send Polo an e-mail to let them known too.

[MWD64]

Hi !

We just received the same e-mail. Hilarious, especially when you know we are already added on Polo, but if they didn't take the time to check that probably means that they are sending these e-mails to a great number of people/projects.
I'll send Polo an e-mail to let them known too.

Thank you for your service!

MWD

[rancemo]

Anyone who falls for this kinda deserves to be ripped off. 

[casinobonusgiveaway]

There are so many scams in the Internet, Negirian scammers know to scam with bitcoin program now, hilarious. Only fools trust these scammers.

[ArdiPrabowo]

don't believe another dev coin
is claim can get response to poloniex added coin
reputable dev, never say this coin added poloniex, and poloniex nothing publish, until release to added
if dev say added to poloniex only get buyer ico selling

[HI-TEC99]

.

We currently offer:

Coin addition: 1 BTC
Holding of ICO: 2 BTC

Poloniex haven't held ICOs for years. It's obviously fake.

[aiwe]

Received that mail too  We're getting popular.

[Ryan Dugan]

Just pushing another agende is all. Taking advantage of the polo name to gain interest on whatever ot is they trying to achieve which could be anything who's to know. Never believe anything like this it is far too easy to do and why would it be done this way ? Clearly fake dont be fooled. They hoping to catch a few folks off guard with their antics.

[vginacoindev]

There still at it, received this this morning.


Poloniex Exchange <poloneixexchange@gmail.com>
8:37 AM (54 minutes ago)

to me
Hi,

I am Busoni admin of Polo Exchange,

We have been reading through your thread and are wondering if you would like to be added to our exchange. We feel we could bring a lot of attention to your project from our customer base.

We currently offer:

Coin addition: 1 BTC
Holding of ICO: 2 BTC

Please let us know how you feel of our offer,

Regards
Tristan D' agosta

[MWD64]

There still at it, received this this morning.


Poloniex Exchange <poloneixexchange@gmail.com>
8:37 AM (54 minutes ago)

to me
Hi,

I am Busoni admin of Polo Exchange,

We have been reading through your thread and are wondering if you would like to be added to our exchange. We feel we could bring a lot of attention to your project from our customer base.

We currently offer:

Coin addition: 1 BTC
Holding of ICO: 2 BTC

Please let us know how you feel of our offer,

Regards
Tristan D' agosta

sheesh.

[EthMediator]

Just got the same:

Hi,
I am Busoni admin of Polo Exchange,
We have been reading through your thread and are wondering if you would like to be added to our exchange. We feel we could bring a lot of attention to your project from our customer base.
We currently offer:
Coin addition: 0.5 BTC
Holding of ICO: 1 BTC
Please let us know how you feel of our offer,
Regards
Tristan D' agosta

From: poloneixexchange@gmail.com

[mylinx]

Yep, same here too.

Minutes after our ANN was posted the other day, Poloneix (lol) offered to list it :

Hi,

I am Busoni admin of Polo Exchange,

We have been reading through your thread and are wondering if you would like to be added to our exchange. We feel we could bring a lot of attention to your project from our customer base.

We currently offer:

Coin addition: 0.5 BTC
Holding of ICO: 1 BTC

Please let us know how you feel of our offer,

Regards
Tristan D'agosta

[Razzoel]

A comment today on this page of my site:
https://bipcoin.org/?page_id=25

says:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Hi,

I am Busoni admin of Polo Exchange,

we have been reading through your thread and are wondering if you would like to be added to our exchange. We feel we could bring a lot of attention to your project from our customer base.

We currently offer:

Coin addition: 1 BTC
Holding of ICO: 2 BTC

Please let us know how you feel of our offer,

Regards
Tristan D’iagosta


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

It claims to be from  Tristan D’ agosta
at email
poloneixexchange@gmail.com

IP
86.45.252.233
 is in  Ireland, Laois, Portlaoise
is not a proxy. Is sent from a mobile network.

While I'm sure the person at the other end of this email would take my Bitcoin if I responded enthusiastically, I'm sure it would not result in my coin BipCoin being listed on Poloniex Exchange.

First, that's not Tristan's email. I know Tristan's email address because a friend whose coin is on Poloniex gave me an introduction. Tristan's email is not a gmail address.

Second, I doubt anyone at Poloniex Exchange has a gmail address that misspells "Poloniex"!  lol.

Just wanted to give a heads up for any other altcoin devs who recieve the same scammy message. It's not Poloniex. And these people will probably come up with a different email now that spells Poloniex right, like
PoloniexTristan@gmail.com
or something like that.


Poloniex company email addresses are not gmail addresses.


MWD
BipCoin dev team

Sounds like they wanna make some money when people don't do their research properly. Polo wouldn't offer this also, it'd cost more.

[notnormals]

We have one at insane coin as well, what a twat. i bet someone falls for it.

[onGcoin.io]

Just received that email ourselves.  Thanks for posting this.