I already posted this in an answer (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2126042.msg21494897#msg21494897), however, I thought a separate topic could reach more people. This is an invitation to report KARBON scam ICO to authorities. Actually, I want to extend this invitation to report ALL scam ICOs to authorities.
This should be a message to all future scammers. Eventually YOU WILL GET CAUGHT!
Why karbon is a scam?
1. They refuse to provide their identity (
https://www.coinschedule.com/projects/1228/karbon-ico.html#comment-3500472598).
2. Members have no public verifyable accounts, hence their background cannot be traced. They said to me that up until now they never needed linkedin accounts, but will created them these days. Yeah right!
3. There is no company info. Their site is registered at 77 Geary St, San Francisco (
https://who.is/whois/karbon.io), but there is no Karbon company at that address. Use Google and find out. They refuse to provide their VAT number so that we can check the company info at the government institutions.
4. The bonus counter on their site refreshes everyday, also the number of sold tokens is always the same.
5. Their accounts, posts and polls on reddit seem to be fake. Check bitcointalk about that (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2120020.0).
6. There is no KARB smart contract.
7. They claim to be listed on bittrex after ICO, but check the Bittrex policy (
https://support.bittrex.com/hc/en-us/articles/202583854-Submitting-a-Coin-to-Bittrex). There is no way KARB could be listed there according to what is written there.
7. They mostly don't reply to emails.
8. Today they suddenly turned off a live chat after I exposed some facts to them. I continued the conversation via mail, but they stopped replying.
UPDATE: I'm not sure what that means but I just found out that their smart contract is a copy-paste of the KickICO smart contract. Makes me think that there is no KARB smart contract.
There are more than 900 transactions to their ethereum wallet meaning that hundreds of persons were defrauded. We must react! Please, report them to your local authoritites. THEY ARE TRACEABLE. Things like this SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
They were listed on major sites for ICO announcements (CoinSchedule, Cointelegraph) where they had to pay for such services. Therefore, someone has their IP, paypal, bank account address, ... They use(d) the tawk.to service, hence they should have their info also. THEY ARE TRACEABLE! If we never react, scam ICOs will continue to be present.
They raised more then 1300 ETH + 15 BTC and people still send them money. This is a lot of money! The authorities will react if reports are made.
EDIT: You can report an online fraud via internet anonymously. For example, the FTC has a nice form. Even if they ask it, you DON"T HAVE TO DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. (
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/Information#crnt&panel1-1)
Also, you can report them here:
https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspxWE MUST SEND A MESSAGE! Please share this!
