All,
My account newguy05 was hacked. The hack happened around mid/late August. The scammer is now using my account/reputation i earned from the past 6 years to promote his fraud ico coin - HomeToken.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20440Have sent message to admin but have received no response and this scammer continues to use my account to commit fraud. Add insult to injury, I am 100% certain this guy got my account due to bitcointalk's login/pass database being hacked a while back. My email was not compromised, and there is no way he would brute forced my password which is very secure.
To any admin who is reading this - if you need proof just PM me i have the various PMs sent/received in NEWGUY05's account year back to prove i was the original owner. If i cannot get the account back, i request to have it at least banned so it cannot be used to continue to scam people on this forum.
To anyone else reading this, please give newguy05 negative reputation so people are aware the account is compromised and is now owned by a scammer.
Thanks
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Updated in first post as warning to all:
hacked newguy05 was posting every day spamming threads with multiple posts to pretend to be legit promoting this hometoken scam, until i raised the issue and hometoken responded stating he had nothing to do with the account being hacked. Then on the SAME day, newguy05 also stopped posting and never resumed. coincidence? yeah right.
Hometoken is clearly a scam, you must be batshit crazy to give them any money1) The website and white paper is just cookie cutter fluff copied from google without any real info on the actual ico, after you cut through all the bullshit in the white paper/website , it can be summarized as: give us your money, we will use it to buy some real estate in malaysia, and the cashflow + appreciation will make your token worth more.
2) There is no legal contract, no registered company, all those supposed employees are nobody and even then their linkedin profile never mentioned hometoken (if this is so legit, why none of them list it in their linkedin profile). Only this andrew yap who is suppose to be the founder has hometoken in linkedin - a 20 something kid that sold car insurance as his credential - yeah i am going to give him money.
3) They take your money and can do whatever they want with it, even if they did buy real estate, and by some miracle the properties purchased is cashflow positive or appreciates, what makes you think they will tell you that and give YOU the profit? There is zero accountability, once they have your money, you have no option whatsoever given it's all in malaysia - a country with little to no financial laws or enforcement.
4) Another sign is they keep promoting about hometoken being on all the legit financial websites like marketwatch - specifically for a news release regarding the $3 million pre-ico funding received by hometoken
A) Anyone can make a news release and have it show up on those websites as press release feeds - it was written by hometoken themselves and put on those sites, it was NOT written by the legit websites. Same as tweets are not created by twitter the company. The fact they heavily promote essentially their own bullshit as legit news from those websites is another big red flag.
B) Also where is this proof they received $3 million pre-ico funding, where is the audited bank statements by the big 4 accounting firms confirming the money is there? It's all bullshit.
5) Also consider the fact even if they are completely legit, real estate investment is extremely difficult given the initial principal required and ongoing upkeep. Only a small percentage are cashflow positive. Do you really think this 20 year old kid who sells car insurance has the depth and expertise to be successful AND will actually give you some of the profit if it indeed works out?
The list goes on and on. As i said you must be nuts to give them money - much better odds at vegas. I work in 1 of the big 4 ibanks on the street for 15+ years in risk, and as a real estate investor for majority of my adult life - 20+ years. I will bet the farm this is a 100% scam.
At least if this is a US registered llc you have some recourse, but it's not. You wouldn't loan money to strangers in asia, so why would you do it now? just donate it to charity instead at least you get the tax write-off.
