Using strangers' bitcointalk nicknames in bounty

[HugoStiglitz]

Hi all.

If it's wrong section, I ask moderators to excuse me and move the topic to the suitable one.

This morning I was busy with scrutinizing new projects and found quite a nasty thing. There are more than 10k entries in the MoneyToken Twitter Campaign. My nickname and the link to my forum account are also there, however, I haven't registered for this bounty. Someone used these data to bind his twitter account with my bitcointalk account for joining. Accordingly to some messages I've read in the bounty-chat, I am not the only one, whose nickname was used in such way.

First of all, I thought there can't be any negative consequences for anybody, because the problem can be easily solved by notification the bounty manager. However, then I realized it can lead to an accusation in multi-accounting, which nobody wants to face with, so I decided to start this topic and spread the information among other users.

If you share my fear to not allow anyone to use your data in the way I described, I highly recommend you to check the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mXVjLYMjNqpcUGSDjTpwrB4AuPhPL3ZkZNzO4drHffE/edit#gid=1924401378

If your nickname is there, I think the best option is to notify the manager through the bounty-chat:
https://t.me/MoneyTokenBounty

I can't come up with a way to punish scammers and minimize a probability of repeating such kind of situation in the future, so it will be great if somebody suggests a suitable method to do it.

Update 1

What should I do? (It's not the perfect solution of the problem, so if you know any other thing, which can help, I kindly ask you to share it in this topic)

1. Add your ETH address in the forum profile. It can help managers to recognize potential scammer. I used the field "Other Contact Info" to do it.

2. Always be vigilant. If you see something strange happens (for example, more than 10k entries in the Twitter campaign), spend 5-10 minutes to scrutinize the situation and let other users know about it to warn them and try to solve the problem together.

3. Pay extra attention to campaigns without both reporting activity on the forum and proof of authentication post. The scheme perfectly suits this kind of bounties.

[zininaks]

Scammers have always been, are and will be. The only thing managers can do is use proof of authenticity. I always look through the spreadsheet of participants when registering in the project. If there are scammers , I report or in the flow of the bounty of the company or telegram group. By the way in this project, my nickname is also used.

[teilwalL05]

If you are doing the right thing then why are you so afraid on reporting the thief that used your username in registering from a social media campaign, You don't have to be scared if you truly don't have a multi account in the forum then it is OK do report him or her, This is because certain people that doesn't have their higher rank account have using other peoples account, I think we need to report this kind of activity that certain people are doing and don't hesitate in doing the right thing.

[HugoStiglitz]

If you are doing the right thing then why are you so afraid on reporting the thief that used your username in registering from a social media campaign, You don't have to be scared if you truly don't have a multi account in the forum then it is OK do report him or her, This is because certain people that doesn't have their higher rank account have using other peoples account, I think we need to report this kind of activity that certain people are doing and don't hesitate in doing the right thing.

This is exactly what I'm doing. I've already written that I created this topic because of 2 reasons:

1) to spread the information about the situation and warn other users;
2) to discuss how we can punish scammers and minimize a probability of repeating such kind of problem in the future. I didn't manage to come up with the idea how to do it, but maybe more experienced people can help with that.

[supernva]

I don't like bounties much. But sometimes I'm in. There are lots of bounty hunters, so bounties become not effective, as for me.
I often see quotes like: "bounty manager didn't update the spreadsheet", etc. But can you imagine how hard is for them to check every account? And airdrops are even worse. People use multiple accounts, twitter usernames of other people, fake e-mails. I think we should somehow stop it.

[dontno]

I would like to suggest that bounty manager to please do a thorough research and update of it's participants and should be able to find a solution to all this. In my own opinion, the people using another person's bitcoin talk name as his on bounty is either there for theft of scam which should not be because I see no reason why you should use another person's nickname for your personal account. Another thing is, the name might be the same but the password cannot be the same.

[vetrovppp]

I don't like bounties much. But sometimes I'm in. There are lots of bounty hunters, so bounties become not effective, as for me.
I often see quotes like: "bounty manager didn't update the spreadsheet", etc. But can you imagine how hard is for them to check every account? And airdrops are even worse. People use multiple accounts, twitter usernames of other people, fake e-mails. I think we should somehow stop it.

So, bowing campaigns have become increasingly ineffective in recent years. So check every account this is a really hard business that takes a lot of time. But manager Bounty gets good money for his work and he has to do everything on time.

[CoinEraser]

Not only at airdrops are there many cheaters. I noticed a few days ago that a cheater uses my name to register with telegram bounty campaigns. I reported that and the cheater was removed, but I do not want to know in how many campaigns he uses my name and I do not see it. That annoys me. You could limit that, if every bounty manager would work with a "proof of authentication" post for telegram bounty.

[Benabod]

I think this is becoming rampant someone else using other people bitcointalk profile to join bounty campaign. I think it'll not be easy to completely eliminate such act but I'll implore everybody on this forum to be on the lookout for cheaters and report them immediately to get them banned and always endeavor to search for your username on all bounties before joining to avoid duplication which can lead to waste of time because if the bounty manager check manually he will invalidate your entry

[HugoStiglitz]

I created the same topic in the Russian local board and got a great help there. Seems like scammers choose mainly Russian-speaking users' links for such kind of scam. It looks quite strange and many people suggest it can be connected to testing new bots. Nobody can know it for sure, but I think we should be very vigilant to minimize a probability of using our data in this way.

Here are some small advice, which can help. It's not the perfect solution of the problem, so if you know any other thing, which can help, I kindly ask you to share it in this topic. I've also added this information to the opening post.


1. Add your ETH address in the forum profile. It can help managers to recognize potential scammer. I used the field "Other Contact Info" to do it.

2. Always be vigilant. If you see something strange happens (for example, more than 10k entries in the Twitter campaign), spend 5-10 minutes to scrutinize the situation and let other users know about it to warn them and try to solve the problem together.

3. Pay extra attention to campaigns without both reporting activity on the forum and proof of authentication post. The scheme perfectly suits this kind of bounties.