"Remove proxyban" - new level of scam?

[keycotech]

Hi there! Friend of mine have this message after login from PC or phone. He is not under DNS Spoofing - i cheked them. How can we fix this?

Bitcoin Forum > Remove Proxyban
Your IP address has previously been used for evil on this forum, or it is a known proxy/VPN/Tor exit node, so you are required to pay a small fee before you are able to post messages or send PMs. You can still use all of the read-only features without paying.

Your account contains 12,912.50 units of evil. To atone, you must pay a total of 0.03640453 bitcoins (36.40453 mBTC; 3640453 satoshi). Pay to the address 36ZtG3tsXciW9MjpWPfQtNUzQUPmL7yNta. Once you have paid the full amount, wait a few seconds and then reload this page. If the fee is so small that your wallet is unable to send it, you can send any larger amount, though you will not be refunded the difference.

Alternatively, any forum staff member and some other notable members can manually whitelist you. Paying the fee is probably easier/quicker, though.

If you don't have any bitcoins, you can get small amounts of free bitcoins using the sites listed here. It is recommended that you give the free bitcoin sites the address listed above. Do not collect money in your own wallet and then send the bitcoins to the forum -- this will likely result in significant network fees.

If you find any bugs in this system, email pbbugs-...@.... For example, send email here if your payment is not registered an hour after sending it. The mere fact that payment is required for your IP address is never a bug. You will be permanently banned if you send email here requesting free whitelisting.

People commonly say, "I haven't posted anything before, so why on Earth am I banned?" You are not banned. Your IP address was previously used for evil, so everyone who uses that IP address has to pay this registration fee.

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[cissrawk]

This post should be on meta, move it there by click move topic on bottom left.
How to fix that is send some bitcoin to that address. But, damn, that's a lot of evil points. maybe you can try this one,

Alternatively, any forum staff member and some other notable members can manually whitelist you. Paying the fee is probably easier/quicker, though.

[Thirdspace]

Hi there! Friend of mine have this message after login from PC or phone. He is not under DNS Spoofing - i cheked them. How can we fix this?

did he just register a new account and get this message?
if yes, then it's not scam but your IP must have been used to DDoS this forum
12,912.50 units of evil!! definitely very bad IP, probably the source of DDoS
contact theymos for clarification if you're in doubt

[Mrdark_knight]

I've been in the proxyban too when i signed up in here but damn that is one of a hella units of evil 😲😲

[Q2kc]

Actually, I don't really Understand how Evil IP works, can someone provide an in-depth explanation of evil IP, 0.03640453 bitcoins is a big amount to pay, maybe the IP your friend using is involved in an IP related activities like Tor, VPN hack or something

[TryNinja]

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Here it is:

When you register, the IP that you used when you submitted the registration form is used to calculate your evilness. The more frequently this IP or its neighbors were banned, the more evil is associated with your account. The amount of evil associated with an IP decays slowly over time, but the amount of evil associated with an account does not. You must pay or be manually whitelisted to enable posting on one of these "banned" accounts.

Here are some stats:

Evil	% new users
0	53
0-1	35
1-10	4.4
10-20	0.80
20-50	2.2
50-100	1.3
100+	2.9

Currently each unit of evil requires a payment of 4023 satoshi. You only need to pay something if you have 1 or more, though.

Maybe OP's "friend" had multiple accounts who got nuked? Still, 13k seems a lot.

[LeGaulois]

Hi there! Friend of mine have this message after login from PC or phone. He is not under DNS Spoofing - i cheked them. How can we fix this?

You answered your own question. To fix it "your friend" needs to pay the fee to the address given, or to be whitelisted, simple as that. There is no other way other than what is written in your quote.