Connected accounts - Claiming multiple bounties (DT, please tag)
BackgroundI was reading posts in the Beginner's & Help board when I came across
this post. I didn't think anything of it at first, but then I thought about how it was pretty strange that the first three users to post wrote the same way. Going more into it, you can see that those first three posts were also posted pretty close together. So then I started looking into their profiles.
InvestigationThe first few things I noticed were obviously the similar usernames, all containing "chien". Next was that all three have the same Eternal Trusts bounty signature. Also, the bountyplatform links in their websites have consecutive codes, being registered close together.
- minhchien9abandat: 22293
- chienlm05: 22294
- chienmluc2: 22295
As I dove into the posts, I found 9 bounties that the accounts have participated in. 4 currently running, and 5 that have ended
Current- IDAP -- Post 1 -- Post 2 -- Post 3, [Archive 1, Archive 2 : Posts 4058, 4060, 4062]
- GigTricks -- Post 1 -- Post 2 -- Post 3, [Archive : Posts 4025, 4027, 4028]
- Universal Marketing Company (UMC) -- Post 1 -- Post 2 -- Post 3, [Archive : Posts 1581, 1584, 1590]
- ChangeNow -- Post 1 -- Post 2 -- Post 3, [Archive : Posts 562, 565, 566]
PastThe accounts would be used mostly for Facebook bounties, with the first account also doing some Twitter bounties. So looking into their Facebook profiles, I saw that they were all very similar as well (pictures, names, etc.)
minhchien9abandat's Facebook --
Archivechienlm05's Facebook --
Archivechienmluc2's Facebook --
ArchiveAs you can see, there's a lot of evidence here that these accounts are connected. Similar usernames, facebook profiles, writing styles, posts on the same threads almost one right after the other.[/list]