ADDISON CHURCHILL "new exchange, best at everything"??

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I became aware of this scheme as it is being spammed on the forum by a succession of newbie accounts in the following threads.
Apart from the occasional real comment, most reactions are from related newbie accounts.
These are the threads:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5098275.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5099096.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5098628.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5098644.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5098297.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5098622.0

These are the accounts:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1156351
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1158024
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1157683
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1157993
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1157072
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1157639
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1157628
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1157702
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1157755

Ongoing edits to include more sock puppets as they appear.


They are all farmed accounts registered on 16/17 September 2017. Those which were earlier activated seemed to have been used for the same topic, a bumping/shilling/PR scheme  

Not really a good start for a site with such lofty goals as these:

Our mission is to provide traders and crypto enthusiast a safe, reliable, best of breed trading experience and a global community. We are committed to growing the crypto revolution and providing new opportunities for people all over the globe to make money enriching their passion.

Yeah, ok.
Other "features" include:
A three tier MLM "Ambassador" referral scheme with a calculator promising $1000's a month (passive) income
No team, no history
a Nassau P.O.box address
Headline retweeting Twitter account
A 2 followers FB account
Same name as an FX business listed on Linkedin as run by a Keith Sazer in the NYC area, est. 2013. Little coverage info since 2014 or previous crypto involvement. Further research ongoing.
Alexa traffic estimate is 100% from Nigeria.

No reason for 20pt RED CAPS SCAM rating at the moment, but if it looks like a duck, associates with other ducks and quacks like one, then a sensible stance is not to indulge in $100million deals with it as suggested by their Fivvver video, without full due diligence..  

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[cameron70]

Hi everyone,
Addison Churchill’s platform is a well reputed platform dealing with clients professionally and successfully. We have won several awards and accolades which proves that we are offering reliable, secure and quality services to our clients. Addison Churchill is a platform open for all sorts of people who are willing to trade their crypto with ease and convenience. Please don't believe such false accusations and keep trusting us like you guys have done before. Thanks

Best Regards,
Cameron

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Addison Churchill’s platform is a well reputed platform

Please provide credible third party confirmation of this well reputedness.

We have won several awards and accolades

Please provide credible third party confirmation of these awards and accolades.

keep trusting us like you guys have done before.

Please provide credible third party confirmation of this trusting that has been done before.
"Credible third party" does not include guys other accounts that you control, mainly registered on the same day in 2017 and previously used to shill the same subject.

[nutildah]

I'm leaning towards scam. If an exchange or ICO or anything is legitimate, why would they need to employ a newb bumping/vouching service?

The four newb shill accounts were all created within 24 hours of each other:

igorpavlic70     September 17, 2017, 05:04:59 AM
fredcollins365  September 17, 2017, 08:23:45 PM
nickcarter9078  September 17, 2017, 11:55:04 PM
alonsoxavier1  September 18, 2017, 12:06:37 AM

Oh, what do you know, OP was also created within this span:

cameron70  September 17, 2017, 07:23:20 PM

Reminds me of a token that uses its own team members for testimonials.

[Patatas]

Hi everyone,

We don't want your Hi's.

Addison Churchill’s platform is a well reputed platform dealing with clients professionally and successfully. We have won several awards and accolades which proves that we are offering reliable, secure and quality services to our clients. Addison Churchill is a platform open for all sorts of people who are willing to trade their crypto with ease and convenience. Please don't believe such false accusations and keep trusting us like you guys have done before. Thanks

Name one guy on the forum who trusted you lol . (obviously apart from your shill accounts) "Awards and accolades" - You can get real fancy with the words there but that won't change the fact that your service is a shithole developed to scam people.

Best Regards,
Cameron

Sure sir. What would you take to go away from the forum?

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What would you take to go away from the forum?

Well, back in September 2017, the price was apparently 1.25 BTC.
I base that on the last post of the OP of the thread for which most these shill accounts were created and one-used,

1 legendary account, clean

1.25 BTC
DM me if you're interested
thanks

And away he went, until the rump of that scheme (or whichever admin has control of these shill accounts now), ICO MARKETING : ARTICLES & REDDIT & DISTRIBUTION aka cryptodistribution.com, apparently snagged a contract to shill for Addison Churchill, as per the subject of this thread.

If an exchange or ICO or anything is legitimate, why would they need to employ a newb bumping/vouching service?

Yes, that's a reasonable question to ask, especially of a scheme which boasts of receiving

awards and accolades

My experience of the bumping services/scam subject ratio is pretty much 20:20. Why would a quality setup think about how best to market itself and then decide on a crass, clumsy series of spam posts on Bitcointalk?