Phinnaeus Gage account just posted.

[Harkorede]

I think the account has been compromised!

Check this out
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251074
Archived: http://archive.is/bg63z

Edit:
OP on his thread "[Plead] Phinnaeus Gage's User Moniker Manifested Due to a Malignant Brain Tumor" has been deleted and locked.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236380.0

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[The Sceptical Chymist]

Did suchmoon get control of his account(s)?

I have to tell you, I'm not surprised in the least that this happened.  I figured Bruno would give someone access to his accounts before he died--and I'm assuming that there wasn't a hoax as far as that's concerned.  It's obviously one or the other, and I'm going with the former scenario and we'll probably find out soon enough.

Edit:

No, suchmoon is only in control of "Gleb Gamow"

A'ight, I'll take you at your word on that.  I didn't read that final farewell thread in full (it depressed me), so I don't know or recall if Bruno said he was going to do anything specific with his accounts after his death.  I don't remember reading anything about that before he died, but that doesn't mean he didn't write anything about bequeathing his bitcointalk accounts to anyone.

[Harkorede]

Did suchmoon get control of his account(s)?

No, suchmoon is only in control of "Gleb Gamow"

[AB de Royse777]

This seems a puzzle. I see the funds are moved too. Check yourself: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1FkHCFv8PN1kerJct3RsQQpMcRoTnx2vWe

And everything on that topic were deleted too: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236380.0

PS: Harkorede, may be this is a reputation board topic. Clearly this has nothing to do with the forum itself.

[Coyster]

I figured Bruno would give someone access to his accounts before he died--and I'm assuming that there wasn't a hoax as far as that's concerned.  It's obviously one or the other, and I'm going with the former scenario and we'll probably find out soon enough.

Well If we're to go by his statements in the thread he just made few minutes ago, then it's neither the former nor the later, look at this quote:

I have recovered with the help of lovely staff at my local hospital, if you care to speak on telegram i can show paper and pictures phinnaeusgage

So according to Bruno or whoever is posting with that account right now, Bruno never died from the tumor. This is really getting interesting and confusing all at once.

[AB de Royse777]

So according to Bruno or whoever is posting with that account right now, Bruno never died. This is really getting interesting and confusing as well.

The funds were moved, articles were posted in several obituaries sites including this following one.

From the grave.

All this indicates something is not clearly right.

[Harkorede]

So according to Bruno or whoever is posting with that account right now, Bruno never died. This is really getting interesting and confusing as well.

The funds were moved, articles were posted in several obituaries sites including this following one.

From the grave.

All this indicates something is not clearly right.

If whoever is in control of that account is Bruno, the first thing he would have done as a reasonable person that Bruno was would be to thank the community and give them an update about his "demise" or health status.

[Stedsm]

It looks like it was clearly a final move by him (when he asked for funds for his final wish in the way of a final exit scam) to leave us with a shock here. I mean, "what the fuck just happened" is what I thought when I saw his post here. Nobody would pray for another person's death and may only bless them to live a long and better life. But we all knew that he was just going to die as his brain's condition was not so good. Now, this surprising comment by him that he just used the funds to recover? How the hell can he be recovered in just 2 days after moving those funds? Is it a miracle? This has jumbled my mind badly and I don't know how can a dead person come alive and say that he's Bruno, I mean look at the picture he posted. It's not even him.

[gentlemand]

'I exchanged money what is your guys issue I've done so much for everyone here, am i not wanted guys?'

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251074.msg54500946#msg54500946

Not only has he returned from death, he also appears to have returned as a non native English speaker. It certainly must have been one hell of a trip.

[JeromeTash]

If whoever is in control of that account is Bruno, the first thing he would have done as a reasonable person that Bruno was would be to thank the community and give them an update about his "demise" or health status.

You are right but instead they decided to delete the OP of plead too: [Plead] Phinnaeus Gage's User Moniker Manifested Due to a Malignant Brain Tumor

I don't know if I am being too paranoid but i kind of feel the account could have been compromised a long time ago. Even those last wish gimmick could have been part of an organized scam by the person in control of the account

[AB de Royse777]

If whoever is in control of that account is Bruno, the first he would have done was to to thank the community and give them an update about his "demise" or health status.

Did you see the funds were moved? I am not sure when it happened.
Did you see the topic contents were deleted? Not sure when.
Did you see he posted an image that is dated on April 2019?

Moving funds indicates it was done by someone he gave access or it could be him himself.
Deleting contents: Why would he do that if this is real Bruno?
Posting image: Someone else can just post it but this means someone who was in touch with Bruno and had the copy of the entire image.

Now the first thing we need to do is to find Bruno, dead or alive.


Some more reference to follow up my last post:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/bruno-kucinskas-obituary?pid=195932649
https://usobit.com/obituaries-2020/04/bruno-kucinskas-jr-march-4-1960-april-8-2020-age-60/
https://www.boersmafuneralhome.com/obituary/Bruno-KucinskasJr
https://www.beveragefamilyfh.com/index.cfm/obituary/950940?browse_on=desktop

I don't know if I am being too paranoid but i kind of feel the account could have been compromised a long time ago. Even those last wish gimmick could have been part of an organized scam by the person in control of the account

Oh God!
This will be too hurting for the community.
I hope this is not it. I have seen a lot of users cared for him and donated money in there.

[Harkorede]

If whoever is in control of that account is Bruno, the first he would have done was to to thank the community and give them an update about his "demise" or health status.

Did you see the funds were moved? I am not sure when it happened.
Did you see the topic contents were deleted? Not sure when.
Did you see he posted an image that is dated on April 2019?

Moving funds indicates it was done by someone he gave access or it could be him himself.
Deleting contents: Why would he do that if this is real Bruno?
Posting image: Someone else can just post it but this means someone who was in touch with Bruno and had the copy of the entire image.

Or someone got hold of his phone in his last moments.

There are just so many buts and what ifs, but IMHO this isn't Bruno.

The funds were moved 2 days ago, The OP was edited almost 12 hours ago.

[AB de Royse777]

Or someone got hold of his phone in his last moments.

There are just so many buts and what ifs, but IMHO this isn't Bruno.

The funds were moved 2 days ago, The OP was edited almost 12 hours ago.

If this is correct then the fund moving and OP editing and now posted the topic done by the same person. If this is not real Bruno then those funds were wasted, in fact if this is real Bruno then still those funds were wasted in my honest opinion.

[Stedsm]

If this is correct then the fund moving and OP editing and now posted the topic done by the same person. If this is not real Bruno then those funds were wasted, in fact if this is real Bruno then still those funds were wasted in my honest opinion.

Exactly. This is literally looking like a pre-planned exit scam, but what I'm thinking is that, the reputation of Bruno was worth much more than the BTC he received, then why did he even do this? Was he literally expecting us to donate a lot of BTC in regards to fulfilling his last wish, and he just scammed? Or something else was in his mind?

[TECSHARE]

If this is correct then the fund moving and OP editing and now posted the topic done by the same person. If this is not real Bruno then those funds were wasted, in fact if this is real Bruno then still those funds were wasted in my honest opinion.

Exactly. This is literally looking like a pre-planned exit scam, but what I'm thinking is that, the reputation of Bruno was worth much more than the BTC he received, then why did he even do this? Was he literally expecting us to donate a lot of BTC in regards to fulfilling his last wish, and he just scammed? Or something else was in his mind?

While not impossible to get a bunch of fake obituaries, it is highly unlikely. I think what is more likely here is some one else has access to the account and or his computer. It is possible they had access while he lay dying.

[AB de Royse777]

Exactly. This is literally looking like a pre-planned exit scam, but what I'm thinking is that, the reputation of Bruno was worth much more than the BTC he received, then why did he even do this? Was he literally expecting us to donate a lot of BTC in regards to fulfilling his last wish, and he just scammed? Or something else was in his mind?

This is too much for me to figure out. This entire case needs an investigation, a proper one. My suggestion is that we have a clue, the image posted from that hospital. Now using this clue someone can trace back Bruno's real location, frinds and family and then can find out what is his real status. Alive or Dead?

If he is alive then good. We are happy considering the funds were wasted or maybe not or whatever!
But if he is not alive then Bruno is a legend for us, and he really is for the forum. Whoever is this new guy can be tagged or the account can be banned manually by the admins to keep Bruno's memory with us.

[Coyster]

If this is correct then the fund moving and OP editing and now posted the topic done by the same person. If this is not real Bruno then those funds were wasted, in fact if this is real Bruno then still those funds were wasted in my honest opinion.

Then if it's Bruno, I'm thinking why he would return back to the community this way, for someone like Bruno who knows how Bitcointalk is run, he should know that he'll get flagged and tagged and if he doesn't have any substantial prove of what happened(if he died, why the funds were just moved, why he edited his posts he made earlier)his reputation will be tarnished.

The return looks too much like someone who knows little how things work here, coming back and immediately posting addresses for funds to be sent, Bruno will know that won't work wouldn't he?  

[AB de Royse777]

Then if it's Bruno, I'm thinking why he would return back to the community this way, for someone like Bruno who knows how Bitcointalk is run, he should know that he'll get flagged and tagged and if he doesn't have any substantial prove of what happened, his reputation will be tarnished.

The return looks too much like someone who knows little how things work here, coming back and immediately posting addresses for funds to be sent, Bruno will know that won't work wouldn't he?  

You have a valid point here. The real Bruno clearly knows the culture.

While not impossible to get a bunch of fake obituaries, it is highly unlikely. I think what is more likely here is some one else has access to the account and or his computer. It is possible they had access while he lay dying.

Did you see how was the OP written: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251074.msg54500785#msg54500785

This does not look like that a random guy got the access of the account if it is indeed compromised. Someone said here that it could be an organization and that last topic from Phinnaeus Gage account which was asking for pledge also could be done by the same organization.

All is really puzzling at this point.

[PrimeNumber7]

Or someone got hold of his phone in his last moments.

Or after the fact.

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room. 

[JeromeTash]

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room.  

But how did that person exactly know that Bruno was a bitcointalk forum member and immediately got to his browser and logged in?
How did they know that once they log into bitcointalk,  will first have to delete the last OP made by Bruno's account?
How did they know about changing the custom VIP title from "In Memoriam" to "Back to End CO-VID Struggles"?

My guess? The person could have been accessing Phinnaeus Gage's account or for a while.

[AB de Royse777]

My guess? The person could have been accessing Phinnaeus Gage's account or for a while.

And did you see how well known the person is about the old users in the forum? : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5251074.msg54500785#msg54500785
Also in the pledge topic where he was asking it for his funeral, it seems it was him.

And then he died and according to all those obituaries he died on April 8, 2020 which was after he made this post to ask for his funeral cost.

All these are still too much for me to have a conclusion.

[Pffrt]

It's the same image Bruno (Bruno?) posted earlier on his plea thread. The image was from 12.04.19 which seems to be very old but no one questioned at that time? No one wanted to verify that it was Bruno or not? Someone had credentials of his account long ago?
I'm not sure, can a death be faked?
Anyone tried to contact the Spring Valley Hospital? Their "Contact Us" doesn't work. I tried to contact with them but failed. That would bring some proof.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room. 

I seriously doubt this is what happened--starting back up with a post like the one that was made is a lot different than some random person finding a phone and, say, stealing bitcoin from a wallet or using the phone to pay for things via an app or something similar.

All these are still too much for me to have a conclusion.

I don't know, man.  This is definitely another high-popcorn-usage event, so just watch your sodium intake if this and/or the Lauda thing is giving you high blood pressure.

[AB de Royse777]

No one wanted to verify that it was Bruno or not?

+10 merit for that point but this is too late now.
That was a blunder mistake from the community. One could just ask for his username + current date on a piece of paper before sending any donations.

I found an archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200502091546/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5236380.0

And it's the same image from 2019.

I don't know, man.  This is definitely another high-popcorn-usage event, so just watch your sodium intake if this and/or the Lauda thing is giving you high blood pressure.

It's already giving me a high blood pressure. People now can speculate that the COVID-19 project could be an exit scam from me and Lauda :-P

[Timelord2o67]

Can the FBI or similar law enforcement investigate if hospital staff have accessed/stolen Bruno's personal effects?

[PrimeNumber7]

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room.  

I seriously doubt this is what happened--starting back up with a post like the one that was made is a lot different than some random person finding a phone and, say, stealing bitcoin from a wallet or using the phone to pay for things via an app or something similar.

His password has not changed recently, which means someone either knows his password or has physical possession of a device he was logged into the forum with when he passed.

When he created a thread asking for donations, he asked that donations be sent to 1FkHCFv8PN1kerJct3RsQQpMcRoTnx2vWe, and the coin in this address moved yesterday. The address the coin was sent to, 1MZh187t7Lkz3Zn5cpWFmQbqowfL6ReP29 received other transactions, presumably from various services that Bruno had coin on deposit with.

The transfer of coin means whoever has his phone at least knows what bitcoin is (many people do). I am pretty sure there are some people who work at nursing homes also have forum accounts at bitcointalk, and some others probably know what bitcointalk is. Even if whoever stole Brunos' phone hadn't heard of bitcointalk previously, s/he could have done some research.

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room. 

But how did that person exactly know that Bruno was a bitcointalk forum member and immediately got to his browser and logged in?
How did they know that once they log into bitcointalk,  will first have to delete the last OP made by Bruno's account?
How did they know about changing the custom VIP title from "In Memoriam" to "Back to End CO-VID Struggles"?

My guess? The person could have been accessing Phinnaeus Gage's account or for a while.

It is probably a fair assumption that someone didn't start using a random noise generator to start using his account. Whoever has Bruno's phone likely did some research prior to posting. Based on my above blockchain analysis, they have had his phone for at least a day prior to posting.

[TECSHARE]

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room.  

I seriously doubt this is what happened--starting back up with a post like the one that was made is a lot different than some random person finding a phone and, say, stealing bitcoin from a wallet or using the phone to pay for things via an app or something similar.

His password has not changed recently, which means someone either knows his password or has physical possession of a device he was logged into the forum with when he passed.

When he created a thread asking for donations, he asked that donations be sent to 1FkHCFv8PN1kerJct3RsQQpMcRoTnx2vWe, and the coin in this address moved yesterday. The address the coin was sent to, 1MZh187t7Lkz3Zn5cpWFmQbqowfL6ReP29 received other transactions, presumably from various services that Bruno had coin on deposit with.

The transfer of coin means whoever has his phone at least knows what bitcoin is (many people do). I am pretty sure there are some people who work at nursing homes also have forum accounts at bitcointalk, and some others probably know what bitcointalk is. Even if whoever stole Brunos' phone hadn't heard of bitcointalk previously, s/he could have done some research.

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room. 

But how did that person exactly know that Bruno was a bitcointalk forum member and immediately got to his browser and logged in?
How did they know that once they log into bitcointalk,  will first have to delete the last OP made by Bruno's account?
How did they know about changing the custom VIP title from "In Memoriam" to "Back to End CO-VID Struggles"?

My guess? The person could have been accessing Phinnaeus Gage's account or for a while.

It is probably a fair assumption that someone didn't start using a random noise generator to start using his account. Whoever has Bruno's phone likely did some research prior to posting. Based on my above blockchain analysis, they have had his phone for at least a day prior to posting.

He did state he was getting help posting, and was dictating his last posts didn't he? Isn't it possible whoever was assisting him simply used this knowledge to take the money and try for more?

[PrimeNumber7]

He did state he was getting help posting, and was dictating his last posts didn't he? Isn't it possible whoever was assisting him simply used this knowledge to take the money and try for more?

He said he was using google voice:

thank you, guys

(I don't have use of my right hand, hence sentences not grammatically correct. I use Google Voice to copy and paste.)

[nutildah]

Very sad.

I see that the "new" Bruno's donation address has already received 5 BTC. I hope nobody actually sent him BTC already. But if not, it means this is some sort of experienced bitcoiner who had access to 5 BTC, to move it to the donation address to make it look like he was already receiving donations.

I was really hoping his account wouldn't end up this way.

[Timelord2067]

Can anyone provide information on other alts of Bruno?

I've been told by Lafu there was a connection between the Phinnaeus Gage UID and a banned account Bitcoin 100 with proof of the connection in this thread.

*IF* Bruno is alive, then this is an elaborate exit scam and all alts possible need to be identified to shut down the scamming.

If Bruno is indeed dead, then the hacker needs to be identified and the funds donated tracked.

[xxjumperxx]

Wow.

Thats all I can say after reading though all of this.

I read through Phinnaeus Gage Thread when it all happened.

Now this surfaces, his old Thread was edited and is asking for donations in another thread.

I mean if he has access to a device he was logged into, he/she probably has access to all of the accounts he was using.
In the worst case, access to his email (thats why email change is not required).

This is not good.

[nutildah]

I have opened a Type 1 flag on PG's account based on this thread, please support:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1916

[Fishmooney]

Can anyone provide information on other alts of Bruno?

I've been told by Lafu there was a connection between the Phinnaeus Gage UID and a banned account Bitcoin 100 with proof of the connection in this thread.

*IF* Bruno is alive, then this is an elaborate exit scam and all alts possible need to be identified to shut down the scamming.

If Bruno is indeed dead, then the hacker needs to be identified and the funds donated tracked.

About the connection with 100bitcoin accoun't I've found this on what is probably his sister's facebook account

https://i.ibb.co/7kLSdvc/firefox-Cgx-UYb-Ff-KA.png

This is has been found on the link on her post, if you open the picture on the https://www.boersmafuneralhome.com/obituary/Bruno-KucinskasJr?fbclid=IwAR3httyY8-EfTjlJmxhCAxS-Y7OOhz88kgowT8hpbulE7UVMBhxebfNYZJA you can see the 100bitcoin thing.

You need to open it, the picture is zoomed.
As you can see is a little different it's called 1btc100, very similar, very strange.

[Timelord2067]

This is has been found on the link on her post, if you open the picture on the https://www.boersmafuneralhome.com/obituary/Bruno-KucinskasJr?fbclid=IwAR3httyY8-EfTjlJmxhCAxS-Y7OOhz88kgowT8hpbulE7UVMBhxebfNYZJA you can see the 100bitcoin thing.

Confirmed - I've clicked on the image: https://s3.amazonaws.com/CFSV2/obituaries/photos/8673/734840/5e90987319ceb.jpg

<--- Lower right of image 1BTC100 (presumably it's meant to read 1BTC1oo ...)


I've created a flag and would appreciate it if people could support it.  I will also post some information from the known alts thread once we've managed to have a look at the details.

[tyKiwanuka]

Not sure, if it was posted before, if it was, just disregard.

What caught my attention at the time he supposedly died was this:


Source: https://www.boersmafuneralhome.com/obituary/Bruno-KucinskasJr

I donated some funds to that address that he posted, but didn't follow what was the total amount collected in the end. So I just thought that maybe the funds weren't enough to cover all the costs he had calculated. Still I found it a bit weird, that it says "per his wishes", because you don't just change your mind (in a probably vegetative state) when some funds are missing. There is always a way to make it happen, when it's just lacking money.

So maybe someone just wanted to take the money, and didn't bother about giving Bruno a proper service/cremation.

[TalkStar]

It's the same image Bruno (Bruno?) posted earlier on his plea thread. The image was from 12.04.19 which seems to be very old but no one questioned at that time? No one wanted to verify that it was Bruno or not? Someone had credentials of his account long ago?
I'm not sure, can a death be faked?

After seeing all the recent incidents its really hard to get on a final decision for anyone. I can't say exactly what happened with bruno & his account but something is not right for sure. In a situation like this you can't take any possibilities slightly.    

I have opened a Type 1 flag on PG's account based on this thread, please support:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1916

Supported from my end and we can't do nothing more than that now.  

[logfiles]

The person who took over the account just couldn't even wait for a couple of months after the guy's death... Could he?

[suzanne5223]

Can the FBI or similar law enforcement investigate if hospital staff have accessed/stolen Bruno's personal effects?

It cant be hospital staff and it can only be someone within his family who somehow have access to Bruno's private information.

Not sure, if it was posted before, if it was, just disregard.

What caught my attention at the time he supposedly died was this:

[snip] Source: https://www.boersmafuneralhome.com/obituary/Bruno-KucinskasJr[/size]

I donated some funds to that address that he posted, but didn't follow what was the total amount collected in the end. So I just thought that maybe the funds weren't enough to cover all the costs he had calculated. Still I found it a bit weird, that it says "per his wishes", because you don't just change your mind (in a probably vegetative state) when some funds are missing. There is always a way to make it happen, when it's just lacking money.

So maybe someone just wanted to take the money, and didn't bother about giving Bruno a proper service/cremation.

I understand you're helping the investigation of the suddenly thread created by the person impersonating Bruno's identity but the information you provided is somehow against the doxxing rules said by theymos and i think it will be better if you provide the link.

[TalkStar]

The person who took over the account just couldn't even wait for a couple of months after the guy's death... Could he?

Greediness usually drives people to break their patience and specially when its a matter of money then its really hard to control for them who always lookng for make some easy money.

[hulla]

Nursing homes/hospices have banned all visitors, so it is just patients and nurses. When a patient dies, someone will clean his room of the deceased's personal belongings. My guess is someone from the hospice stole Bruno's phone when cleaning his room.  

But how did that person exactly know that Bruno was a bitcointalk forum member and immediately got to his browser and logged in?
How did they know that once they log into bitcointalk,  will first have to delete the last OP made by Bruno's account?
How did they know about changing the custom VIP title from "In Memoriam" to "Back to End CO-VID Struggles"?

My guess? The person could have been accessing Phinnaeus Gage's account or for a while.

With Bruno generous in nature and helping people. Bruno might have teach him all his knowledge about crypto and this forum.

The person who took over the account just couldn't even wait for a couple of months after the guy's death... Could he?

The person could only be someone Bruno teach about crypto and have confidence in the most within his family/friend after he left when understand perfectly well the chance of his surgery and here we see the person abusing Bruno's trust.

[logfiles]

The person could only be someone Bruno teach about crypto and have confidence in the most within his family/friend after he left when understand perfectly well the chance of his surgery and here we see the person abusing Bruno's trust.

If it's family or a friend behind this then it's even worse. The least they could do would be to thank those who donated for the fallen Hero/brother/ father rather than come back to scheme for a way of scamming more Bitcoins.

[snipie]

The person who took over the account just couldn't even wait for a couple of months after the guy's death... Could he?

I don't understand why the hacker is so stupid. I mean he could claim he is Bruno's relative who recovered his phone and discovered bitcointalk and want to follow Bruno's steps for example. He can invent any imaginable and possible shit. But hell no, he is claiming he is a zombie? Right.
I believe the phone is possessed by someone who bought it, maybe one of his relatives too. I doubt he is one of the nursing staff but who knows.
The possibility of real Bruno's doing this silly Bollywoodish-like film is 1‰ for me at least but if it turns to be true then I want to beat the shit out of him. (The possibility of cyberpinoy buying the phone is bigger than seeing Bruno alive!)

(The possibility of cyberpinoy buying the phone is bigger than seeing Bruno alive!)

Thank you... This is one of the most reasonable conspiracies I've read about him today.

Shit. TIL (today i learned) how conspiracies are created. Need to create few alts + support from few other members to spread it and fight back who doubt about it. Aww!
I just intended to create a metaphor (don't want to see cyberpinoy crying and chasing me) 

[nutildah]

(The possibility of cyberpinoy buying the phone is bigger than seeing Bruno alive!)

Thank you... This is one of the most reasonable conspiracies I've read about him today.

[sbogovac]

There is one scenario I didn't see anyone mention (or did I miss it?): it wouldn't be beyond Bruno to actually instruct someone to post after his death as a final "pun" (and that person now "went a bit overboard")... it would fit his sense of humour, wouldn't it?

[Stedsm]

To what I have concluded:

- Either this is the same person (which is of least chance that it's him, but either it's his relative, or someone else who used to know about his previous donation campaign or just had knowledge about Bitcoins and then he just got a grab on his phone anyhow and is now trying to ruin his reputation that he built for a very long time).

- Or it was someone not known to Bruno but who used to keep track of his doings and planned such a thing before his death, but failed to execute it in a better way.

- Last but not the least, it's someone who already had Bruno's phone before his death, who tried to play trustworthy enough I'm front of him when he was alive and now kept the funds with him (either sold off or gonna gamble somewhere).

Whatever it is, in my looong journey of being a member of Bitcointalk, I learned that it's so easy to ruin any good member's reputation through any means. I mean, the whole world is cruel and you don't know who/what may prove to be worst ahead on your journey.

[nutildah]

There is one scenario I didn't see anyone mention (or did I miss it?): it wouldn't be beyond Bruno to actually instruct someone to post after his death as a final "pun" (and that person now "went a bit overboard")... it would fit his sense of humour, wouldn't it?

No, it wouldn't.

There's at least 500 scenarios nobody mentioned; for example

- aliens did it
- time travelers did it
- it's part of a deep state coverup
- Satoshi Nakamoto did it

All are equally as likely a scenario as what you just proposed.

Really we don't know anything for sure at this point. I don't know what's up with the rampant speculation, but shitposters gonna shitpost.

[sbogovac]

There is one scenario I didn't see anyone mention (or did I miss it?): it wouldn't be beyond Bruno to actually instruct someone to post after his death as a final "pun" (and that person now "went a bit overboard")... it would fit his sense of humour, wouldn't it?

No, it wouldn't.

There's at least 500 scenarios nobody mentioned; for example

- aliens did it
- time travelers did it
- it's part of a deep state coverup
- Satoshi Nakamoto did it

All are equally as likely a scenario as what you just proposed.

Really we don't know anything for sure at this point. I don't know what's up with the rampant speculation, but shitposters gonna shitpost.

No, they aren't "equally as likely". Especially as Bruno did had a pronounced sense of humour, and your "argumentum ad absurdum" is so obvious...

PS. Further more your qualification of a shitposter is totally uncalled for. It's not like I either have a history of doing that, nor do I have a campaign in my signature what enhances the chances of doing something like that...

[nutildah]

No, they aren't "equally as likely". Especially as Bruno did had a pronounced sense of humour, and your "argumentum ad absurdum" is so obvious...

PS. Further more your qualification of a shitposter is totally uncalled for. It's not like I either have a history of doing that, nor do I have campaign in my signature what calls for something like that...

OK well as an acquaintance of Bruno and someone who communicated with him regularly during his final days I am a bit frustrated with all the conspiracy theories flying around, and I wish people would consider Occam's razor in deducing what happened rather than inadvertently sullying his reputation any more than it already has been with unsubstantiated speculation -- for what reason exactly is beyond me.

Think about what you proposed: Bruno, on his deathbed, would instruct somebody to try to run a scam with his account, under the motive that it would be received as a Bruno-esque prank? That makes no sense at all. The scam attempt was very real. Bruno never tried to scam anybody.

[Timelord2067]

- time travelers did it

No... no I did not... 


... but I do like the one where the mobile phone was bought by somebody and they've been Pawning BitcoinTalk.  If I had any merits I'd merit that user.

[TalkStar]

Whatever it is, in my looong journey of being a member of Bitcointalk, I learned that it's so easy to ruin any good member's reputation through any means. I mean, the whole world is cruel and you don't know who/what may prove to be worst ahead on your journey.

Yeah its true that achieving reputation is not so easy and it requires long time & hardwork. After building that its comparatively much tough to protect and continue with the same tide. Even after death you will be part of the game like Bruno. Personally i believe bitcointalk is like a family for us and we should respect each other to keep the bonding much stronger but unfortunately its quite rare. We are human being and best creature of the universe but habitually we don't like to accept our mistakes. Thats the reason why we are experiencing lots of unwanted situation on a regular basis.  

No, it wouldn't.

There's at least 500 scenarios nobody mentioned; for example

- aliens did it
- time travelers did it
- it's part of a deep state coverup
- Satoshi Nakamoto did it

There could be much more possibilities but last one is quite competitive with other options.   

[sbogovac]

No, they aren't "equally as likely". Especially as Bruno did had a pronounced sense of humour, and your "argumentum ad absurdum" is so obvious...

PS. Further more your qualification of a shitposter is totally uncalled for. It's not like I either have a history of doing that, nor do I have campaign in my signature what calls for something like that...

OK well as an acquaintance of Bruno and someone who communicated with him regularly during his final days I am a bit frustrated with all the conspiracy theories flying around, and I wish people would consider Occam's razor in deducing what happened rather than inadvertently sullying his reputation any more than it already has been with unsubstantiated speculation -- for what reason exactly is beyond me.

Think about what you proposed: Bruno, on his deathbed, would instruct somebody to try to run a scam with his account, under the motive that it would be received as a Bruno-esque prank? That makes no sense at all. The scam attempt was very real. Bruno never tried to scam anybody.

I feel your loss (to a certain extent). I had a lot of interactions with him in the "good old BFL days" and he just "stuck to me"...

But I never said he "instruct[-ed] somebody to try to run a scam". He was this forum's scumbuster pur sang. I said:

[...] it wouldn't be beyond Bruno to actually instruct someone to post after his death as a final "pun" (and that person now "went a bit overboard")[...]

Maybe I should have emphasised/specified that "going overboard", but I didn't want to add to the speculation... now I'm sorry I even mentioned it.

[nutildah]

Maybe I should have emphasised/specified that "going overboard", but I didn't want to add to the speculation... now I'm sorry I even mentioned it.

that's OK and I apologize for my previous insinuation...

[TECSHARE]

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

[TalkStar]

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

Thanks for the confirmation which should end all the speculation and confusion about Bruno's death. May God rest his soul in peace and will keep him alive in our memories.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I am pretty sure there are some people who work at nursing homes also have forum accounts at bitcointalk, and some others probably know what bitcointalk is. Even if whoever stole Brunos' phone hadn't heard of bitcointalk previously, s/he could have done some research.

I'm not saying what you're proposing is impossible; I'm just giving my opinion that I think it's very unlikely Bruno's account was hijacked by a healthcare worker.  Certainly stranger things have happened.

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

Ah well, that does suck even though it's what the community thought had happened anyway.  And I also thank you for verifying this; even though I have you ~'ed in my trust list, it's not because I don't trust you in matters like this.  It's because I don't really trust your feedback-leaving history, and that's something I may review in the near future.  [/off-topic stuff]

[Harkorede]

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

Thanks for the confirmation! I believe we all can reasonably agree now that the account truly was compromised.


In the light of this update which I believe, until proven otherwise, I'd say we should let the dead continue to rest peacefully.

I hope whoever was responsible for that stunt knows already that the community isn't going to fall for such petty attempt and doesn't post from the account again.

I'll lock the thread now, until further notice pops up (I trully hope it never does).

[bitpop]

Wow I had no idea. Very sad. I saw him here for 10 years and he always kept up the stunts. RIP.

[freedomno1]

I called the Boersma Funeral Home, and the person who answered confirmed that he knew Bruno, and he had passed. I just thought people would like to know so we can end the speculation about Bruno himself.

Just saw this bump my condolences Bruno was always an engaging character sad to hear about his death. RIP