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.