Since Richbased locked his thread....

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So I did some brief checking today and what I noticed is that the alts are from the Nigerian community board. Someone is farming accounts through merit cycling and posting in specific thread and boards. The pattern is easy to follow.

This is one of their favourite Threads - Buy the DIP, and HODL!. If you look closely, you will see similar alts replying to themselves on top of merit abuse and trying to farm merits from merit sources.

This is their favourite signature campaign - {Resume} Eloncoin Signature Campaign | Member+ [Funds Escrow]

I will just post a connection of this two for now (Agbamoni and Dailyscript). Agbamoni is also connected to Richbased and other alts, no doubt.

1. hambler

To be honest i find it difficult to gamble with pressure. I believe a hambler should understand when he is in the right state of mind to gamble  because gambling when we are in pressure is not advisable.

Only when an addiction is considered bad is when it has a negative influence on the hambler. And there is no way addiction can have positive influence.

These are the only members to have ever posted Hambler here... could it be a coincidence?

2. JayJunaGee instead of JayJuanGee

I totally agree with you, @Jayjunagee. While speculations and predictions are important qualities that can be acquired relatively quickly, what i feel is more important is conviction, a quality so many investors lack especially those new to buying Bitcoin.

If you have been following this thread for some time, you would have come across the part where Jayjunagee mentioned that Bitcoin is best invested in percentages and DCA is the right strategy to invest in using percentages.

Again, these are the only accounts to post ever Jayjunagee here

Dailyscript came with quite a bang, demanding for merit sources in his local board (so he can farm more of his alts) on the very first day he registered. Some members immediately suspected that he's an Alt of someone. Well, the clear picture is now coming out.

Be careful! Fuckhead ^(*) might as well accuse you of racism for talking bad about members of his local community.

If I was from that board. I would instead try to make it clean rather than playing the race card. Of course, not all people from a certain nationality are bad. Given the angry tone of the newbie. I think one of his alts might have as well been implicated in the scandal.

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[Rikafip]

These are the only members to have ever posted Hambler here... could it be a coincidence?

There are other similarities, more specifically some aspects of their posting style that I won't reveal here, besides misspellings, which makes to believe that it's not a coincidence and that both accounts are most likely controlled by the same person. Anyway, good find!

Since introduction of merit system it has never been easier to rank up alt accounts, which is a combination of an increased amount of merit and a decreased amount of posts. What you found is probably just a tip of the iceber. given the drastic increase in the number of active members in certain local boards.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

So I did some brief checking today and what I noticed is that the alts are from the Nigerian community board. Someone is farming accounts through merit cycling and posting in specific thread and boards. The pattern is easy to follow.

Ah, shit.  I know I just sent out a bunch of merits for posts made in that thread, and I haven't checked but I do think they were made from one or more Nigerian members.  Granted, they weren't bad posts at all (else I wouldn't have merited them), but I really, really don't want to get taken advantage of more so than I probably am when doing post history reviews. 

Of course, not all people from a certain nationality are bad. Given the angry tone of the newbie. I think one of his alts might have as well been implicated in the scandal.

Of course not, but word spreads through small-ish communities and so when members of it talk you can start seeing certain behaviors originating from one of those communities and nobody else.  On a related note, I've noticed that whenever I do a few reviews, it's almost a guarantee that I get a PM from 2-3 new members asking for reviews, some of which I've helped out before, some not.  I wonder if people are watching my merit-giving activity or if it's something else that's more nefarious.

[lovesmayfamilis]

So I did some brief checking today and what I noticed is that the alts are from the Nigerian community board. Someone is farming accounts through merit cycling and posting in specific thread and boards. The pattern is easy to follow.

This is one of their favourite Threads - Buy the DIP, and HODL!. If you look closely, you will see similar alts replying to themselves on top of merit abuse and trying to farm merits from merit sources.

This is their favourite signature campaign - {Resume} Eloncoin Signature Campaign | Member+ [Funds Escrow]

I will just post a connection of this two for now (Agbamoni and Dailyscript). Agbamoni is also connected to Richbased and other alts, no doubt.

I would like to add a few coincidences that seem suspicious in my opinion, although I can’t call them with confidence. The word "Weting" is only used in the Nigerian section and by a few participants. Maybe it's the local pronunciation or something else, but if you walk around and observe, not many people use this word.
And they are most used by these three that you found. And also only these;

https://ninjastic.space/search?content=Weting

Y3shot
Obim34
Pi-network314159
Hyphen(-)
Samlucky O
Anguwa

[Igebotz]

I would like to add a few coincidences that seem suspicious in my opinion, although I can’t call them with confidence. The word "Weting" is only used in the Nigerian section and by a few participants. Maybe it's the local pronunciation or something else, but if you walk around and observe, not many people use this word.
And they are most used by these three that you found. And also only these;

https://ninjastic.space/search?content=Weting

It's a pidgin word -  wetting, wetin, weytin....are different ways different tribes in Nigeria spell that word. It replaces " what is" in a pidgin sentence. These set of users may be from the southern and Eastern region cause they spell pidgin words in full.

Tip: Don't use pidgin keywords on the NG local board unless you want to link the entire board together.  

[The Sceptical Chymist]

It's a pidgin word -  wetting, wetin, weytin....are different ways different tribes in Nigeria spell that word. It replaces " what is" in a pidgin sentence.

Interesting, and thanks for that clarification.  Pidgin English has always kind of fascinated me, though I probably ought to learn more about its origins.

In any case, I've only seen a small handful of cases where alt accounts were linked because of very specific misspellings or other similar language issues, and while it's certainly good supporting evidence I don't think it's sufficient as proof that two or more accounts are controlled by the same member.  Just my opinion, though.

[Igebotz]

It's a pidgin word -  wetting, wetin, weytin....are different ways different tribes in Nigeria spell that word. It replaces " what is" in a pidgin sentence.

Interesting, and thanks for that clarification.  Pidgin English has always kind of fascinated me, though I probably ought to learn more about its origins.

In any case, I've only seen a small handful of cases where alt accounts were linked because of very specific misspellings or other similar language issues, and while it's certainly good supporting evidence I don't think it's sufficient as proof that two or more accounts are controlled by the same member.  Just my opinion, though.

Naija pidgin was first used as a common language by Nigerians to trade with the Portuguese in the 17th century. Nigeria is a multilingual, multicultural, and multi-ethnic country with over 520 different languages and 300 ethnic groups. The NPE (Nigerian Pidgin English) is the common language that unites us all because not everyone can speak the borrowed language (UK English). 

Other black nations also adopted a common languages for trade e.g Jamaica (Patios), Cameron (Camfranglais - a mixture of French & English) and so on.....

This is not the first time someone has used pidgin or incorrectly written terms as keywords to link accounts on our local board and ended up hitting the rock. It's not advisable IMO.

[JollyGood]

Ah, shit.  I know I just sent out a bunch of merits for posts made in that thread, and I haven't checked but I do think they were made from one or more Nigerian members.  Granted, they weren't bad posts at all (else I wouldn't have merited them), but I really, really don't want to get taken advantage of more so than I probably am when doing post history reviews. 

I am not stating any local board specifically but without a shadow of doubt I have two in mind that I think have a significant amount of account farms. They have provided a lot drama in the forum over the past couple of years and people can come to own conclusions. Having said that, you are far too generous with your time and merits therefore you are a target for those with account farms trying to rank up.

I wonder if people are watching my merit-giving activity or if it's something else that's more nefarious.

They most probably have concluded you are too generous therefore are trying to get as many merits out of you as possible.

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This is not the first time someone has used pidgin or incorrectly written terms as keywords to link accounts on our local board and ended up hitting the rock. It's not advisable IMO.

In this case, I suppose hambler and JayJunaGee are not a form of Pidgin 

I can see more accounts linked, but I specifically tagged the three because apart from the misspellings that are only exclusive to the accounts, the posting style is the same, they post in specific mega threads hoping to collect merits, cycle merits amongst the alts and try to join specific signature campaigns.

I will only add more to the list once I come across sufficient evidence.

[Igebotz]

This is not the first time someone has used pidgin or incorrectly written terms as keywords to link accounts on our local board and ended up hitting the rock. It's not advisable IMO.

In this case, I suppose hambler and JayJunaGee are not a form of Pidgin 

I can see more accounts linked, but I specifically tagged the three because apart from the misspellings that are only exclusive to the accounts, the posting style is the same, they post in specific mega threads hoping to collect merits, cycle merits amongst the alts and try to join specific signature campaigns.

I will only add more to the list once I come across sufficient evidence.

No, those are not Pidgin words -I have nothing to say in his defence; he made his own bed.

Having alts is OK, but using them to apply for a non-collateral loan is abuse/cheating, and the neutral tag is valid. 

[Ambatman]

They most probably have concluded you are too generous therefore are trying to get as many merits out of you as possible.

I have benefited from such generosity and it really helped in trying harder to improve
Since it felt like there's someone out there that would see your efforts.
About knowing?  Personally learnt about it after seeing an account I merited having merit from different post from Sceptical chymist
At first thought after checking his merit history and seeing others who have benefited
I felt it was a coincidence and thought  that if you lucky and he stumble upon a good post of yours
He would check your other post and merit you.
Was hopeful but never came
Until I heard about posting review from an account last year about Sceptical chymist and felt like giving it a try
Which I did but after it passed a week I thought my post never met his standard.
Until I received it this year and was shocked it came through especially when I was experiencing some merit drought.

I believe there definitely would be people taking advantage of it especially towards individual they consider generous
But like fillophone merit share thread
It has encourage alot of individuals.

Having alts is OK, but using them to apply for a non-collateral loan is abuse/cheating, and the neutral tag is valid. 

Seeing the actions of our fellow Nigerians I'm feeling ashamed
Heard we were promoted to the second most corrupted country and there are individuals here that are showing the reason why.
You will know about this word
Good name is better than Riches
This situation is a proof of such word.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

No, those are not Pidgin words -I have nothing to say in his defence; he made his own bed.

Having alts is OK, but using them to apply for a non-collateral loan is abuse/cheating, and the neutral tag is valid.  

Not trying to defend anybody here and if anyone have also noticed I always try to stay away from controversial especially those relating to my country men as obviously my judgement might be mistaken for having a soft spot for them but there are coincidence when I unintentionally use spelling that I would have seen from reading another users posts frequently so maybe since they're always writing in the same thread and they have come across each other posts more often then this might just be a coincidence. If there's no strong evidence of foul play lets not ruin people accounts just because of our gut feelings.

The evidence should be concrete and not objective before decision are taking to tag any account. @The Sceptical Chymist Kudos to you and what you have being doing in reviewing accounts on the forum (that Nigerian has been a major beneficiary of judging from their merit history) but if your generosity is being leverage on then maybe you should change the way you do the reviews, instead of individual reviews maybe you can visit the local board directly and review the posts there on Bitcoin discussion and other areas that'll be of interest to you. Hugeblack is doing that and it's helping the genuine members on the board.

Don't take my message the wrong way as I know you're entitled to how you spend your merits but I'm just giving an alternative means instead of blacklisting the community as I know matters like this might affect your judgement on the Nigerians.

[Igebotz]

No, those are not Pidgin words -I have nothing to say in his defence; he made his own bed.

Having alts is OK, but using them to apply for a non-collateral loan is abuse/cheating, and the neutral tag is valid. 

Not trying to defend anybody here and if anyone have also noticed I always try to stay away from controversial especially those relating to my country men as obviously my judgement might be mistaken for having a soft spot for them but there are coincidence when I unintentionally use spelling that I would have seen from reading another users posts frequently so maybe since they're always writing in the same thread and they have come across each other posts more often then this might just be a coincidence. If there's no strong evidence of foul play lets not ruin people accounts just because of our gut feelings.

You might be on to something here, but if the accused accounts (3) haven't stated anything in their defence, our assumptions won't help much, and my prior remark was not a judgement call on this situation; I was only presenting basic guidelines about what's what. Personally, I would not tag or link any accounts together based just on keywords without other evidence (wallets tx, social media handles), but that is just me. I'm outta here....

[YOSHIE]

I have noticed this thread three days ago, but prejudice against @Richbased and @Agbamoni, there is no sign of strong evidence for either of them as Alt or proof, but I looked at the transaction proof that I saw and I believe the Alt of @Richbased is: @Cryptoprincess101, This can be proven from the transaction address they use.

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First of all there I can see @Cryptoprincess101, once sent btc to @Richbased, I'm sure the two are related, possibly Alt or......!

Proof:

https://explorer.btc.com/btc/address/bc1qlr5jwwl44pdvtzp93vet2tm25z0gz0lsz32gu0

User: Cryptoprincess101
Position to apply: Member
Posts start: 62
BTC Address: bc1qfc2t89y8xfnzy2f3893fkmr54njd78zsvkyhpk

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Bitcointalk Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3566620
Current post count (including this one): 961
bech32 BTC Address: bc1q54da9w3uy43wsg4kq04t2qrl90emjxplzjw872

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If seen from the other side (Merit) here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=3587264, will be seen again @Agbamoni, very enthusiastic in giving rewards to @Cryptoprincess101, my view is that both of them are involved in a merit battle to boost @Cryptoprincess101 to the next level, For this reason, from the existing evidence, I believe that all three are Alt, as @The Sceptical Chymist.

[JollyGood]

If a single puppeteer is pulling the strings on all four accounts, then he is the sole recipient of associated income. They are all enrolled on signature campaigns and are all enjoying the benefits of earning while posting.

By looking at the statistics for the four accounts mentioned in the thread as connected, even with some neutral tags given it seems to have made no difference to them at all.

Richbased is still posting regularly
Dailyscript is still posting regularly
Cryptoprincess101 is still posting regularly
Agbamoni is still posting regularly