(RESOLVED) A scammer bounty manager stole 200 USDT [PYramid Head]

[albon]

What happened: One of the Vone bounty hunters contacted me on Telegram, seeking my help and complaining about the scammer bounty manager called @Pyramid Head, who defrauded him and the bounty participants. It was supposed that he would distribute the USDT he received from the Vone project marketing manager "@gym_marketer" to the participants on March 16 after they completed one week of work. However, he refused to distribute the USDT and ignored the participants' inquiries that they asked in his official telegram group about the reason for the delay. I reached out to this bounty manager on Telegram to be fair and understand the reason behind his actions, but I waited for more than 24 hours without a response, even though he had read my message.

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=360824
After I wrote to him on telegram, this scammer deleted the username of his Telegram account @devid_x11, which he had attached to his profile on the forum. However, I had archived it [HERE] before I contacted him.  



Through the wallet address to which he transferred the USDT to, as shown in this [Transaction], it indicates his other alternative account that was tagged by the @nutildah is: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3476217  [Justinn]

Another alt account for the scammer tagged by @lovesmayfamilis is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3578442 [Synonyms] I learned this because he used my BPtrades escrow service before using his Telegram ID @cryptolegnd - @P_Head.

Proof of Payment:
1. https://bscscan.com/tx/0xa64691a9758a4a7e842f738e5b932e7327a738fa5a0ff4b6c22b449607a8dd82
2. https://bscscan.com/tx/0xf807e60497ece866408cb9acf8b9981176466e278a5a803a7d27cbc0b5585ea3

Reference Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5482812.0

PM/Chat Logs + The Evidence: $$%$%$$@!@%@

Amount Scammed: 300 USDT [BEP20] $200 campaign allocation + $100 salary
[Now, this bounty manager has returned the stolen USDT and sent it to my wallet after he admitted his guilt.]

[AB de Royse777]

What happened: One of the Vone bounty hunters contacted me on Telegram, seeking my help and complaining about the scammer bounty manager called @Pyramid Head, who defrauded him and the bounty participants. It was supposed that he would distribute the USDT he received from the Vone project marketing manager "@gym_marketer" to the participants on March 16 after they completed one week of work. However, he refused to distribute the USDT and ignored the participants' inquiries that they asked in his official telegram group about the reason for the delay. I reached out to this bounty manager on Telegram to be fair and understand the reason behind his actions, but I waited for more than 24 hours without a response, even though he had read my message.

I feel sorry for the team and the participants. One of the main reason to hire this untrusted, without a valid work history campaign managers is - they are cheap. Projects who think to save some money by hiring these unknown managers eventually fall into the type of scam. I think we have seen many cases like this in the past.

Sorry to hear the loss that have Vone team and it's it's bounty participants. I have not followed the case closely, I may wait to see some progress of the case and then tag with support the flag.

[albon]

I confirm that this bounty manager "@PYramid Head" sent me 200.56 USDT [BEP-20] to my wallet address through this [Transaction], after admitting his mistake through Telegram messages.

Now, I will edit the content of my accusation topic and delete my negative trust, as promised to him. Bounty hunters need to receive their payments, and there might be manipulation in the Vone campaign spreadsheet  | ARCHIEVED.

I request trusted bounty managers to assist in this matter so that every hunter receives their dues and distribution is done with integrity.

[Woodie]

Great job @albon for stepping in and getting coins available for the deserving bounty hunters
but seems spreadsheet still needs a cleanup and hope BCT community gives you the help needed here, good luck

PYramid Head this is a real stain on your reputation and if you are to survive use an escrow going forward!!

[lovesmayfamilis]

You handled the situation very well. Perhaps the negative tag is very useful for those managers who will not take any action without a kick in the ass. But I would leave a neutral tag as a reminder of the current situation, so that the manager always has the habit of paying debts on time.
As for the bounty hunters, the real accounts should probably get paid. But let the one who cheated be in the same situation.

https://loyce.club/archive/posts/6402/64025196.html

[albon]

Great job @albon for stepping in and getting coins available for the deserving bounty hunters
but seems spreadsheet still needs a cleanup and hope BCT community gives you the help needed here, good luck

As for the bounty hunters, the real accounts should probably get paid. But let the one who cheated be in the same situation.

Thank you guys.

I haven't received any help from any Bounty Manager yet, and I'm not sure how to handle the distribution among participants, considering that there are a total of 155 members, with only 44 accepted who have received their stakes among many other accepted members without stakes. [It is worth noting that most, if not all, of the participant accounts are Newbie ranks with less than 10 posts, and some of them have new accounts. Their Telegram usernames do not exist, and there are accounts that have been tagged as cheaters.

Are there any other solutions? Is there a volunteer available to handle the distribution process and ensure that only eligible participants receive their payments?

[Pmalek]

I confirm that this bounty manager "@PYramid Head" sent me 200.56 USDT [BEP-20] to my wallet address through this [Transaction], after admitting his mistake through Telegram messages.

I wouldn't call this a mistake. Being late with payments can happen to anyone. We are all human after all, and all kinds of factors can affect and prevent us from completing our work in time. The payment part could have been seen as a mistake on his part.

Here is what wasn't a mistake:

It wasn't a mistake to ignore the questions about the delays on Telegram. It wasn't a mistake to ignore you after you asked about it.
Moving the tokens to another address that is connected to his alt account was also not a mistake. Well, it was in his eyes because it proved he controls both accounts.
It was also not a mistake to remove the Telegram ID from his Bitcointalk account in an attempt to erase the proof.

In summary, he planned and wanted to cheat the bounty hunters, but he got caught and decided to make the best out of a bad situation. That was to give the money to you. The only reason you got the money is because you caught him. He has probably learned a few lessons here. Lessons that he might use to carry out a better thought out scam in the future.

[albon]

[...] He has probably learned a few lessons here. Lessons that he might use to carry out a better thought out scam in the future.

You are right in what you mentioned, and I hope that he has truly learned some lessons that will make him work legitimately and build and maintain his reputation, because the reputation of any person is what outlives him. Indeed, if he intends to carry out a planned scam operation in the future, he will surely face the consequences of his actions. Trust in that.


Update: I just received advice from two expert bounty managers, Irfan_pak10 + AB de Royse777, about creating a topic to verify participants in the spreadsheet and remove cheaters, leaving only those who worked legitimately. Thank you for your cooperation and valuable advice, which means a lot to me.

All previous participants in this Vone Global bounty are requested to visit the topic link and comply with the report so they can receive their payments.

Here is the link to the topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5495254.new#new

[Pmalek]

Update: I just received advice from two expert bounty managers, Irfan_pak10 + AB de Royse777, about creating a topic to verify participants in the spreadsheet and remove cheaters, leaving only those who worked legitimately. Thank you for your cooperation and valuable advice, which means a lot to me.

Hold on, did you receive any kind of proof from this PYramid Blockhead guy that he carried out any managerial work at all? Is there a spreadsheet with amounts that were supposed to be distributed to bounty participants or did he not even do that?

The advice that rfan_pak10 and AB de Royse777 gave you makes sense. The scammer has (or had) access to the spreadsheet. It's theoretically possible for him to change all receiving addresses with his own. That's why they told you to verify if the information in the table actually belongs to them. Forget about the old spreadsheet entirely. Ask them to submit new info in your thread.

[albon]

Hold on, did you receive any kind of proof from this PYramid Blockhead guy that he carried out any managerial work at all? Is there a spreadsheet with amounts that were supposed to be distributed to bounty participants or did he not even do that?[...]

Yes, he had a spreadsheet with the information of the participants, the stakes for each of the accepted hunters, and the total USDT. I reviewed his spreadsheet and archived it in the new spreadsheet [this one] so that he wouldn't have any access rights to make any changes. Now, I can review the original bounty topic and the archived spreadsheet to make sure about these participants and start the distribution process as soon as possible.

You or any scam inspectors in the forum can help detect alternative accounts and cheaters in this spreadsheet to ensure the distribution is completely fair and the funds reach only those who deserve them.

[Pmalek]

You or any scam inspectors in the forum can help detect alternative accounts and cheaters in this spreadsheet to ensure the distribution is completely fair and the funds reach only those who deserve them.

Sorry, I don't do that kind of thing, nor do I have much experience with on-chain transaction analysis to connect alternative accounts and catch cheaters. It's not my cup of tea. But I know there are people who like to do it and are good at it. Hopefully, some of them will see this thread and help you.

[holydarkness]

Hi,

Sorry, I just got my time to come here from your invitation yesterday. If I may satisfy my curiosity, why do the distribution delegated to you?

And I understand here that the problem is to verify whether the participants and their wallet are legit and is not a result of the previous manager's attempt to tamper them?


Edit: I was 30 entries deep when I noticed that the one I am reviewing is the original spreadsheet? So it wasn't filtered from those "possible tamper" yet? And the new sheet will be published soon, but not yet available? And there is a big probability that it'll be much different than the one available right now?

Well... OK, I think I'll better wait for that one.

But umm... after some re-consideration, how do we know that some bounty cheater will not change their details for the new spreadsheet to avoid detection?

I think it'll worth considering to make that they can only confirm if the address is indeed theirs and not edited by the previous BM. The same method I am using to make a quick scan [it'll still take hours to be done, though] should be enough to tell us whether the address is tampered or not, given if it is, then the address should have never been posted by the participants before.

Meanwhile, I'll post that result here, as it'll be like a waste of time if I just delete them and leave them unposted.


Mods, it seems I'll make a consecutive post, because I think I'll be better if I made the list in one separate post. So... forgive me.

[holydarkness]

Alright. So, what I did/do is a very simple and shallow research. I am running these addresses through ninjastic and see how many people posted the address in the past. I understand that it won't be accurate, in sense that someone that I marked as green can still probably connected to other participants and abusing this bounty through Blockchain detection.

However, I think this one is enough as a preempetive elimination for those who clearly abused the bounty through multiple acc enrolment. In short, I am limiting the research on whether the wallet address is only ever used by the submitter.

If address was used by several UID in the past, that happens to also enroll on that campaign, I think it's safe to say it indicate a bounty abuse. But, if the address was used by more than one UID, but was not shared in this specific bounty [thus, just a case of multi-acc, but arguably not an abuser], below should be the ones that eligible and next to it are not eligible, with list of other accounts being mentioned next to it... I think we can use these info for Known Alts of any-one - A User Generated List Mk IV (2024 Q2) [MODERATED] 🤨🔬?

1. RTR~ | 0xc1...07E9
2. Bitluck77 | 0x7b...ae6B
3. Freelancershojib | 0x30...3E60 - lovesmayfamilis's detection - projectdevelopment [A7]
4. Pompom0 | 0x99...b2e0 - Moskan70 [A32]
5. Uvx | 0x74...0E10
6. projectdevelopment | 0x81...Ef9B - this address is clean, but he's still related to [A4]
7. Ki Kos | 0x39...7B69
8. Somar50 | 0x5a...9E8E
9. akash khan | 0x5c...ff30
10. Pompom0 | 0xbe...9a7c - address is clean, but how sure are we he's not related to [A5] Pompom0?

11. Mohima - rejected by the spreadsheet
12. Fahim90 - rejected by the spreadsheet
13. Tiemonium | 0x86...Ed1e
14. Jaba90 | 0x21...daD9
15. BitcoinKillerTok | 0x08...8d13
16. vip342820 | 0x87...E2f3
17. Mehedi72 | 0x68...fF25
18. Mehedi09 | 0x19...F160
19. Thba | 0xE3...09CC
20. Sobuj02 | 0x5a...BeB0

21. Sumikhanom500 - rejected by the spreadsheet
22. Tahid12 | 0xf4767A
23. Whait444 - rejected by the spreadsheet
24. Justin999 - 0x1c...E999
25. Santa656 - rejected by the spreadsheet
26. younas@76872 | 0x07...1dDf
27. Shifa111 | 0xdf...2dbd
28. Jery10 | 0x01...8DDC
29. Sumoia5 | 0x13...A39b
30. Abdullahayan | 0x4D...451F

[albon]

Hi,

Sorry, I just got my time to come here from your invitation yesterday. If I may satisfy my curiosity, why do the distribution delegated to you?

Thank you for accepting the invitation and coming here, dear Holy. I have received the amount from the bounty manager in my wallet, so I must distribute it to the hunters as soon as possible since I haven't found anyone else willing to take on this task but me.

And I understand here that the problem is to verify whether the participants and their wallet are legit and is not a result of the previous manager's attempt to tamper them?

Yes, so far, I have caught several cheaters in the spreadsheet; their wallet addresses will show connections between the transactions they conducted on the BSC, proving that they have alt accounts, and this is the result I have reached:

1. Fahim90
2. Somar50
3. jahangir100
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x7596e0dd8d7aa1c00974ad19e3f4db5f9c94dac49cc02ff0aab39d3d9ad8e55e

1. Your entry number in the spreadsheet: 09
2. Forum Username: somar50
3. Forum Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3482378
4. BSC (BEP20) Wallet Address: 0x5abdB368Ebc966f50066e8b161d592AEc8499E8E

[ARCHIVED]

#PROOF OF REGISTRATION
Forum Username: jahangir100
Forum Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3582594
Telegram Username: @Jahangir9811
Participated Campaigns: Twitter, Telegram
BSC wallet address: 0x5abdB368Ebc966f50066e8b161d592AEc8499E8E

[ARCHIVED]

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4. Nishan3880
5. Imranbd01
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0xe9bf2bc059c50192de01a63ffdfc5a82cc16737f3b5ec6a7be0aa9df3a7752b0


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6. Tripti khatun
7. Rasel29@#
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x65f0ea6d0f07c59b5b360600b44edb4f100f6b3b8f4b125958fca82e400e1902


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8. WBMCOIN
9. Masas
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x7ab89e14bdd8b60a84c1b71e34c6d7700d963ad2f763c3ad6bb39f195acc566a



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10. vip342820
11. Uvx
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x4baad0da022c40f1cd8b56f355670e948b0c54ab13a720d19cff4b23f5654078


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12. Sobuj02
13. LG TV
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x749c0ee1ff6f513dd81de5c94ba4a072069bc9c94eb59b2b3e54b97ec593800a


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14. sumiyaaker00
15. Sumikhanom500
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x6c9f37507599137c56e7d29f56fd1132ff90994e4994399dac6a5ca56f8a1722


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16. Sstanvir75
17. Volar1133
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x13e6d0340ba0876caf590b02f63e16bda17effb3ed3c5b353b2fcd6c9cbcc70f


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18. I60
19. Laldam
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x0f8fbaeaedc83c88c429920f19c29126096616bdf4d24373f6fa078c29975b0d


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20. Toma471
21. Ola99
Proof: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x7c1bbf6f51cf14326782aa9a686353825119ce24d384536f7a5c45f736051032


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22. cucutt
23. gogober
24. silondoks
Proof:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0xed21b62c2b1c3e260712dc796ff70d96db6bc738fde003431f455a79e6078692
https://bscscan.com/tx/0x01aa0807f6f7750211b93a2dcdd939a17fce305f243daaf1a7b51d5a8b9bd0d1


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25. Kotopamu
26. Mohadhef
27. JisanAhamed

Proof:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0xf6487660666629f15b1a9014fcb2caf6edd8960da33ffef119aff11a7ce89e8e


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28. sainiunnati2021
29. Bwt
Proof:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0xe1d01d9c85d12879b8b417e0610011b7d61a7f05a42e914f709330e57f0b2f5e


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30. lam1
31. Freelancershojib
Proof:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0x379c81c2635b84fdfe507df2c2b5f428735394ebb876217b4361c7b4ca961bd4


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32. Sorna56
33. Zeros55
Proof:
https://bscscan.com/tx/0x52a7f5447783d81b6d2d5ad4386c44cb3f6b214790845b0c7aec67734880b06b

Alright. So, what I did/do is a very simple and shallow research. I am running these addresses through ninjastic and see how many people posted the address in the past. I understand that it won't be accurate, in sense that someone that I marked as green can still probably connected to other participants and abusing this bounty through Blockchain detection.

However, I think this one is enough as a preempetive elimination for those who clearly abused the bounty through multiple acc enrolment. In short, I am limiting the research on whether the wallet address is only ever used by the submitter.[...]

Thank you for your efforts. The situation is now under control, and the final spreadsheet is close to being completed. The distribution process begins then. Your contribution will be useful to many bounty managers who want to clean the spreadsheets from cheaters and fairly compensate only those participants who deserve payment and have not engaged in any scam activities or violations of the rules and terms of the bounty campaign they manage.

[holydarkness]

Alright. So, what I did/do is a very simple and shallow research. I am running these addresses through ninjastic and see how many people posted the address in the past. I understand that it won't be accurate, in sense that someone that I marked as green can still probably connected to other participants and abusing this bounty through Blockchain detection.

However, I think this one is enough as a preempetive elimination for those who clearly abused the bounty through multiple acc enrolment. In short, I am limiting the research on whether the wallet address is only ever used by the submitter.[...]

Thank you for your efforts. The situation is now under control, and the final spreadsheet is close to being completed. The distribution process begins then. Your contribution will be useful to many bounty managers who want to clean the spreadsheets from cheaters and fairly compensate only those participants who deserve payment and have not engaged in any scam activities or violations of the rules and terms of the bounty campaign they manage.

I think I'll need a confirmation. Do by "now under control" you mean you've done the spreadsheet and you don't need me to do the rest of 120-ish of the entries?

[albon]

I think I'll need a confirmation. Do by "now under control" you mean you've done the spreadsheet and you don't need me to do the rest of 120-ish of the entries?

I have only completed reviewing the spreadsheet up to entry 94. There are still 25 other accepted participants who need their accounts reviewed to ensure they have not violated the rules and terms of the bounty campaign by using alternate accounts. So far, 13 cheaters have been removed and will not receive their payments. I will double these funds and distribute them only to eligible members after deducting the distribution fees from the original amount.

The process has become easier now after conducting a deeper investigation. Thank you for your services, Holydarkness.  

UPDATE: Everything is fine now; thank you all for your constructive contributions and valuable assistance. I will now lock the topic.

UPDATE:
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The distribution has been successfully completed to eligible participants [36 members only], with payments canceled for 22 cheating members.

Each wallet received $5.56, making the total payment 200.16 USDT. I used Bountyportals Bulk Sender and covered all fees from my own pocket to pay participants, costing a total of $16 of BNB.

Batch #1: https://bscscan.com/tx/0x95e25a0a61b6b359295f503fecb23768bb6fbc1fdd2bd6e823562a754683b05e

Batch #2: https://bscscan.com/tx/0xe138ca2d99db9614802f42ab390b028b3fc20cb62d92abd290ce1cc446f470ae