This bounty manager @Sosruko has stolen 4000 USDT from two bounties.

[albon]

What happened:: As stated in the topic title, the bounty manager, @Sosruko, scammed bounty hunters and stole 4000 USDT (2000 from COLLE AI + 2000 from ATUA AI). First, the rewards pool was guaranteed and escrowed by CryptoQuest. The ATUA bounty rewards were supposed to be distributed on December 4th, 2024, and the COLLE bounty on January 7th, 2024. Now, this BM has completely disappeared from the group and is not responding to hunters' inquiries regarding the distribution.

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=307303  | FLAG

Reference Link: [1] 🚨[BOUNTY END ]🚨 COLLE AI CMC Campaign 2000$ USDT for 4 Weeks LIMITED + [2] [🚨BOUNTY END🚨] CMC Campaign 2000$ USDT for 20 Days LIMITED Participate.

Amount Scammed: 4000 USDT

Proof of Payment:

[1]

4. The reward distribution of COLLE AI bounty is guaranteed by Cryptoquest
for the current contract. The distribution will start 14th January 2025

[2]

4. The reward distribution of Atua Ai bounty is guaranteed by Cryptoquest
for the current contract. The distribution will start end of the campaign.

PM/Chat Logs:



SOURCE: Crypto Quest group on telegram - [ARCHIEVED]

We can also check the members' latest posts on their topics in Altcointalk: https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=326590.msg1706561#msg1706561


Additional Notes:
Also, this scammer did not share the wallet address where he received the escrowed payments, nor did he update the spreadsheets. He even used a stock photo on his official Telegram account to pass it off as his own.

[yahoo62278]

How many more of these topics are going to be opened over the next month? Next 6 months? How many topics does it take before users start using their brain and only join bounties from reputable members that launch them?

This is becoming common in the bounty section and users are going to keep joining and keep getting scammed. It literally takes them 2 minutes to retweet, post on facebook, repost a blog, or whatever other bounty is there. It takes barely any time at all for these hunters to do the tasks, which is why they don't care who launches the bounty. They join 50 of these a month and pray that 5 pay them.

That doesn't mean you @albon should stop reporting these cases. We need to educate hunters and these topics are how we do it. They are not going to learn if nothing is ever posted.

If someone says escrowed that is supposed to be a protection, why don't hunters demand that actual USDT be escrowed with someone from here on the forum with reputation?

[Odohu]

It's obvious that majority of these bounty managers are scammers, only few care about their reputation.  I wonder what project owners see on some of these dubious scammers that made them hand over their bounty management to them; maybe the charge very low amount as service charge unlike reputable managers that might charge something significant. These scammers charge peanuts and then steal the bounty reward

[Coyster]

Also, this scammer did not share the wallet address where he received the escrowed payments, nor did he update the spreadsheets.

This is already a red flag, but i am sure bounty hunters do not care, the bounty manager said funds were escrowed but did not share any proof of that except their words, which the participants believed, or just hoped it was true. There is really nothing much that can be done here, the bounty manager is not a "reputable" member and prolly does not care about their account even if he receives negative feedbacks. It is what is it though and there is nothing new here; this is what we have come to know bounty campaigns as.

[Wonder Work]

What happened:: As stated in the topic title, the bounty manager, @Sosruko, scammed bounty hunters and stole 4000 USDT (2000 from COLLE AI + 2000 from ATUA AI). First, the rewards pool was guaranteed and escrowed by CryptoQuest. The ATUA bounty rewards were supposed to be distributed on December 4th, 2024, and the COLLE bounty on January 7th, 2024. Now, this BM has completely disappeared from the group and is not responding to hunters' inquiries regarding the distribution.

Currently, this type of bounty scam is being observed a lot. Especially after the bounty manager publishes the bounty, the hunters are promoting the project properly, but when the project time is over, they disappear and cannot be found anymore. ‌ In the middle, actually hunters are harmed and their time is wasted. Especially those who do bounties, they do bounties to get a small amount of payment but they are not paid.

It is important to stop this scam system, if it can be stopped, ordinary bounty hunters will not be victims of this type of scam.

On the other hand, it is seen that one of the bounty hunters has many accounts. They apply with all the accounts and try to join the bounty. Where bounty hunters are scamming using multiple accounts, it seems normal for bounty managers to scam.

But I think it can be solved by those managers who manage the bounty and set rules and regulations on behalf of their forum. If they manage the bounty within the rules and regulations, they will not be able to scam. And if the escrows that have been taken can be deposited with a reputable member of the forum and a secondary bounty can be run, then scammers will be saved.

[albon]

How many more of these topics are going to be opened over the next month? Next 6 months? How many topics does it take before users start using their brain and only join bounties from reputable members that launch them?

This is becoming common in the bounty section and users are going to keep joining and keep getting scammed. It literally takes them 2 minutes to retweet, post on facebook, repost a blog, or whatever other bounty is there. It takes barely any time at all for these hunters to do the tasks, which is why they don't care who launches the bounty. They join 50 of these a month and pray that 5 pay them.

That doesn't mean you @albon should stop reporting these cases. We need to educate hunters and these topics are how we do it. They are not going to learn if nothing is ever posted.

What you wrote is exactly the current reality. And you are one of the prominent bounty managers here, and I recommend working under your management. However, I notice that you are not as active in managing bounties as you used to be, and I don’t know the reason for this.

I don't understand how they work under the management of these new accounts and accounts that do not have a track record of managing bounty campaigns and sufficient reputation. Why don’t they evaluate the quality of projects and do their research before participating? It’s clear that they are very lazy. Even when they get scammed, they forget about the scammer who wasted their time working on the bounty he managed. That is why we will continue to expose these BMs in the hope that the hunters will learn their lesson and stop paying these scammers with their time and effort.

If someone says escrowed that is supposed to be a protection, why don't hunters demand that actual USDT be escrowed with someone from here on the forum with reputation?

If they used their brains, they would already be making this demand. Escrowing the funds with a trusted escrow service provider here on the forum would undoubtedly be a good security measure for them.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

How many topics does it take before users start using their brain and only join bounties from reputable members that launch them?

That's a nice suggestion you made above, but I literally don't see anyhow by only joining bounties launched by reputable members will erradicate this menace we are facing currently on this forum. Because inasmuch as participants who partake in a bounty campaign launched by a reputable member may be 100% assured of their due payments, that doesn't stop these non-reputable managers from creating multiple accounts if people fails to join their campaigns. Hence, what I think is the best and  primary solution to this, is for new projects to stop giving their bounties campaigns to with less and non reputable members on this forum.

But however, let's give @Sosruko 48hrs benefit of doubt to come explain to us why the bounty campaign payments have not been paid to participants. 

[Amphenomenon]

How many more of these topics are going to be opened over the next month? Next 6 months? How many topics does it take before users start using their brain and only join bounties from reputable members that launch them?

To be honest I think it inevitable that there will be members of the forum who will still participate on these bounty managers with little to no reputation, after all that's where they make their money with many with alt accounts.

My main issue is why are good or trustworthy project end up employing these bounty managers with no reputation, this is the main issue to me, they seriously need to do their homework well before employing.

That doesn't mean you @albon should stop reporting these cases. We need to educate hunters and these topics are how we do it. They are not going to learn if nothing is ever posted.

I think there should be an additional pinned post in the altcoin discussion or bounty board, referencing all related topics. I doubt bounty hunters will be interested in the reputation board and I wonder if the project teams often go through the forum to get these info.

[yahoo62278]

To be honest I think it inevitable that there will be members of the forum who will still participate on these bounty managers with little to no reputation, after all that's where they make their money with many with alt accounts.

Obviously, that's why if you read my whole post you would see I basically said the same thing. No offense but what good does it do to repeat me and only partially quote what I wrote?

What you wrote is exactly the current reality. And you are one of the prominent bounty managers here, and I recommend working under your management. However, I notice that you are not as active in managing bounties as you used to be, and I don’t know the reason for this.

I stopped taking projects when I had my health issues, then when I came back the section was flooded with unknown managers. Not worth the effort it takes when you see that companies are just hiring the cheapest manager or making their own account and 100% planning to scam users. Now i just avoid that section of the forum.

[BenCodie]

If you understand how to identify scammers based on their telegram, you wouldn't fall for this. I hate to be that guy, but this all could have been prevented if research that was done afterwards (such as the usage of a stock photo as their telegram profile picture) was done before hand.

[hugeblack]

flag Supported. I suggest creating a topic about modifying Bounties (Altcoins) sub-board permissions so that only 10/15 campaign managers can create topics there or any ideas that can contribute to reducing such scam.

[Alone055]

I suggest creating a topic about modifying Bounties (Altcoins) sub-board permissions so that only 10/15 campaign managers can create topics there or any ideas that can contribute to reducing such scam.

There are a lot of ideas and things that can be done to at least reduce the number of scams in that section, but I bet @theymos wouldn't support any of them because he believes such restrictions can harm the forum and affect traffic.

I suggest that there should at least be some restrictions on starting threads in that section or maybe charge a small fee from anyone willing to create a thread there because only genuine projects would be willing to do that, and scammers would barely pay anything to start their threads. I know, it is not easy to manage such a system, but how about only allowing users with Copper Membership to be able to create threads there? Suppose a project is serious about running their bounty and willing to pay the amount for it. In that case, they will hire a reputable manager to do it, and even if they want to run it themselves, they will have to buy Copper Membership first and then be able to start their bounty.

I know that this isn't going to stop scammers completely, but it surely can reduce the number of threads created in that section, and most of them are created only to misuse the opportunity and get clicks and followers, etc., because anyone with any rank can create a thread and start a bounty without any guarantee for the payment or escrowing funds.

[sosruko]

I understand your concerns, and I sincerely apologize for the delay in providing updates. Unfortunately, the project team has asked me to wait for further communication, which has prevented me from sharing any concrete information with you. I have been actively following up, and they had assured me that the tokens would be distributed to all participants within the promised timeframe.  

I want to emphasize that I have ample evidence to support the legitimacy of this project and that it was never intended to be misleading. It is disheartening to see a negative trust rating on my account, as I have always acted in good faith and with integrity. If there are any misunderstandings, I am more than willing to clarify them.  

Please let me know how we can resolve this matter amicably. Your cooperation and understanding would be greatly appreciated.  

[YOSHIE]

Please let me know how we can resolve this matter amicably. Your cooperation and understanding would be greatly appreciated.

You read the topic title, you are accused of not about distribution, but you are accused (stealing 4000 USDT).

What happened:: As stated in the topic title, the bounty manager, @Sosruko, scammed bounty hunters and stole 4000 USDT (2000 from COLLE AI + 2000 from ATUA AI). First, the rewards pool was guaranteed and escrowed by CryptoQuest. The ATUA bounty rewards were supposed to be distributed on December 4th, 2024, and the COLLE bounty on January 7th, 2024. Now, this BM has completely disappeared from the group and is not responding to hunters' inquiries regarding the distribution.

You need to verify the accusation, as you said, only limited communication to the team, so that the distribution of tokens to participants is delayed.

You need to explain and proof that you never take money and steal 4000 USDT, from the project, because your case is here stealing, clarifying the accusation with evidence, even though it takes time.

Some cases, late or delayed token distribution to participants can be understood, but stole the rights of others/participants who cannot be tolerated. What's more that was done by the manager.