What happened:
On 7 November 2026 I ordered a Product Hunt promotion from Upvote.Network at upvote.network. The orders were fb5b1d37 (upvotes) and a7145c4b (comments). The account on their site was
top@gasrent.click. Support ticket: 283f4dcb.
At 20:31 Europe/Moscow that day I paid 199 USDT (ERC-20) to their wallet 0x5Dcc8e3c373503fDB0314CD4991119E97688D231. The orders stayed marked In Progress. Nothing was delivered on the launch day. The Product Hunt page still showed only our own upvote and our own comment.
On 8 November 2026 I emailed
stefan@upvote.digital, with a copy to
hello@upvote.network, and asked for a refund of the 199 USDT. There was no reply. On 11 November 2026 I wrote again and gave 72 hours. There was again no reply. The deadline passed at 14:07 Europe/Moscow on 14 November 2026, and no refund has arrived.
On 10 November 2026 the same 199 USDT was moved to a Bybit deposit address and then to a Bybit hot wallet. Those transactions are linked below.
Scammers Profile Link:
I do not have a Bitcointalk profile for them. Their public sites and contact addresses are:
https://upvote.network/https://upvote.digital/ (this domain redirects to upvote.network)
stefan@upvote.digitalhello@upvote.networkReference Link:
https://upvote.network/https://gasrent.click/Amount Scammed:
199 USDT
Payment Method:
USDT (ERC-20) on Ethereum
Proof of Payment:
Payment of 199 USDT on 7 November 2026, 20:31 Europe/Moscow, from 0xf15739560F79d030287c3de6cf91b34d8A39e491 to 0x5Dcc8e3c373503fDB0314CD4991119E97688D231:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xa7e6fc335abcedca1f64f5c1506291e32ab92ef7d03bee7d555977fe1efe885aThe same 199 USDT moved on 10 November 2026, 08:14 Europe/Moscow, to 0xBBa49b34483F487aB341F99873A6d0004EC93965 (Etherscan label: ByBit Deposit):
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x72fe0a8f2900fa9e4b635bb823faafe8953d9ca2bba7860ec8df75386dc728a6Then, at 08:49 Europe/Moscow the same day, it was swept to 0x18E296053CbDF986196903e889b7DcA7A73882F6 (Etherscan label: ByBit: Hot Wallet 5):
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x868d869ce602656fcb65ebb60938969e7ccf965e13bcf9fd1b8d6103de0baa85PM/Chat Logs:
First contact was an email from Upvote Network <
stefan@upvote.digital> on 7 November 2026, 20:25 Europe/Moscow. I confirmed the payment the same evening. I requested a refund on 8 November 2026 and sent a 72 hour demand on 11 November 2026, both to
stefan@upvote.digital with a copy to
hello@upvote.network. There was no reply to either of those two messages. I can add screenshots of the emails, the two In Progress orders, ticket 283f4dcb, and the Product Hunt page.
Additional Notes:
Inference, not a proven fact: since July 2026 the same payment wallet has received about nine other incoming payments of 100 USDT or 199 USDT, also forwarded to Bybit. I cannot prove that those payments came from other customers or that those payers were harmed.
I am Ivan Gasin from gasrent. We are filing a police report in the Netherlands. If Upvote.Network or Stefan has a reply, or if a refund transaction appears, I will update this thread.
Ivan Gasin
gasrent
top@gasrent.click
