Bitcoin Talk Advertising Email Received - Need Confirmation

[Betcoin.AG]

We received the following message and have had the following conversation from the email address bitcointalk.ads@gmail.com and as always we are very cautious.  The sender is purported to be from bitcoin talk and selling ad space for a reasonable price in a prominent spot. 

We were unsure where to post it, but wanted to confirm the veracity of the conversation as we are very suspect.  We also want others to know that if this is fraudulent to ignore it as well as put the bitcoin talk community and staff on alert if necessary.

Following is the conversation with the most recent message first:

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Hello,

After payment and banners received I will add it within 30 minutes, maximum.

Best Regards


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Betcoin.ag Team <contact@betcoin.ag> wrote:

    Thank you.  When will it go live?  We are having the banner created right now.


    On 2014-06-19 11:20, Bitcoin Talk wrote:

        Hello, our bitcoin address - 1HL2DXMKmSVNsRM2C5Rke3kfpSUBYosxUX

        5 BTC weekly, 2 weeks 8 BTC - 1 month 19 BTC.

        After payment is made, send me banner and link please.

        Best Regards

        On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Betcoin.ag Team <contact@betcoin.ag>
        wrote:

            We responded back immediately that we were interested.

            Betcoin.ag: BetcoinCasino.com - BetcoinSports.com -
            BetcoinPoker.com

            Please let us know how to proceed.

            On 2014-06-16 07:32, Betcoin.ag Support wrote:
            We are interested.  Please inform.

            On 2014-06-16 04:29, Bitcoin Talk wrote:
            Hello, we are opening one test slot 728x90 for advertising
            in www.bitcointalk.org [1] [1]


            No auction for this spot, only weekly/monthly payments.

             Banner size - 728x90, displayed in all forum pages.

            Banner location - http://s8.postimg.org/j399erbpx/ads.jpg [2] [2]


            Let me know if you are interested to reserve spot.

            Best Regards

            Links:
            ------
            [1] http://www.bitcointalk.org/ [3]
            [2] http://s8.postimg.org/j399erbpx/ads.jpg [2]




        Links:
        ------
        [1] http://www.bitcointalk.org
        [2] http://s8.postimg.org/j399erbpx/ads.jpg
        [3] http://www.bitcointalk.org/

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[railzand]

No no no it's fake. Forum does not communicate in this way. Use theymos' auctions for ads.

[Shogen]

No no no it's fake. Forum does not communicate in this way. Use theymos' auctions for ads.

Exactly.

The thread for current round is: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=656292.0

On 2014-06-19 11:20, Bitcoin Talk wrote:

        Hello, our bitcoin address - 1HL2DXMKmSVNsRM2C5Rke3kfpSUBYosxUX

The good news is no one has fallen in the trap...

[geforcelover]

thank God.... And thnkx to users who stop to make the decision ask theymos ..

[Mikez]

Fake!
As far I know, the forum doesn't even send these emails. All communication is done through theymos directly. If anything looks suspicious, just ask to receive a PM from theymos on bitcointalk to be sure.

[mitzie]

theymos doesn't communicate in that way. In the auctions, theymos say:

I will send you the payment information via forum PM from this account ("theymos", user ID 35). You might receive false payment information from scammers pretending to be me. They might even have somewhat similar usernames. Be careful.

[HeroC]

Fake!

[bolehvpn]

Crap I fell for it Didn't check properly.

[Baitty]

Anyone claiming to be theymos or a staff member you should always ask for them to sign their bitcoin address which is known to the public.

[indiguy]

that should be fake. there are users who even register suspicious usernames like "theyrnos" which its purspoe is to probably also sell ad space.

if the email comes from *@bitcointalk.org, then it could be legit.

[bolehvpn]

https://blockexplorer.com/address/18JZxrJBKR5VZ6MYs5UxH9Xu2FWmERbPQs

This is the address of the guy who scammed me.

[bolehvpn]

Bitcoin Talk 7 minutes ago
Dont take it personally, just need money badly

[Crossbow376]

that should be fake. there are users who even register suspicious usernames like "theyrnos" which its purspoe is to probably also sell ad space.

if the email comes from *@bitcointalk.org, then it could be legit.

Not really, I believe theymos uses PMs instead of emails for the forum ad auction, and email sender could be spoofed.

[escrow.dude]

that should be fake. there are users who even register suspicious usernames like "theyrnos" which its purspoe is to probably also sell ad space.

if the email comes from *@bitcointalk.org, then it could be legit.

If you do receive an email you should request that any correspondence be PGP signed. This is really the only way to know for sure if it is who the email claims to be from.

[CanaryInTheMine]

I got one of these emails today...

I played along, but after they saw which business I wanted the add for, they told me they weren't interested in selling me an add
Bwhahahahahaha

[Xch4ng3]

I got one of these emails today...

I played along, but after they saw which business I wanted the add for, they told me they weren't interested in selling me an add
Bwhahahahahaha

Now I'm intrigued, care to share what you wanted the add for? I can't imagine them turning down anything, even if they are scammers.

[CanaryInTheMine]

I got one of these emails today...

I played along, but after they saw which business I wanted the add for, they told me they weren't interested in selling me an add
Bwhahahahahaha

Now I'm intrigued, care to share what you wanted the add for? I can't imagine them turning down anything, even if they are scammers.

I kid you not!  but, I won't reveal that here anyways.  not necessary.

[Xch4ng3]

I got one of these emails today...

I played along, but after they saw which business I wanted the add for, they told me they weren't interested in selling me an add
Bwhahahahahaha

Now I'm intrigued, care to share what you wanted the add for? I can't imagine them turning down anything, even if they are scammers.

I kid you not!  but, I won't reveal that here anyways.  not necessary.

Fair play, going to bug me for a while haha.

We received the following message and have had the following conversation from the email address bitcointalk.ads@gmail.com and as always we are very cautious.  The sender is purported to be from bitcoin talk and selling ad space for a reasonable price in a prominent spot. 

On topic though, I would have never even bothered to reply to someone who sent me an email like this. It screams scam right from the start, theymos wouldn't have time to send out emails offering ad-spots, would just be a big waste of his time when he can manage everything through the forum.

[CanaryInTheMine]

I got one of these emails today...

I played along, but after they saw which business I wanted the add for, they told me they weren't interested in selling me an add
Bwhahahahahaha

Now I'm intrigued, care to share what you wanted the add for? I can't imagine them turning down anything, even if they are scammers.

I kid you not!  but, I won't reveal that here anyways.  not necessary.

Fair play, going to bug me for a while haha.

We received the following message and have had the following conversation from the email address bitcointalk.ads@gmail.com and as always we are very cautious.  The sender is purported to be from bitcoin talk and selling ad space for a reasonable price in a prominent spot. 

On topic though, I would have never even bothered to reply to someone who sent me an email like this. It screams scam right from the start, theymos wouldn't have time to send out emails offering ad-spots, would just be a big waste of his time when he can manage everything through the forum.

the only way to try to expose them is to engage and sniff them out.