Marco the Über Miner

[PistolPete]

Mining is such a fool's errand. We have been spinning up our Spondoolies and hashing away at Hashie, all the while hoping that difficulty and price moves opposite ways. Not for all of us; our Hero member, lender, trader, manager, escrower, advertiser marcotheminer has a different take on mining. Instead of wasting money on hardware, Marco utilises the array of opportunities provided by bitcointalk to stay in the black.

You have heard of BiPolarBob, rich, eccentric, kind hearted, Bob. Bob had a Starbucks giveaway which a lot of us missed, including Marco.
Bob had another incredible 0.02 BTC giveaway and while I again missed this one, Marco was right on the spot. Marco loved the giveaway so much he couldn't help coming back for more and he collected a minimum of 10 times!

Did Bob know about this? Why would we think he did? Right after the generous giveaway, Bob requested a loan from Marco, but unfortunately couldn't get an escrow for the box of mandarin oranges.

Loan amount required: 0.5 BTC
Term length: 24 hours (1 Day GMT +0)
Interest: 0.65 BTC return.
Address:
1AqC1PfkhmUA3pCAVgLTwQa4zf2N3CZwmb

Collateral: box of Mandarin oranges

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[PistolPete]

I can hear you asking - why would Bob be so extra generous with Marco? Well, Marco wore different faces in the giveaway, once it was fathur01, while at other times it was nizamcc, anshar, yeponlyone, TrollboxChamp, DeboraMeeks, nor9865, MikeCorleone, 2double0 and my favourite pierre11.

Most of these came to Marco in exchange for some loans which were conveniently forgotten, the others came from his 'buddy' like Candystripes (notably pierre11 and nor9865). He is usually a discreet person and hence prefers to delete the loan transaction posts, and so only a few small trails remain here and there to indicate Marco's hidden empire.

You know what fathur01, nizamcc, anshar, yeponlyone, TrollboxChamp, DeboraMeeks, nor9865 and 2double0 have in common? Their last post was on Jan 3rd, the one before on Dec 21 or Dec 15. Going back we find post number 3 is on Dec 3! and before that is our Bob's giveaway on Nov 23rd. You can go back even further and see how Marco has been collecting activity points for his non enrolled accounts.

anshar followed a slightly different path as it was enrolled in Nov, but it fell back in line when it couldn't get in
MikeCorleone is having a tough time joining the others, and its trust rating is not helping either due the perils of publicity.

If you want any of these accounts, or the numerous more which Marco has carefully collected and are enrolled in campaigns, ask ValueAccounts. He is offering a wonderful deal where he commits to beating the price provided by any other seller!

Don't feel bad for the accounts not in campaigns, they did their part to fill Marco's deposit box thanks largely to the biggest mixing company we have. Bitmixer used to have a heart of gold and paid anybody who took the effort of carrying their signature. Those days are now gone but a few of the accounts still carry the signature out of loyalty.

Bitmixer's was the signature which Marco forgot to remove, and was caught by Shorena who very unfairly didn't accept Marco's excuse and negged him. Our boy Marco was understandably furious and rightly retaliated. Marco has come a long way since that day and now glows deep green - its only a matter of time he becomes highly trusted and Shorena starts displaying the red warning.

Lets join in congratulating Marco on becoming Hero Member, his roots have spread far and wide, nourishing and nurturing the bitcointalk ecosystem.

[PistolPete]

Bob's giveaway was a honeypot which attracted all the sockpuppets. A careful analysis will lead you to lots of spiders at the centre of their webs. For instance, do you see a lot of low ranking accounts which get activated during a giveaway (and come backs again in the PD one). Does moko666 and Zawarniya look the same to you? Maybe Stedsm and chaosknight belong to Marco? Sink you teeth and have your fill - they are all present there.

This completes the third part of my series
Part 1: Spammathon: Brought to you by Candystripes
Part 2: Whatever Happened to Pierre11?
I would thank some fellow members who had given bits of info.
Any tips, be it a juicy story, some interesting suspicion or Bits of Coin is welcome

Our guest writer has added his own.

This is the conclusion of Part 5 of Pistol Pete's series.
Part 1: Spammathon: Brought to you by Candystripes (or was it Marco all along)
Part 2: Whatever Happened to Pierre11?
Part 3: Marco the account thief
Part 4: Marco the signature spammer
Part 5: Banned:Marco the signature campaign spammer: A look at past and present campaign "mistakes"


Stay tuned for the next part of this series:
Part 6: marcotheminer's alts: spammed beyond belief

[Quickseller]

This should probably be in scam accusacations

[PistolPete]

This should probably be in scam accusacations

Whatever he has done is according to the rules as far as I can tell. The only slip was caught by Shorena and Marco is negged for that.

I doubt he is planning a scam. He probably has more to gain by staying here.

[Quickseller]

This should probably be in scam accusacations

Whatever he has done is according to the rules as far as I can tell. The only slip was caught by Shorena and Marco is negged for that.

I doubt he is planning a scam. He probably has more to gain by staying here.

The giveaway might be considered to be a scam. Hard to say though

[koshgel]

So he's been giving his alt accounts positive trust? That's kind of dishonest 

Somewhat dangerous getting so much positive feedback for running a signature campaign with this kind of activity.

[hilariousandco]

This should probably be in scam accusacations

Whatever he has done is according to the rules as far as I can tell. The only slip was caught by Shorena and Marco is negged for that.

I doubt he is planning a scam. He probably has more to gain by staying here.

The giveaway might be considered to be a scam. Hard to say though

Nah. Some may find such behaviour questionable but it's not a scam nor is it against any forum rules.

[Quickseller]

This should probably be in scam accusacations

Whatever he has done is according to the rules as far as I can tell. The only slip was caught by Shorena and Marco is negged for that.

I doubt he is planning a scam. He probably has more to gain by staying here.

The giveaway might be considered to be a scam. Hard to say though

Nah. Some may find such behaviour questionable but it's not a scam nor is it against any forum rules.

I am pretty sure bpb had a rule of one per person. I agree though it is questionable but not quite a scam. I think the OP is accusing him of scamming though.

[hilariousandco]

I am pretty sure bpb had a rule of one per person. I agree though it is questionable but not quite a scam. I think the OP is accusing him of scamming though.

But rules a user makes are not forum rules. People can make up whatever rules they wish for giveaways or signature campaigns but they're not enforceable by anyone other than themselves. I'm not sure what the op is accusing him of apart from behaviour he finds questionable.

[PistolPete]

So he's been giving his alt accounts positive trust? That's kind of dishonest  

Somewhat dangerous getting so much positive feedback for running a signature campaign with this kind of activity.

If you are speaking of MikeCorleone, then that particular event happened before it came to Marco.

There are lots of other accounts which I think are Marco's but they are not as clear so I left them out. None of them have been giving or were given trust by Marco recently. It would be fooilsh on Marco's part to do so in case someone had kept an eye on his lending thread.

[Quickseller]

I am pretty sure bpb had a rule of one per person. I agree though it is questionable but not quite a scam. I think the OP is accusing him of scamming though.

But rules a user makes are not forum rules. People can make up whatever rules they wish for giveaways or signature campaigns but they're not enforceable by anyone other than themselves. I'm not sure what the op is accusing him of apart from behaviour he finds questionable.

That is my arguement. He is not being accused of breaking any forum rules. I think the "scam" he is being accused of is account farming/selling, which is not seen as bad in many people's eyes as it once was.

Although some of the accounts do have somewhat poor quality posts so that may be a concern (I remember the last time the op made a thread about him, very noob level questions were being asked

[koshgel]

So he's been giving his alt accounts positive trust? That's kind of dishonest  

Somewhat dangerous getting so much positive feedback for running a signature campaign with this kind of activity.

If you are speaking of MikeCorleone, then that particular event happened before it came to Marco.

There are lots of other accounts which I think are Marco's but they are not as clear so I left them out. None of them have been giving or were given trust by Marco recently. It would be fooilsh on Marco's part to do so in case someone had kept an eye on his lending thread.

Ah I see. Well, I guess as long as he isn't spamming with the account then it isn't really dishonest and not breaking any forum rules

[PistolPete]

Ah I see. Well, I guess as long as he isn't spamming with the account then it isn't really dishonest and not breaking any forum rules

He is engaging in activity which I feel may fall under spamming, but BadBear hasn't taken any action.

The dishonest part would be advising Candy to deceive the community.

[Wendigo]

Ah I see. Well, I guess as long as he isn't spamming with the account then it isn't really dishonest and not breaking any forum rules

He is engaging in activity which I feel may fall under spamming, but BadBear hasn't taken any action.

The dishonest part would be advising Candy to deceive the community.

Mate you have a lot of free time to stalk all these different accounts holy shit.

[haploid23]

I can verify the validity of some of PistolPete's claims. Marco has questionable ethics, despite having huge amounts of green trust.

Maybe I'll spew some more dirt when I have more time.

[Bizmark13]

I've seen him quite a few times around here on these forums. IMHO he seems like a pretty reasonable and trusted guy. I admit this isn't the only account I have here too. I just registered another account a few days ago to announce the new website that I'm launching and to answer queries, etc. I know it seems a bit shifty, especially if someone has 10+ accounts, but it's not against the forum rules to have multiple accounts.

[PistolPete]

There has been a significant increase in the activity of ValueAccounts which has started creating multiple threads in addition to offering discounts. The account has been referencing Marco's campaign's rates and the new advertsing strategy of unlimited pay.

This coincides with Marco making a similar pitch offering unlimited pay. Marco has been posting this info in account selling threads.

I will leave it to the readers to decide what the reason might be for the sudden urgency.

[Quickseller]

There has been a significant increase in the activity of ValueAccounts which has started creating multiple threads in addition to offering discounts. The account has been referencing Marco's campaign's rates and the new advertsing strategy of unlimited pay.

This coincides with Marco making a similar pitch offering unlimited pay. Marco has been posting this info in account selling threads.

I will leave it to the readers to decide what the reason might be for the sudden urgency.

Yea I am pretty sure those multiple threads are against the rules (duplicate threads) as he is selling the exact same thing in the thread in his signature.

I would also say that him posting in his own thread would essentially be a duplicate bump.

[PistolPete]

Yea I am pretty sure those multiple threads are against the rules (duplicate threads) as he is selling the exact same thing in the thread in his signature.

Another new thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=923758.0

Marco is working hard, even posted in his campaign thread yesterday through ValueAccounts by mistake before swiftly deleting it.

Moving it to Scam Accusations temporarily.