Right after doing this research and preparing the thread, I found this thread from about an year ago. Hence, this can be considered a somewhat continuation of that thread and hopefully provides the evidence needed for action to be taken against these members.
I was researching a member's account to see if they have any alts by looking through posting patterns. The pattern I went for was "Nice article, thanks for sharing.".
When I saw these exact words and punctuation at the beginning of an user's post, something clicked in my mind. I've seen this before, and not just once. So after looking this up, I've found out something completely different: a spam pattern on a ton of threads, posted by lots of different Newbie-Jr.Member accounts, promoting the publish0x affiliate code ending in "a=GELe3POa69".
It all started from cruptocosta67's post that I found a few minutes ago (prior to writing this thread):Nice article, thanks for sharing.
It's great to see that there are more and more crypto ATMs.
I will post research only about cruptocosta67, all the other accounts can be linked to each other in the exact same way. The thread would become way too long if I included all the research.
First of all, here are three identic posts on 9 different threads by this user:I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
Great article, thanks for sharing.
Also thanks for sharing the blogging platform, I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
Great article, thanks for sharing.
Also thanks for sharing the blogging platform, I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
Great article, thanks for sharing.
Also thanks for sharing the blogging platform, I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
Great article, thanks for sharing.
Also thanks for sharing the blogging platform, I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
I've been using the platform for around 6 months and it's great.
I've earned a decent amount of DAI, HYDRO and BAT just for simply upvoting articles that i enjoyed reading. It's a great way to earn crypto. Even if it's a small amount these are established tokens, instead of doing bounties that the tokens will never be valuable.
Burstposting the same reply to 9 different threads (there are more, but I gave just 3 for the example). Not shady enough? Here comes the big bomb of the publish0x referral code spam:
USERS SPAMMING THE SAME REFERRAL LINK:
These are users that have posted replies/threads in which they have included the affiliate code bolded ad the beginning of this thread.And here are some links to posts in threads that have been locked (each comes from an UNIQUE member), having the same affiliate ID:1.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50542332 (
roganite)
2.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50310812 (
altcoinhoarder65)
3.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50497943 (
operodareo)
4.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.49977809 (
magicdave)
5.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.51196708 (
bleskyblesk)
6.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50978281 (
kitchenishome)
7.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.51139739 (
handy_hotdog)
8.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.51145368 (
iloveturtles)
9.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.51338028 (
cryptopiper)
Even cruptocosta67 himself (the guy in the first quote of my thread) posted the same referral link:This is a total of 56 unique accounts posting the same affiliate ID throughout the forum. Here is the list of these users:1. cruptocosta67
2. repetecrypto
3. chrimbobimbo
4. shadowcryptohunter
5. jimsteel
6. nightingale745
7. pip20crypto
8. compassowner
9. zlutyrigo
10. michaelcrypson
11. bithuner
12. phoenixdowndee
13. cryptowomba
14. toutvabien
15. thatsnotmyname
16. cryptocatbean
17. cryptodizzle67
18. yandabanda34
19. bramborakymilenec
20. fridacrypto
21. davoshuntcrypto
22. Cryptogiji
23. slavcoinking
24. eastkirkbycrypto
25. kocicinissi
26. libercrypto
27. bvyvjdidn
28. roganite
29. altcoinhoarder65
30. operodareo
31. magicdave
32. bleskyblesk
33. kitchenishome
34. handy_hotdog
35. iloveturtles
36. cryptopiper
37. beetlejam
38. burundicraze
39. tavernakava
40. lisacrypton
41. 1978krcz
42. jamesbean
43. georgeforeham
44. bench4rench
45. Romaniandanceparty
46. UBergneru32
47. milanka432
48. kopyto_zahrada
49. sandersspoolge
50. BrainAssFace
51. kalovyvarybarry
52. locusparty
53. quarterpounderwithcrypto
54. petersapartment
55. dashamasha
56. tommydavis45
57. Molekulabig
58. champagneboudoir
Here's a list of their ranks:Newbie: 44
Jr. Member: 6
Member: 1
Full Member: 7
Now to prove the link between cruptocosta67 and the other members, I'll randomly choose 5 members from the list above and I will show, through quotes, that there has been communication between them (I will remove empty lines from quotes to shrink them):1.
kocicinissi:
Hello everyone,
I found this interesting article that explains IEOs and the rise of them. What do you think about them? Do you see them as the next evolution of ICOs? The article is below if you wanna read it.
https://www.publish0x.com/blockchainwhispersbaby/the-rise-of-ieo-xroxkd?a=GELe3POa69Also I would check out the platform that the article is written on. It's a new blogging platform where you get crypto for creating articles. I have been using it for a month and I've already earned more than I have on Steemit.
Great article, thanks for sharing.
Also thanks for sharing the article and the blogging platform, i've signed up and started earning BAT from it for free. It's a great combination of the platform on the Brave browser. Anyone interested in the blogging platform, you can sign up through the link in the quote text / the article in the thread.
2.
cryptowomba:
Hello everyone,
I found this interesting article that explains IEOs and the rise of them. What do you think about them? Do you see them as the next evolution of ICOs? The article is below if you wanna read it.
https://www.publish0x.com/blockchainwhispersbaby/the-rise-of-ieo-xroxkd?a=GELe3POa69Also I would check out the platform that the article is written on. It's a new blogging platform where you get crypto for creating articles. I have been using it for a month and I've already earned more than I have on Steemit.
I haven't invested into IEOs or STOs yet, as i see them as just another rebranding of ICOs.
Great article though, thanks for sharing the content with us!
Also thanks for the bit of advice about the blogging platform, i've signed up and earned some tokens from it already and what's better is that they are tokens that actually have some value, not ICO tokens that claim to have value.
3.
jimsteel:
Hello everyone,
I found this interesting article that explains IEOs and the rise of them. What do you think about them? Do you see them as the next evolution of ICOs? The article is below if you wanna read it.
https://www.publish0x.com/blockchainwhispersbaby/the-rise-of-ieo-xroxkd?a=GELe3POa69Also I would check out the platform that the article is written on. It's a new blogging platform where you get crypto for creating articles. I have been using it for a month and I've already earned more than I have on Steemit.
I think it's a good thing that ICOs are trying to become safer for potential investors, but only time will tell if these projects are good. Regardless the exchanges must be making a killing as i imagine that the projects pay a hefty sum to be an IEO connected to a top exchange.
Thanks for sharing the content and the blogging platform as well, i've signed up and already earned some tokens for free by simply upvoting some articles that i like! Great find!
4.
kitchenishome:
Hello everyone,
I found this interesting article that explains IEOs and the rise of them. What do you think about them? Do you see them as the next evolution of ICOs? The article is below if you wanna read it.
https://www.publish0x.com/blockchainwhispersbaby/the-rise-of-ieo-xroxkd?a=GELe3POa69Also I would check out the platform that the article is written on. It's a new blogging platform where you get crypto for creating articles. I have been using it for a month and I've already earned more than I have on Steemit.
Great article, there needs to be more content like this, can you write an article about keeping your crypto safe?
Thanks for sharing the crypto blogging platform, it's great and i've signed up and started earning BAT through it for free!
If anyone is a bounty hunter or likes to create content, you should check out the platform and sign up. You can sign up thorough the article in the quote. I think by the start of Q2 2020, they will be bigger than Steemit.
5.
cryptopiper:
Hello everyone,
I found this interesting article that explains IEOs and the rise of them. What do you think about them? Do you see them as the next evolution of ICOs? The article is below if you wanna read it.
https://www.publish0x.com/blockchainwhispersbaby/the-rise-of-ieo-xroxkd?a=GELe3POa69Also I would check out the platform that the article is written on. It's a new blogging platform where you get crypto for creating articles. I have been using it for a month and I've already earned more than I have on Steemit.
Great article, thanks for sharing the content with the rest of the crypto community.
PS thanks for sharing the crypto blogging website, i've signed up and started earning BAT for free through it (more than on the Brave browser per day). It's a great platform and I'm going to move my articles to there to earn some established cryptos as I am frustrated with Steemit. I would recommend this platform to anyone who is looking to earn crypto without investing or mining.
Anyone can sign up through the article in this thread or the article in my quoted text.
I found that one of these users is wearing a signature for a bounty. This could be the main account of all these 36 I have found: phoenixdowndee.So.. am I missing something? After finding all this huge load of spam, I was really wondering: is what this member (because I think this is enough proof to call it ONE member) is doing really allowed on the forum? Because I think this is abuse.
Updates to the OP with new findings:
1.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53782555 (more accounts found, updated list from 36 to 56 members)
2.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53784283 (more accounts found, updated list from 56 to 58 members)
I started from my phone but it was a pain to try doing this from mobile.. 
