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Topic: Account stolen - this is ridiculous (Read 191 times)

legendary
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January 24, 2018, 01:38:23 AM
#6
Well I think it would suck even more if someone was to neg tag me.

I actually messaged a moderator before I bought the account and asked him whether this was an OK thing to do. Don't want to buy the account and then have it blacklisted...

I got a reply saying it was fine, which is why I proceeded. Don't think I've broken any rules here?

A simple thing to do might be to just "enable" these privileges like posting pics for people who are willing to pay. I don't care about the rep/nor am I trying to deceive anyone. I just want to post a thread with pictures.

Why do we want money filtering out to scam artists and create a black market when it could go towards the upkeep and development of this forum? Sounds like the best solution to me?

If you hang around bitcointalk for long enough, you'll learn that the trust network and the forum rules are only loosely connected. If you break the forum rules, you'll usually receive a warning or get banned straight away, if you do something that is perceived as untrustworthy: you'll get red tagged by other members.
AFAIK, even scamming somebody isn't against the forum rules, if you scam another person, you won't be banned.... BUT if you scam somebody and the victim offers proof, you'll get negative trust next to your name warning everybody you're a scammer.

Same thing with account sales: personally, i don't like them, but since there are people who have legit motives for buying accounts, i'm not going to tag somebody for buying a single account... Other people *might* tag you tough... Trust is unmoderated.
I even got a red trust from a guy who seems to be hanging out on AWS selling threads... One day he feels like browsing the technical support subforum where i usually hang out => he sees i'm asking information from new members in order to help them out => he just decides to add red trust to my profile because he feels i shouldn't be asking any information... Now, if he had any idear about the process of helping these people, he would have known that the information i asked is 100% necessary... But he just gave red trust without knowing what he was talking about... This is what i'm saying: you don't need to break any rules in order to receive red trust, but the *shadier* the thing you're doing is looking, the bigger the odds somebody will take offence.

Back to your initial problem: i think it's a fair guess that the account is locked because somebody used the recovery phrase... Did the seller give you a private key for a staked address by any chance? If not, the seller will be the only person that can help you, since unlocking an account required you to sign a message with a staked address.
sr. member
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January 23, 2018, 04:55:10 PM
#5
Lesson learned. Do not trust anybody and always use escrow.

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A simple thing to do might be to just "enable" these privileges like posting pics for people who are willing to pay. I don't care about the rep/nor am I trying to deceive anyone. I just want to post a thread with pictures.
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For such purposes was recently introduced copper member:  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/newbies-can-now-pay-a-small-fee-to-enable-images-2385104
newbie
Activity: 7
Merit: 0
January 23, 2018, 10:11:10 AM
#4
I'm not really a fan of account trading anymore, however, https://bitcointalk.org/seclog.php indicates following line:

Today at 07:50:19 AM - hardpick - password reset via secret question

If i'm not mistaking, using the secret question still locks your account.

Just a guess here, but the email you received *might* be the email you got when you changed your own password, but then your account *might* have gotten locked because *somebody* tried to use the secret question... Just guesses here.

Anyways, expect your account to be neg tagged by DT members that dislike account sales pretty soon. A neg tag will not stop you from achieving your primary objective (posting pictures), however, it will stop you from trading without the use of an escrow.

Well I think it would suck even more if someone was to neg tag me.

I actually messaged a moderator before I bought the account and asked him whether this was an OK thing to do. Don't want to buy the account and then have it blacklisted...

I got a reply saying it was fine, which is why I proceeded. Don't think I've broken any rules here?

A simple thing to do might be to just "enable" these privileges like posting pics for people who are willing to pay. I don't care about the rep/nor am I trying to deceive anyone. I just want to post a thread with pictures.

Why do we want money filtering out to scam artists and create a black market when it could go towards the upkeep and development of this forum? Sounds like the best solution to me?
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
January 23, 2018, 09:31:49 AM
#3
Anyways, expect your account to be neg tagged by DT members that dislike account sales pretty soon. A neg tag will not stop you from achieving your primary objective (posting pictures), however, it will stop you from trading without the use of an escrow.

And that's good that way, you can't trust a sold account.
legendary
Activity: 3584
Merit: 5248
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January 23, 2018, 06:18:11 AM
#2
I'm not really a fan of account trading anymore, however, https://bitcointalk.org/seclog.php indicates following line:

Today at 07:50:19 AM - hardpick - password reset via secret question

If i'm not mistaking, using the secret question still locks your account.

Just a guess here, but the email you received *might* be the email you got when you changed your own password, but then your account *might* have gotten locked because *somebody* tried to use the secret question... Just guesses here.

Anyways, expect your account to be neg tagged by DT members that dislike account sales pretty soon. A neg tag will not stop you from achieving your primary objective (posting pictures), however, it will stop you from trading without the use of an escrow.
newbie
Activity: 7
Merit: 0
January 23, 2018, 05:43:30 AM
#1
Hi,

I bought the account "HardPick" - https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/hardpick-48790 in order to post with images.

I was told to do this:
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> chang email first
then change pass from reset pass
via your  new email
my job is to get you working acc
if anything happened later i will not responsible
enjoy
take care

Note, I've changed the email and password.

Earlier this morning, I received a notification that someone had requested a password change. The account password was then changed WITHOUT an email confirmation from me.

That is, I lost the account without having to confirm it!

I have proof of purchase, is there a moderator that can help me retrieve the account?
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