Hello everyone!
Just little bit of info some of you might be interested in. Take from it whatever you like.
The people that run EthConnect are currently running another ICO here:
http://bitconium.net/default.aspxI found this by taking a simple look through their site's source and then searching for any other sites running with the same Google Analytics tracking code (there's is UA-108452084-1), generally a sure sign that it is run by the same people. From this you can find their Bitconium (note funny con in the name) site. If that isn't enough a quick look through the site and you'll find the design, roadmap whitepaper etc has some striking similarities to Ethconnect's site.
On this Twitter (
https://twitter.com/bitconium) you'll also see that they have had pretty regular updates which is kinda frustrating for anybody whom wants to know what's happening with the withdrawals. Obviously they are active but just ignoring people.
As I said take from this what you like but hopefully this might give people some food for thought before investing more or (even worse) investing in this new ICO before anything comes of the current one.
Nice. It will be easier to track them down if they commit a scam. ICOs are not regulated, but scamming people is illegal anyway. Here we talk about millions of dollars and the authorities should take serious actions if such a scam will be reported. When facing with official warrens Google, Twitter, Facebook, VPN providers, server providers etc. should give all the info they have. If that will not be enough there is a MAC address. If they only once used the same computer to log into their private e-mail, Facebook, Google account, or anything that could be traced they will be caught. If they did not make this kind of mistake then they had to purchase VPN from some traceable IP address. If they used prepaid Internet bought in some groceries store then the provider of that SIM card will have the info when and where (based on signal) it was used. If they used it from home it can be traced with the accuracy of a few meters. If they purchased VPN from some Internet caffe it is most likely that cameras in the area caught them. VPN provider will give the IP address from which was purchased their services and investigation will go in that direction. If they are 100% professionals and did not make any mistake then they will not be caught, I am sure if I had the power to force all the mentioned providers to give me the info I need I will be able to trace them. Police and courts have that power and when speaking about millions of dollars they should act upon report.
This project has huge potential and EthConnect only needs to run it for some time and then publish that they are stopping their operation and are ceasing the business so that new deposits are not allowed, lets say after a year. In that case they can exit without a scratch. Otherwise, there is a prettty big chance they will be caught and prosecuted if we report a scam. So EthConnect, dont stop this business until we all make some money
There is also a possibility they are greedy and they will run two similar projects at the same time which is legit. Quoted post is not an evidence this ICO is a scam. There is also a chance they are starting new ICOs to roll out this project which has probably the biggest base of users out of all new landing platforms. Maybe they will use additional money to fund this projects and members of this projects. That is not nice and legit of course, but we can still make money if that will be the case. Or they might simply want to have more than one project of this kind active and to make more money.
Like I said before, I am not saying this is a scam or not, I am just thinking about possibilities. I invested and will not cry if I lose money as this kind of ICOs are wild territory, but I still hope we can make really good money out of this.
