Bitcointalk Account seller | Bitcointalksearch.org

CryptoYar

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What happened: Another user trying to sell his senior and legendary member accounts.
Seller Profile Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/captain-boomer-2851399
Thread Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5290457
Archive: https://archive.vn/fDKpr

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Quote from: CryptoYar on August 23, 2020, 10:48:05 PM

What happened:: There is also a newbie who wants to sell his full member account.
Seller Profile Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/ayhanizmir-1074582
Thread Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/selling-full-member-account-5268436
Archive: https://archive.vn/QzMH7

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My question is, is it impossible to find this full member account in any way?

I am adding this new details here for future reference.

With the help of Suchmoon. There is a possibility that this is the account in question (The Management)

1. It matches all the description stated in the sales announcement and it's the only account with those details.

2. The OP of the thread (seller) seems to be of Turkish origin as it's evident with his frequent posts in the Turkish Local Board - https://archive.vn/fts2W
The account that's up for sale has also been a poster of the Turkish local board every once in a while - https://archive.vn/vRj9G

3. This is what the seclog has to say about the account in question a few days before the sales announcement

The Cryptovator

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Quote from: Upgrade00 on August 24, 2020, 01:10:31 AM

That was some honest effort put in by @coolcryptovator, but as suggested in that thread, users should not make it a habit of messaging members off the forum in search of evidence. This could easily turn into a circle of accusations as we had here.

That's true, there would be problems in the future. We should be careful about it before going any contract with the seller. Because it would be a written contract that would lead to flag drama later on. If someone wants to investigate they can do, but just be careful with written contract flags. For more safety, you should inform a trusted member that you are going to investigate this case. So it would help you to prevent at least the claim of account buy. To be honest I wasn't aware of such as flags which were reminded by marlboroza.

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Quote from: Jawhead999 on August 24, 2020, 12:34:00 AM

we need to contact his social media to confirm if he's want to sell account. Anyone can post like that and using someone social media, this is why we need to confirm.

That was some honest effort put in by @coolcryptovator, but as suggested in that thread, users should not make it a habit of messaging members off the forum in search of evidence. This could easily turn into a circle of accusations as we had here.

Screenshots from telegram are not really worth much and you would need to provide proof by getting the suspected seller to message you from the account profile on bitcointalk, this PM would also need to be verified by mods or some high ranking member; Mods would hardly intervene in these cases especially when it involves private messages, the latter would require you giving up your details and then changing them, some users may not be comfortable with that.

There would also be the possibility of you getting involved in a triangle, where a user is communicating with two profiles in sync, and requests one to send a message to the other which they claim to own. Of course no one would send "I am selling my account...", But a more benign message such as "I messaged you on telegram *inserts screenshot*" could pass undetected.
You also risk getting yoursl social handles reported by the suspected seller.

My conclusion, that is too much trouble to go through to fish out sales and it's a pain to verify for other members.

Jawhead999

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Quote from: CryptoYar on August 23, 2020, 10:48:05 PM

My question is, is it impossible to find this full member account in any way?

If the account have posted any personal information (e.g. telegram, twitter, address), we can search using search engine to find connected account. But connected account doesn't mean 100% alt, we need to contact his social media to confirm if he's want to sell account. Anyone can post like that and using someone social media, this is why we need to confirm.

Some example: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54995453

CryptoYar

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