Topic: Old Accounts That Have Likely Been Hacked/Traded - page 4. (Read 2412 times)

Here's another one that's seemingly gone unnoticed for too long:

TheGreatPython

Account created Oct 2013, primarily used to take part in giveaways, contests & then signature campaigns, so its always been a shitposting account of sorts.

Posting gaps:

May 2014 - Oct 2015
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Oct 2023 - Feb 2024

Seems to have been owned by the same person from Jun 2017 - Nov 2020, and possibly still belongs to that owner, as there are no BPIP seclog entries. However, the account first started posting in the Pakistan thread in July 2024, while Nov 2022, they were claiming to drink beer and eat pizza, something I don't think anybody in Pakistan actually does (alcohol being forbidden for the Muslim majority).


Only 3% of Pakistan's population is allowed to buy beer. Not saying that its not possible to get beer there, but its definitely not "allowed" for most people.

Anyway, this account appears to have changed hands at least twice given the posting gaps.

The original owner was quite frequent in the Hardware Board
While the current first post was on the Altcoin discussion Board and very active in the gambling board.
 There's a huge disparity in English not to mention this
password reset via email before waking up.

If you think changed hands deserve to be painted, then do it by yourself. Otherwise, you're contradict what you said.

That's your opinion, other users think different, they view having company account and individual account are same, it belong to the same person who operate it. So in case one of them scam or did something wrong, both of them receive the same consequence.

I don’t find red tagging accounts that have changed hands to be out of place. It’s more like, having to inherit a certificate which can’t be done.
Your account is a representation of your physical equivalent, just on the forum and so, you can’t have 2 persona behind an account. There isn’t a then and now when you aren’t the same person.
Of course the case might be different when it is a company account (casinos, sportsbook, exchanges and what have you). When it’s an individual account, it just shouldn’t be and as such, tagging isn’t out of place.

In that case, here's another account that is clearly not the owner. Read the reference link. He says he just found out about the forum, but he already has the rank of Sr. Member.

https://bpip.org/Profile?id=149464


the owner of the account was a miner

Well nutildah, you know I do hand out red tags any time I come across accounts that have changed hands, and I've never thought a neutral was enough--but of course I realize this has always been a controversial position, and I respect everyone's opinion on how to handle people who've bought, sold, or hacked accounts.

I'll have a look at the accounts here and then will probably whip out the spray gun.  There's nothing good about members buying or selling accounts, and the potential for some serious wrongdoing is huge (and I know you know this).  Thanks for creating this thread, bro.  I don't go sniffing these idiots out anymore, but damned if I'll ignore them when they're served to me on a plate.

Here's another one I saw today, merit hunting in the WO thread. They're also participating in merit contests while writing drivel on the Gambling board & elsewhere.

Glen Hoddle

The account appears to have been sold in May 2024.



Secondly, their level of English goes from this:


to this:


Seems like this is a case of an email expiring & somebody recovering the account with a re-registered email address. There's no way this account belongs to the original owner. These kind of accounts give themselves away every time.

For years I've noticed that a common theme among account farmers is to use their bounty/campaign earnings to buy aged accounts.

While I personally don't red tag bought accounts, I'm not against it so long as there is ample proof the account has changed hands. Instead, this is a thread for neutral tags in cases where it seems highly likely that the current owner and original owner are different.

Why do this? Mainly because when someone uses a bought account, it gives the impression that the accomplishments of somebody else are their own. Its a misrepresentation of one's own capabilities, accomplishments, and/or standing.

How to do this? Here's my main criteria:

• Long posting gap (1 or more years)
• Noticeable change in writing style
• Quickly joins sig campaign or bounty
• Change in posting habits (places, frequency, etc.)
• No cryptographic proof owner is the original

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For instance, while investigating what I believe is a firmly-entrenched alt farm, I came across this account:

cozytrade - registered Dec 15, 2013

It already has a neutral feedback from JollyGood:

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Then we have this account:

GigaBit - registered December 21, 2013

This is one of the more ridiculous transformations I've seen:



I mean, do I really have to say anything else here? Same thing as before: the account goes from masterful use of the English language (the new owner never changed the original location of Ontario, Canada) to posting once again drivel in mediocre English in the Gambling board:

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From now on I will write a reference in this thread when neutral tagging an account I suspect of being hacked/traded. You can feel free to use it for your own tags, so long as at least the 1st two items in the criteria list are met. I'm against issuing red trust solely based on these criteria, however.