Topic: Romney's tax returns - first Bitcoin extortion? - page 13. (Read 33960 times)
This seems like a hoax. Time to move on.
Well, I didn't say it was good proof! Perhaps they feel what they have shown is enough?
Not sure what they might be thinking on it. Mainly because I have not seen it where I could make a semi-informed opinion on their mindset. Have you by chnace seen this sig scan?
If this was real, they would have provided some kind of proof they possess these documents. Perhaps the information from a non-incriminating line, which would only be known by Romney or someone who has the documents. Kidnappers always send a photo of the kidnapped person holding today's newspaper to prove they have the person and they're alive.
Since no such evidence was shown, it is very probably a hoax.
Since no such evidence was shown, it is very probably a hoax.
Did you read the article? It lists a very specific location from where the tax returns were taken. I would imagine if the tax returns were actually in that location, they might have them. They also mention a scanned signature image.
could just mean they knew where the firms office was and not much else. Also, unless they show the scan AND the scan contains the signature and part of the form showing what year and what document it is, i.e., 1040 then it could just be a copy of his signature from any where..
How many Americans still play online poker? It can be done using VPNs, a foreign bank account and foreign mailing address, but nobody bothers because of the hassle.
http://vector.cobalt-sky.com/pokerplayers/displaytables.aspx?tableid=0004&height=903&reportid=7&clear=trueaccording to this site any hows. There are many others. But since the US banks first starting to decline online poke deposits the US players have reamerged in fairly large numbers.
It would be interesting to see a comparison of the numbers before and after the banking changes.
Story gone from drudge for now. Reaches the tabloids
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/09/mitt-romney-tax-returns-allegedly-hacked-up-for-bids/
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/09/mitt-romney-tax-returns-allegedly-hacked-up-for-bids/
Drudge is now linking this
Further evidence that this whole thing is a psyop.
If this was real, they would have provided some kind of proof they possess these documents. Perhaps the information from a non-incriminating line, which would only be known by Romney or someone who has the documents. Kidnappers always send a photo of the kidnapped person holding today's newspaper to prove they have the person and they're alive.
Since no such evidence was shown, it is very probably a hoax.
Since no such evidence was shown, it is very probably a hoax.
I have important information regarding Ron Pauls favorite icecream flavor, please send 1,000 bitcoins to this address
1LbkeXvcyi622UymtVmiieZF7XLNzFiMYy
or I will release the embarrassing icecream flavor choice to the public!
1LbkeXvcyi622UymtVmiieZF7XLNzFiMYy
or I will release the embarrassing icecream flavor choice to the public!
Obviously someone is hoping that there's something blackmail worthy in the tax returns, and putting out the blackmail message for the 1% chance at a million dollars. It costs them nothing to try.
Making a big deal about this would be great for the Romney campaign. They refuse to pay, which sways public sentiment to not releasing tax returns, and no tax returns gets released because it's a bluff.
Making a big deal about this would be great for the Romney campaign. They refuse to pay, which sways public sentiment to not releasing tax returns, and no tax returns gets released because it's a bluff.
I decoded it and got something similar to: i.imgur.com/5k37g (I say similar because some chars were messed up and I replaced them with probable ones.) But the 5k37g was ok and this one does point to an image of some asian girl. I treated each trx as a byte and padded on left with zeros.
This girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLNteez3c4&feature=relmfuWell at least between this and the bitfloor hack we're getting some entertainment tonight.
You forgot to put hack in quotes~
I decoded it and got something similar to: i.imgur.com/5k37g (I say similar because some chars were messed up and I replaced them with probable ones.) But the 5k37g was ok and this one does point to an image of some asian girl. I treated each trx as a byte and padded on left with zeros.
This girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLNteez3c4&feature=relmfuWell at least between this and the bitfloor hack we're getting some entertainment tonight.
I decoded it and got something similar to: i.imgur.com/5k37g (I say similar because some chars were messed up and I replaced them with probable ones.) But the 5k37g was ok and this one does point to an image of some asian girl. I treated each trx as a byte and padded on left with zeros.
This girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLNteez3c4&feature=relmfu I used this service: http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp
This is the result:
https://i.imgur.com/5k6Rf.png
http://zxing.org/w/decode?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5k6Rf.png&full=true
This is the result:
0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101101001001011100110100 1011011010110011101110101011100100010111001100011011011110110110100101111011010 01
It mean: https://i.imgur.com/i
This is nothing
He is probably someone that is trying to make something funny but he's failing.
I decoded it and got something similar to: i.imgur.com/5k37g (I say similar because some chars were messed up and I replaced them with probable ones.) But the 5k37g was ok and this one does point to an image of some asian girl. I treated each trx as a byte and padded on left with zeros. This is the result:
https://i.imgur.com/5k6Rf.png
http://zxing.org/w/decode?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5k6Rf.png&full=true
This is the result:
0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101101001001011100110100 1011011010110011101110101011100100010111001100011011011110110110100101111011010 01
It mean: https://i.imgur.com/i
This is nothing
He is probably someone that is trying to make something funny but he's failing.
This is involuntary conformation to established campaign disclosure precedent.
I didn't rob the bank, I just made an unauthorized withdrawal!
I find it odd that this is the only paper to report this..
Yep.
I expect now that a Romney supporting vigilante will put a $10M bitcoin ransom on the blackmailer's head. Problem solved QED.
I used this service: http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp
This is the result:
https://i.imgur.com/5k6Rf.png
http://zxing.org/w/decode?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5k6Rf.png&full=true
This is the result:
0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101101001001011100110100 1011011010110011101110101011100100010111001100011011011110110110100101111011010 01
It mean: https://i.imgur.com/i
This is nothing
He is probably someone that is trying to make something funny but he's failing.
This is the result:
https://i.imgur.com/5k6Rf.png
http://zxing.org/w/decode?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5k6Rf.png&full=true
This is the result:
0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101101001001011100110100 1011011010110011101110101011100100010111001100011011011110110110100101111011010 01
It mean: https://i.imgur.com/i
This is nothing
He is probably someone that is trying to make something funny but he's failing.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if this wasn't a Federal operation designed to target bitcoin just a little more as an excuse to put it under the jurisdiction of some Federal police force.
"We must use all available resources to defend against these threats against our fine upstanding citizens such as Mitt Romney by these dangerous hacker tools..." would be the general tone of the already pre-written communique sitting in some bureaucrats desk at Treasury, FBI or DHS.
"We must use all available resources to defend against these threats against our fine upstanding citizens such as Mitt Romney by these dangerous hacker tools..." would be the general tone of the already pre-written communique sitting in some bureaucrats desk at Treasury, FBI or DHS.
Thats exactly what it is. Sad its come down to a 1040 hoax with these guys.
Did anyone decode the message yet? See binary amounts again...
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