You are absolutely right. Often it happens. All farms are usually hired to raise the hype around the project.
Part of this farm has been tagged MaoChao.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.49973384
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5105163
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.49987286
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50001206
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5105163
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.49927423
But, as you are right, it is better to completely block such accounts.
And also proof that farms are hired by scam projects.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5105163
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/from-platform-scam-plagiarized-whitepaper-5114750
Topic: Russian Bump Bot Ring w/Merit Abusers Exposed - page 5. (Read 1449 times)
I've identified 25 different bump bots that are likely all owned and operated by the same person.
Matching the bumping behavior with the description of a Fiverr service, I've managed to uncover the exact party offering the service.
Here is a screenshot of what the service offers:
Here are the accounts connected, all of which have commented multiple times in the same 10 ANN threads (and 1 bounty thread):
Profile Rank
ViktoriiaVel Newbie
FominTiu Newbie
Dievarric Newbie
adidasler444 Jr. Member
Bitkotname Jr. Member
BTC_Panther Jr. Member
BTCReporting Jr. Member
cas33 Jr. Member
CiNik Jr. Member
DarkSoul1 Jr. Member
Kirand Jr. Member
opsofsile1983 Jr. Member
Quersamine Jr. Member
Quesdex Jr. Member
Roksalana Jr. Member
sofaflesh Jr. Member
sound Jr. Member
Stnev89 Jr. Member
TimurBit Jr. Member
ytaevv Jr. Member
tor9 Member
ZloiRediska Member
Julia1992 Full Member
Tryam93 Full Member
VAGR Full Member
KnyazED Sr. Member
Threads being bumped (there's at least 4 more associated, but these are the top 10):
🔥🔥[ANN][ICO]AMANPURI – Ultimate exchange – PRIVATE SALE🔥🔥
[BOUNTY][ICO] FORTFC - UNIQUE CRYPTOLIQUIDITY AGGREGATOR
[ANN] [ICO] TecraCoin (TCR) | PoW/PoSe - Hi-Tech Patented Technologies
[ANN] QUSD (QUSD) Low-Volatility Stablecoin "QUSD token" [OFFICIAL]
[ANN]⭐ EVOS coin [Hybrid POW+POS+MN] ⭐ New EcoSystem for MN world⭐
🔥🔥🔥[ANN][Smart Contracts] [LOTTO&Games][GFR][GoldenFever]
[ANN] Sound Money Coin (SOV). A new King is in town.
🔥📢[ANN][POS+MN] PACT coin for freelancing 👩💼 platform🚀CryptoBridge/GRAVIEX
🚀[ANN] Cryptohr.net 🚀 - decentralized cryptocurrency HR database
[ANN] [PoS/MASTERNODE] ⚡️ IEX - Internal exchange coin ⚡️ PRESALE MN / STAKING
The same team was also hired to bump the Ethereum Classic Vision coin, which appears to have been a scam (some of those accounts have been red tagged or banned).
Here's a spreadsheet showing which members commented in which thread. Most Jr. Member accounts received exactly 1 merit, and there are at least 4 cases of merit abuse (shown in bold in the Merited By column). There's likely other merit abuse going on but I haven't looked to deeply into connecting the accounts yet.
As you can see, projects like GoldenFever and EVOS subscribed to the Premium package, projects like SoundMoney and PACT subscribed to the Standard package, and projects like CryptoHR and IEX subscribed to the Basic package.
All told, we're talking about literally hundreds of spam comments being posted a day by either one person or the same group of people. Just one- or two-line, asinine conversations with themselves all day long, day after day.
I know the team originates from Russia because several of them comment regularly in the Russian Local board.
These accounts should all be banned for spam.
In the long run, it would be interesting if statistics showed that projects which hired bump bot services were more likely to be scams, which I feel is probably the case.
Its worth noting that many of them also participate in bounties so there's a strong possibility that bounty cheating is going on as well. Feel free to dig into them on an individual level if you'd like!
Matching the bumping behavior with the description of a Fiverr service, I've managed to uncover the exact party offering the service.
Here is a screenshot of what the service offers:
Here are the accounts connected, all of which have commented multiple times in the same 10 ANN threads (and 1 bounty thread):
Profile Rank
ViktoriiaVel Newbie
FominTiu Newbie
Dievarric Newbie
adidasler444 Jr. Member
Bitkotname Jr. Member
BTC_Panther Jr. Member
BTCReporting Jr. Member
cas33 Jr. Member
CiNik Jr. Member
DarkSoul1 Jr. Member
Kirand Jr. Member
opsofsile1983 Jr. Member
Quersamine Jr. Member
Quesdex Jr. Member
Roksalana Jr. Member
sofaflesh Jr. Member
sound Jr. Member
Stnev89 Jr. Member
TimurBit Jr. Member
ytaevv Jr. Member
tor9 Member
ZloiRediska Member
Julia1992 Full Member
Tryam93 Full Member
VAGR Full Member
KnyazED Sr. Member
Threads being bumped (there's at least 4 more associated, but these are the top 10):
🔥🔥[ANN][ICO]AMANPURI – Ultimate exchange – PRIVATE SALE🔥🔥
[BOUNTY][ICO] FORTFC - UNIQUE CRYPTOLIQUIDITY AGGREGATOR[ANN] [ICO] TecraCoin (TCR) | PoW/PoSe - Hi-Tech Patented Technologies
[ANN] QUSD (QUSD) Low-Volatility Stablecoin "QUSD token" [OFFICIAL]
[ANN]⭐ EVOS coin [Hybrid POW+POS+MN] ⭐ New EcoSystem for MN world⭐
🔥🔥🔥[ANN][Smart Contracts] [LOTTO&Games][GFR][GoldenFever]
[ANN] Sound Money Coin (SOV). A new King is in town.
🔥📢[ANN][POS+MN] PACT coin for freelancing 👩💼 platform🚀CryptoBridge/GRAVIEX
🚀[ANN] Cryptohr.net 🚀 - decentralized cryptocurrency HR database
[ANN] [PoS/MASTERNODE] ⚡️ IEX - Internal exchange coin ⚡️ PRESALE MN / STAKING
The same team was also hired to bump the Ethereum Classic Vision coin, which appears to have been a scam (some of those accounts have been red tagged or banned).
Here's a spreadsheet showing which members commented in which thread. Most Jr. Member accounts received exactly 1 merit, and there are at least 4 cases of merit abuse (shown in bold in the Merited By column). There's likely other merit abuse going on but I haven't looked to deeply into connecting the accounts yet.
As you can see, projects like GoldenFever and EVOS subscribed to the Premium package, projects like SoundMoney and PACT subscribed to the Standard package, and projects like CryptoHR and IEX subscribed to the Basic package.
All told, we're talking about literally hundreds of spam comments being posted a day by either one person or the same group of people. Just one- or two-line, asinine conversations with themselves all day long, day after day.
I know the team originates from Russia because several of them comment regularly in the Russian Local board.
These accounts should all be banned for spam.
In the long run, it would be interesting if statistics showed that projects which hired bump bot services were more likely to be scams, which I feel is probably the case.
Its worth noting that many of them also participate in bounties so there's a strong possibility that bounty cheating is going on as well. Feel free to dig into them on an individual level if you'd like!
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