To Ian Bakewell.
Ian, on April 1st, 2013, you froze the Bakewell asset on Bitfunder, telling Ukyo that you would be contacting and dealing with the shareholders to quote from your skype conversation with Ukyo:
"I will be dealing with the company through the forum from now on."
Not one of the shareholders has heard anything from you since that date.
The shareholder group, now demands that you contact us to discuss the future of Bakewell.
Please PM nameface, strello, wisard, MikeMark, fourd00rgtz, or scrybe, as they are the most active of the shareholders online.
We demand you respond to this message before 12.00 UTC Wednesday April 24th 2013.
If you don't respond by that time, we will be taking further steps to recover funds and assets that you have stolen from us.
This message has been posted to the original Bakewell thread, and emailed to your known email address, [email protected].
Topic: Scammer: Ian Bakewell. The facts for non-Bitcoiners. (Read 4736 times)
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Well, I can't argue about the annoying part for some (my own girlfriend says I'm annoying sometimes). Just too many endorphins I guess.
I believed you up until the "girlfriend" part.
Well, I can't argue about the annoying part for some (my own girlfriend says I'm annoying sometimes). Just too many endorphins I guess.
I believed you up until the "girlfriend" part.
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how did you lose your scammer tag.
how did you lose your scammer tag.
Which time? The first or the second? Click the link in my signature if you are actually interested in finding out. Don't tell me you thought I was a scammer too?
Annoying yes. Scammer no.
(I'll delete after it's been read)
Well, I can't argue about the annoying part for some (my own girlfriend says I'm annoying sometimes). Just too many endorphins I guess.
it's completely legal to steal anyone else's bitcoins for any reason
I strongly doubt that.
Off-topic, please discuss this somewhere else..
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Glad I never invested into Ian 
Matthew N. Wright ... a scammer offering his help against a scammer ... hillarious.
Matthew N. Wright ... a scammer offering his help against a scammer ... hillarious.
I'm sorry you were hurt by that prank. You're still #21 in the pay queue and all my income goes to paying those people as a sort of "stupid tax" to me. I've learned a lesson not to play pranks involving money. I crossed a line. Scammer though? Why are you making up new definitions for perfectly good words, when you have people like Alberto Armandi (bitscalper/Bitdaytrader), Tawsix (mining rig scam), MyBitcoin, and literally endless more cases of *actual* scams? I don't mind hearing you complain while you wait to be paid, but I just wish you were more sensible is all.
Glad I never invested into Ian
Matthew N. Wright ... a scammer offering his help against a scammer ... hillarious.
Matthew N. Wright ... a scammer offering his help against a scammer ... hillarious.
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I'm also owner of 100+BTC Ian Bakewell debt now so if I can be useful, let me know.
Strello, thanks for putting the info you've gathered out there for the community, its appreciated.
We have the dox, plenty of photos and lots of information on young ms JS.
However, there is a general agreement in the Bakewell shareholders group, that at the moment, she may well be innocent in all of this, and are unwilling to make her life more difficult.
At the moment......
However, there is a general agreement in the Bakewell shareholders group, that at the moment, she may well be innocent in all of this, and are unwilling to make her life more difficult.
At the moment......
Why isn't his GF's dox released?
I lost 50 unfortunately.
I think it's a bit extreme to bring his girlfriend into this...she didn't participate (as far as we provably know of course) in Ian's activities. I don't think it's right to publicly expose her for doing nothing but being a part of Ian's life.
He owes me BTC275
I'm trying to get an attorney on contingency.
Why isn't his GF's dox released?
I'm trying to get an attorney on contingency.
Why isn't his GF's dox released?
Website now online at
scammer-ianbakewell.com
Ian, do get in touch!
scammer-ianbakewell.com
Ian, do get in touch!
If anyone has some time and basic web-development skills they should register a domain such as IanBakewell.com and get this info up there.
A nice picture of him on the front with SCAMMER & THIEF in big red letters above, plus links to all the info. Then start linking to it everywhere - and visiting it daily and within a few months anyone Googling his name will find it. Then he'll start getting asked questions by those he knows in RL putting a bit more pressure on him.
A nice picture of him on the front with SCAMMER & THIEF in big red letters above, plus links to all the info. Then start linking to it everywhere - and visiting it daily and within a few months anyone Googling his name will find it. Then he'll start getting asked questions by those he knows in RL putting a bit more pressure on him.
I like the idea, but as it turns out that domain is already registered..as of March 4th, 2013 interestingly enough.
If people are serious about this I'd certainly consider setting something up since it wouldn't be more than a few hours work.
EDIT: Also..@strello: Excellently written summation, and I think you nailed just about everything. I don't have anything to add, but if I think of something I'll PM you.
If anyone has some time and basic web-development skills they should register a domain such as IanBakewell.com and get this info up there.
A nice picture of him on the front with SCAMMER & THIEF in big red letters above, plus links to all the info. Then start linking to it everywhere - and visiting it daily and within a few months anyone Googling his name will find it. Then he'll start getting asked questions by those he knows in RL putting a bit more pressure on him.
Not a web-developer myself - and am not owed anything by him anyway - but if someone wants to do it I'll happily pay for domain registration/hosting.
Also, has anyone contacted the second-life lot? If I recall right he was also running some business in there - someone found it when there was previous controversy about him.
A nice picture of him on the front with SCAMMER & THIEF in big red letters above, plus links to all the info. Then start linking to it everywhere - and visiting it daily and within a few months anyone Googling his name will find it. Then he'll start getting asked questions by those he knows in RL putting a bit more pressure on him.
Not a web-developer myself - and am not owed anything by him anyway - but if someone wants to do it I'll happily pay for domain registration/hosting.
Also, has anyone contacted the second-life lot? If I recall right he was also running some business in there - someone found it when there was previous controversy about him.
I didn't invest in Bakewell because I thought it was too good to be true. I invested because it was obvious Ian understood the bitcoin mining business much better than I did, and I wanted to be involved in mining. I liked how he was being open about his identity (in retrospect I suppose that was the ploy all along).
It's still amazing to me that someone would spend that much time building up a good reputation in life with the intention of torching it all for a few dollars (and not even a life changing amount of money at that).
It's still amazing to me that someone would spend that much time building up a good reputation in life with the intention of torching it all for a few dollars (and not even a life changing amount of money at that).
He didn't plan to scam (most scammers in Bitcoin don't). He simply overestimated his own ability, just like you did.
This is why pretty much everyone can benefit from a good wing clipping most of the time.
It could be too late to settle it anyways because wheels are in motion and I'm not completely sure of the timeframes of who's doing what and when with regard to this case.
Did you mean I overestimated my ability as an investor? No shit. I couldn't agree more with that. Almost every asset I chose on GLBSE, Bitfunder, BTC.CO, and LTCglobal ended up posing me money. Where have I made a bit of money? Holding Bitcoin.
I didn't invest in Bakewell because I thought it was too good to be true. I invested because it was obvious Ian understood the bitcoin mining business much better than I did, and I wanted to be involved in mining. I liked how he was being open about his identity (in retrospect I suppose that was the ploy all along).
It's still amazing to me that someone would spend that much time building up a good reputation in life with the intention of torching it all for a few dollars (and not even a life changing amount of money at that).
It's still amazing to me that someone would spend that much time building up a good reputation in life with the intention of torching it all for a few dollars (and not even a life changing amount of money at that).
He didn't plan to scam (most scammers in Bitcoin don't). He simply overestimated his own ability, just like you did.
This is why pretty much everyone can benefit from a good wing clipping most of the time.
You invest in something that seems too good to be true, based on an anonymous commodity ideally suited to criminals and fraudsters, and then you're surprised when you are left out of pocket?
Not that I don't totally disagree with these scams, but you can't con an honest man.
Not that I don't totally disagree with these scams, but you can't con an honest man.
I didn't invest in Bakewell because I thought it was too good to be true. I invested because it was obvious Ian understood the bitcoin mining business much better than I did, and I wanted to be involved in mining. I liked how he was being open about his identity (in retrospect I suppose that was the ploy all along).
It's still amazing to me that someone would spend that much time building up a good reputation in life with the intention of torching it all for a few dollars (and not even a life changing amount of money at that).
Thanks for the encour agement unluckyduck.
And thanks for pointing out the bad link- it's fixed now.
Hope your luck changes!
And thanks for pointing out the bad link- it's fixed now.
Hope your luck changes!
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