Suchmoon Impersonator (Don't trade without confirmation from bitcointalk)

rosapaul

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If you smile things will work out ):

Quote from: joniboini on September 25, 2019, 05:25:41 AM

Quote from: rosapaul on September 25, 2019, 12:53:45 AM

I should have checked this out before, although all i lost was a $25 AWS Credit. I usually trust peoples but some comes up to be real pit.

Did you have any other notes about him? Like, where did he asked to sent the credits? E-mail? Bitcoin address? Or something similar?

We might be able to use it to identify him in the future. Who knows who will he impersonate next time.

Unfortunately not! I usually send the codes to purchaser's preferred way(like Skype/Telegram/Gmail/Discord). He pinged me up in my Telegram account(as i have my telegram ID addressed in my thread) and asked me to send a code.

Here is the full conversation:

Code:

suchmoon
Hu
Hello

Rosa
Hello there

suchmoon
You sell aws credit

Rosa
Yeah! Currently i offer only 1 event type AWS Non-Edu credits

suchmoon
price?
how much u have

Rosa
$25 Aws Amazon Web Services Credit
Event Name: FLD_APA_FY2019_Q3_Ethan_Lee2
Type: Non-EDU 
Expiration date: 30-09-2020 i.e September 2020 
Price: $4.5 each 
Stack-able: x2 Per Account i.e $50 maximum per account 
Payment Method Accepted: Bitcoin/Ethereum/Litecoin/BCH 
Image: https://ibb.co/WKgzf1w
For bulk purchase i can offer at $4 each :)

suchmoon
how much code haves
two?

Rosa
How many are you looking for ?
Stackable x2 per account

suchmoon
ok i will buy 2
send me one and i check and pay two

Rosa
sure
It will be $9 for 2

suchmoon
i can pay btc or ripple

Rosa
Sure i can accept btc and ripple
open your aws account

suchmoon
ok send me one code and btc/xrp address
ok i ready

Rosa
PCGV4BODZ8EY6
used?
Scammer :(
You will get fried in hell, don't worry ;-)

Update: The scammer has changed his username to @Angell100

efialtis

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www.gosubetting.com

This is unbelievable, thanks for pointing this out @op.

Those scammers are never tired of finding their ways to scam innocent people. Pathetic creatures really, as dumb as this may sound - I wish I could meet such a person face to face in real life...!

I have been scammed in the past as well (more than once), learned my lesson and will never ever again send funds first (except when I am dealing with very established members of course).

joniboini

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Quote from: rosapaul on September 25, 2019, 12:53:45 AM

I should have checked this out before, although all i lost was a $25 AWS Credit. I usually trust peoples but some comes up to be real pit.

Did you have any other notes about him? Like, where did he asked to sent the credits? E-mail? Bitcoin address? Or something similar?

We might be able to use it to identify him in the future. Who knows who will he impersonate next time.

rosapaul

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Activity: 66

Merit: 3

If you smile things will work out ):

Just got scammed by the exact person. I didn't even knew who "Suchmoon" is until and unless i just googled the name "suchmoon bitcointalk" and it came up with a legendary profile! Wo wo!
I should have checked this out before, although all i lost was a $25 AWS Credit. I usually trust peoples but some comes up to be real pit.

Beware of him!(Username: @suchmoons)
Already reported this user. Thanks OP.

Little Mouse

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Marketing Campaign Manager |Telegram ID- @LT_Mouse

Quote from: Bttzed03 on September 18, 2019, 03:13:37 AM

Additionally, it's better not to transact outside this forum.

You will be bored sometimes, it reminds me the time when I used facebook from mobile (opera browser). I can't believe how I chatted with friends then.

Quote from: suchmoon on September 18, 2019, 09:23:14 AM

I don't do telegram. If you're contacted by someone like that - it's a 100% scam. Stay safe.

I was aware that he is a scammer certainly. Thank you by the way.

suchmoon

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https://bpip.org

I don't do telegram. If you're contacted by someone like that - it's a 100% scam. Stay safe.

AB de Royse777

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Hire Bitcointalk Camp. Manager @ r7promotions.com

This is why I go with either PGP or bitcoin address signed message.
By the way, good thing that you had the safety in mind. And I got an example for my topic too :-P

Feel free to invest for knowledge and help me with anything that I missed: List of (un)known methods scammers user to scam users with honorable mention

tranthidung

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Farewell o_e_l_e_o

By the way, for privacy on Telegram, there are some steps that Telegram users should aware to increase their privacy and prevent contacts from strangers, and scammers.

Phone number privacy:
Who can see my phone number: I suggest to choose "Nobody".

Who can find me by my number:
I suggest to choose "My contacts"

Group invite settings:
Who can add me to groups and channels: I suggest to choose "My contacts"

Personally, I don't have demands to make friends with strangers, so I modify some settings like that.

Quote from: https://telegram.org/faq#q-who-can-see-my-phone-number

Q: Who can see my phone number?
On Telegram, you can send messages in private chats and groups without making your phone number visible. By default, your number is only visible to people who you've added to your address book as contacts. You can further modify this in Settings > Privacy and Security > Phone Number.

Note that people will always see your number if they know it already and saved it in their address book.

Furthermore, in case you get such bad attempts to scam from strangers, let report them

Quote from: https://telegram.org/faq_spam#q-what-happened-to-my-account

Q: What happened to my account?
When users press the ‘Report spam’ button in a chat, they forward these messages to our team of moderators for review. If the moderators decide that the messages deserved this, the account becomes limited temporarily.

This means that if you have been sending unwanted messages to random strangers or posting spam in groups, you lose the ability to do so.

mk4

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Paldo.io 🤖

These types of impersonations really aren't new, also, linking your Telegram was pretty much an invitation for scammers in the first place lol. Receive your offers via pm, and then give your Telegram handle to the person interested in transacting with you. I suggest removing your Telegram handle for now unless you want more spam. Not to mention I don't think someone like Suchmoon would use his/her real-life photo for his Telegram account(for privacy and anonymity purposes).

tranthidung

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Farewell o_e_l_e_o

Scammers are everywhere, and they tend to create fake accounts of famous ones in order to scam naive people. Not only fake-suchmoon accounts, but also many others. I don't know that is a real conversation or not, but you pointed out a very common method of scammers.
Unfortunately and hilariously, people often carelessly enough to fall into such trap.

Whichever platforms people use, they should aware that famous users mostly don't go first with PMs or whatever. Especially they don't go first to ask for financial deals. Keep it in mind, and being carefully, then people will be fine.

To give an example, there is a forum that uses Epochtalk software, a new forum of our beloved one. In that forum, you can easily see the pinned message. On other platforms, being awareness that accounts with same usernames of famous users in the forum, does not guarentee they are same people.

Quote from: https://www.cryptos-currencies.com/boards

Quote from: suchmoon on Jan 19, 1970, 6:56:13 AM
Please keep in mind privacy and safety implications : Don't use your bitcointalk username or otherwise link yourself between sites if your don't want to expose your IP to third parties; Don't use the same e-mail and/or password; Don't assume other users have the same usernames. I'm pretty sure there are many other pitfalls. Be smart please.

Bttzed03

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https://bitcoincleanup.com/

Additionally, it's better not to transact outside this forum.

Has Suchmoon's identity been revealed?

Little Mouse

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Marketing Campaign Manager |Telegram ID- @LT_Mouse

I was looking for exchanging ETH for BTC, hence, I posted on currency exchange section. For faster communication, I had added my telegram account as well. After couple of minutes, I received a PM in telegram, username- @suchmoons
He was trying to impersonate is suchmoon, I asked him to PM me in bitcointalk, then he disappeared. Never trade with anyone without confirmation from bitcointalk.

Screenshot of the conversation.

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