The Collapse of the Bitcoin Generator Bot - page 2.

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Quote from: sgk on March 14, 2015, 09:35:36 AM

When I first saw the bot sale thread, I was very impressed and interested to buy it. But I remember someone pointing out in that thread that th success of the bot greatly depended on how much balance the faucet has. If there are no funds in faucet, the bot isn't of much value. I did not purchase the bot for this single reason.

But the actual reason of failure turned out to be something no one had anticipated. The site owner noticed what was happening (and maybe even saw the thread himself) and blocked the proxies. (or at least that's what it looks like now.)

Glad I didn't buy it.

Yes of course , this is a plausible "theory" *. These types of method should be discussed only in private, the selling thread should never exist because the admin of the site can see it and block all the method in 5-10 minutes. Have you (who bought) used an escrow ? or not? Now he should refund at least a part of the bitcoin, or gives a sort of support.

*As I said here :

Quote from: redsn0w on March 12, 2015, 02:36:17 PM

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The real problem is that the owner of the site is reading this forum, maybe it was better to keep this "method" completely anonymous. However it might function again but I haven't tried the script so I cannot be sure.

EDIT :

He has completly emptied that address (1GP9FqAaMqRKuUe6RznWhFSEdnfCYrPfv8):

- https://blockchain.info/it/tx/ef6121216188c204922e99f8417f65cdb4ba8f0b27447b64cb49f75928cdd8de
- https://blockchain.info/it/tx/6e773f178cc664c7451efd3af95ff7d118f79a177f6ffa5d030e4ae2f25c1bfc

FuckIdolPlus

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The interesting part is going through his transactions (wallet) lead me to a wallet, a single wallet with over $900k in BTC.
We may never know who he was but he sure did teach us a lesson.

sgk

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!! HODL !!

When I first saw the bot sale thread, I was very impressed and interested to buy it. But I remember someone pointing out in that thread that th success of the bot greatly depended on how much balance the faucet has. If there are no funds in faucet, the bot isn't of much value. I did not purchase the bot for this single reason.

But the actual reason of failure turned out to be something no one had anticipated. The site owner noticed what was happening (and maybe even saw the thread himself) and blocked the proxies. (or at least that's what it looks like now.)

Glad I didn't buy it.

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Quote from: Berau on March 14, 2015, 03:33:07 AM

Quote from: superiorus on March 14, 2015, 03:22:12 AM

Quote from: master-P on March 13, 2015, 08:18:05 PM

I'm a little bit shocked at how many people decided to pay him without the use of escrow though, despite how trustworthy he may have seemed in the beginning. I would've used an escrow to pay for something just to make sure it was delivered first at the very least, but it seems like there are more and more people reporting that they paid and Rich simply stopped responding after that. I am very disappointed. I'm happy to give him a few more days to respond before we jump to any conclusions, but seeing the BTC funds move from his wallet and seeing that he has indeed been lurking on the forums the past few days is not very reassuring.

The escrow does not apply in all cases because some buyers use the escrow, he installed the bot , then the escrow is released.
For example I paid 0.5 BTC, he install the bot with 10 accounts, then I paid another 0.5 BTC (both transactions without escrow)
Also I paid 100$ (in BTC) for 50 accounts + 50 proxy (to be installed)
The bot stops working after a few days..(I'm sure the owners of the faucets saw the bot sale thread in here)
I dont think Rich will come back to reply or to refund any BTC (he should be done it untill now)

Sad ... and another aprox. 500$ lost ...

Wow. $500 is a lot.

I agree that escrow doesn't really do anything in this deal. If the bot malfunctions and rich don't fix it, you can't ask the escrow for your money back.

It's funny though that no one is actually leaving negative trust feedback, I'll take that as most of us are still expecting rich to come alive again someday.

I left him negative trust

superiorus

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Sorry for those who lost their money in this bot, Always use escrow.

Using exscrow won't help in this case , becasue he installed the bot for most of the buyers.
After he installed, the escrow was relesead.
The bot stop working after that ...

LuckyBtc

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Quote from: Berau on March 14, 2015, 03:33:07 AM

It's funny though that no one is actually leaving negative trust feedback, I'll take that as most of us are still expecting rich to come alive again someday.

As Master-P said he'll wait few more days on him before everyone give him neg-trust. Anyways giving him neg-trust wouldn't help, He'll simply open another account and start scamming.
Sorry for those who lost their money in this bot, Always use escrow.

FuckIdolPlus

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He has started using the BTC in his wallet : https://blockchain.info/address/1GP9FqAaMqRKuUe6RznWhFSEdnfCYrPfv8
Sorry for the loss people. Next time never trust anyone with a shortcut to become rich.

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Quote from: Berau on March 14, 2015, 03:33:07 AM

Quote from: superiorus on March 14, 2015, 03:22:12 AM

Quote from: master-P on March 13, 2015, 08:18:05 PM

I'm a little bit shocked at how many people decided to pay him without the use of escrow though, despite how trustworthy he may have seemed in the beginning. I would've used an escrow to pay for something just to make sure it was delivered first at the very least, but it seems like there are more and more people reporting that they paid and Rich simply stopped responding after that. I am very disappointed. I'm happy to give him a few more days to respond before we jump to any conclusions, but seeing the BTC funds move from his wallet and seeing that he has indeed been lurking on the forums the past few days is not very reassuring.

The escrow does not apply in all cases because some buyers use the escrow, he installed the bot , then the escrow is released.
For example I paid 0.5 BTC, he install the bot with 10 accounts, then I paid another 0.5 BTC (both transactions without escrow)
Also I paid 100$ (in BTC) for 50 accounts + 50 proxy (to be installed)
The bot stops working after a few days..(I'm sure the owners of the faucets saw the bot sale thread in here)
I dont think Rich will come back to reply or to refund any BTC (he should be done it untill now)

Sad ... and another aprox. 500$ lost ...

Wow. $500 is a lot.

I agree that escrow doesn't really do anything in this deal. If the bot malfunctions and rich don't fix it, you can't ask the escrow for your money back.

It's funny though that no one is actually leaving negative trust feedback, I'll take that as most of us are still expecting rich to come alive again someday.

It's a shot in the dark. i don't think he'll come back, let alone refunding the people. But again he hasn't used up the 11 BTC he has in his wallet.

Berau

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Quote from: superiorus on March 14, 2015, 03:22:12 AM

Quote from: master-P on March 13, 2015, 08:18:05 PM

I'm a little bit shocked at how many people decided to pay him without the use of escrow though, despite how trustworthy he may have seemed in the beginning. I would've used an escrow to pay for something just to make sure it was delivered first at the very least, but it seems like there are more and more people reporting that they paid and Rich simply stopped responding after that. I am very disappointed. I'm happy to give him a few more days to respond before we jump to any conclusions, but seeing the BTC funds move from his wallet and seeing that he has indeed been lurking on the forums the past few days is not very reassuring.

The escrow does not apply in all cases because some buyers use the escrow, he installed the bot , then the escrow is released.
For example I paid 0.5 BTC, he install the bot with 10 accounts, then I paid another 0.5 BTC (both transactions without escrow)
Also I paid 100$ (in BTC) for 50 accounts + 50 proxy (to be installed)
The bot stops working after a few days..(I'm sure the owners of the faucets saw the bot sale thread in here)
I dont think Rich will come back to reply or to refund any BTC (he should be done it untill now)

Sad ... and another aprox. 500$ lost ...

Wow. $500 is a lot.

I agree that escrow doesn't really do anything in this deal. If the bot malfunctions and rich don't fix it, you can't ask the escrow for your money back.

It's funny though that no one is actually leaving negative trust feedback, I'll take that as most of us are still expecting rich to come alive again someday.

superiorus

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Quote from: master-P on March 13, 2015, 08:18:05 PM

I'm a little bit shocked at how many people decided to pay him without the use of escrow though, despite how trustworthy he may have seemed in the beginning. I would've used an escrow to pay for something just to make sure it was delivered first at the very least, but it seems like there are more and more people reporting that they paid and Rich simply stopped responding after that. I am very disappointed. I'm happy to give him a few more days to respond before we jump to any conclusions, but seeing the BTC funds move from his wallet and seeing that he has indeed been lurking on the forums the past few days is not very reassuring.

The escrow does not apply in all cases because some buyers use the escrow, he installed the bot , then the escrow is released.
For example I paid 0.5 BTC, he install the bot with 10 accounts, then I paid another 0.5 BTC (both transactions without escrow)
Also I paid 100$ (in BTC) for 50 accounts + 50 proxy (to be installed)
The bot stops working after a few days..(I'm sure the owners of the faucets saw the bot sale thread in here)
I dont think Rich will come back to reply or to refund any BTC (he should be done it untill now)

Sad ... and another aprox. 500$ lost ...

master-P

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https://keybase.io/masterp FREE Escrow Service

Quote from: Berau on March 13, 2015, 08:30:01 PM

People might just be lazy to use escrow. To be honest I never have used an escrow before and would avoid escrow if the amount isn't critical.

Yeah, I understand that completely. Some people don't like to go through the hassle of using a third party as an escrow, extra step, fees they have to pay, etc. But I suppose it's different for everyone, I personally will use an escrow if I feel like there is some risk in the transaction I'm about to partake in, and/or if it's an amount of money I can't afford to lose.

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Quote from: master-P on March 13, 2015, 08:18:05 PM

I'm a little bit shocked at how many people decided to pay him without the use of escrow though, despite how trustworthy he may have seemed in the beginning. I would've at least used an escrow to pay for something just to make sure it was delivered first at the very least, but it seems like there are more and more people reporting that they paid and Rich simply stopped responding after that. I am very disappointed. I'm happy to give him a few more days to respond before we jump to any conclusions, but seeing the BTC funds move from his wallet and seeing that he has indeed been lurking on the forums the past few days is not very reassuring.

Yes, I guess he has provided a video, written a pretty constructive post and listed a bit of techy stuff. But that's all. I was starting to think he was certainly legitimate and about the purchase this bot when he locked the thread. I guess I was lucky after all not getting the bot.

People might just be lazy to use escrow. To be honest I never have used an escrow before and would avoid escrow if the amount isn't critical.

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https://keybase.io/masterp FREE Escrow Service

I'm a little bit shocked at how many people decided to pay him without the use of escrow though, despite how trustworthy he may have seemed in the beginning. I would've used an escrow to pay for something just to make sure it was delivered first at the very least, but it seems like there are more and more people reporting that they paid and Rich simply stopped responding after that. I am very disappointed. I'm happy to give him a few more days to respond before we jump to any conclusions, but seeing the BTC funds move from his wallet and seeing that he has indeed been lurking on the forums the past few days is not very reassuring.

Berau

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Quote from: Rmcdermott927 on March 13, 2015, 08:06:19 PM

Quote from: bachel on March 12, 2015, 03:28:52 PM

Quote from: damiano on March 12, 2015, 12:52:06 PM

First off I would like to say master-p and I were just the reviewers for this and we were given vouch copies ONLY to test this service.

Yesterday I had noticed that a lot of my accounts went offline (I believe I was the first to experience this). All the proxies I was using were being banned. At first I had thought it was the the fact I was using safe-mail.net for all my emails (which could of been a trigger along with the ref links), but later on I had noticed my proxies were actually banned. I had immediately alerted master-p and he chimed in stating all his accounts were still functioning, but during the night I had received notification via pm that his accounts were also shut down. Another user Wafflemaster has now suffered the same fate as well as 805miner.

I want to be very clear that master-p and I have NO involvement other than giving out the reviews of the bot we had received. We are both very aware a lot of users had purchased this bot and are now probably out a decent amount of money and yes it sucks.

I don't think or feel this was an actual scam (although it does appear like it right now). What I do feel is that the site operators caught on and made a lot of changes. Now for rich's absence on skype and here as well as locking the thread I can't comment on.

I am 99% sure now that it was a scam because I paid him on Tuesday and since then no more communication he didn't even install the bot

I paid him monday and have heard nothing.

You mean monday this week? I'm pretty sure that he was still active.

Try emailing: [email protected]

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Quote from: bachel on March 12, 2015, 03:28:52 PM

Quote from: damiano on March 12, 2015, 12:52:06 PM

First off I would like to say master-p and I were just the reviewers for this and we were given vouch copies ONLY to test this service.

Yesterday I had noticed that a lot of my accounts went offline (I believe I was the first to experience this). All the proxies I was using were being banned. At first I had thought it was the the fact I was using safe-mail.net for all my emails (which could of been a trigger along with the ref links), but later on I had noticed my proxies were actually banned. I had immediately alerted master-p and he chimed in stating all his accounts were still functioning, but during the night I had received notification via pm that his accounts were also shut down. Another user Wafflemaster has now suffered the same fate as well as 805miner.

I want to be very clear that master-p and I have NO involvement other than giving out the reviews of the bot we had received. We are both very aware a lot of users had purchased this bot and are now probably out a decent amount of money and yes it sucks.

I don't think or feel this was an actual scam (although it does appear like it right now). What I do feel is that the site operators caught on and made a lot of changes. Now for rich's absence on skype and here as well as locking the thread I can't comment on.

I am 99% sure now that it was a scam because I paid him on Tuesday and since then no more communication he didn't even install the bot

I paid him monday and have heard nothing.

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Quote from: Berau on March 13, 2015, 06:50:25 PM

Quote from: networthsigns on March 13, 2015, 06:10:28 PM

Quote from: FuckIdolPlus on March 13, 2015, 10:24:37 AM

Quote from: alani123 on March 13, 2015, 10:18:51 AM

What this bot? Never heard of it.

It's a macro script to drain faucets and the owner of the script sold around 11 BTC worth of script.

Nice bot i like the idea of draining the faucets who pay the peanuts like slave labor, also he done ok with that script didn't he. Shame i never see it or i would have probably brought one as well

How much was the charge?

It was originally 1.49 but it seems most people bought it when it was BTC0.49(discounted).

I personally think it was a pretty stupid scam because most people still owes rich BTC1 each. If he stayed legit, then anything could happen

I dont know sustainable a bot like that is without constantly having to modify the script once its that public. I am sure he made a good amount of btc giving out a bot that probably would never last long enough to make him the money he just made.

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Quote from: networthsigns on March 13, 2015, 06:10:28 PM

Quote from: FuckIdolPlus on March 13, 2015, 10:24:37 AM

Quote from: alani123 on March 13, 2015, 10:18:51 AM

What this bot? Never heard of it.

It's a macro script to drain faucets and the owner of the script sold around 11 BTC worth of script.

Nice bot i like the idea of draining the faucets who pay the peanuts like slave labor, also he done ok with that script didn't he. Shame i never see it or i would have probably brought one as well

How much was the charge?

It was originally 1.49 but it seems most people bought it when it was BTC0.49(discounted).

I personally think it was a pretty stupid scam because most people still owes rich BTC1 each. If he stayed legit, then anything could happen

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Quote from: Btcvilla on March 12, 2015, 02:35:21 PM

"Bitcoin generator bot" sounds like a total scam, have fun with your virus's!

Quote from: Somekindabitcoin on March 12, 2015, 02:36:57 PM

Quote from: Btcvilla on March 12, 2015, 02:35:21 PM

"Bitcoin generator bot" sounds like a total scam, have fun with your virus's!

I'm pretty sure the generator was that there were multiple accounts on separate proxies being able to click on ads over and over. That's why it was a generator.

Quote from: Somekindabitcoin on March 12, 2015, 02:42:14 PM

Quote from: master-P on March 12, 2015, 02:37:41 PM

Quote from: Btcvilla on March 12, 2015, 02:35:21 PM

"Bitcoin generator bot" sounds like a total scam, have fun with your virus's!

Please refrain from posting here if you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Clearly you're just posting to boost your post count for your sig campaign earnings. Roll Eyes

The bot did not contain any viruses or anything, not to mention it was designed to be set up on a completely remote machine, a VPS.

I would like to ask if my post is what the script did. If not, I would also like to ask what it actually did do.

Quote from: alani123 on March 13, 2015, 10:18:51 AM

What this bot? Never heard of it.

For all those who don't know what this bot does, here is the link to the main thread (now locked):

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ultimate-bitcoin-generator-bot-968021

Basically, it was a bot that would use multiple accounts and proxies to collect free coins from the faucets Freebitco.in and Freedoge.co.in. The owner of those sites is wetsuit and he posts here on the forums so it's likely that he found out. I'm not sure how exactly the bots were discovered and blocked but it seems that people who bought the bot were using the same proxy servers so it was easy to identify them.

EDIT: Just a guess but it could also be possible that the site owner purchased the bot himself, analyzed its behavior, and then blocked it.

Quote from: networthsigns on March 13, 2015, 06:10:28 PM

Quote from: FuckIdolPlus on March 13, 2015, 10:24:37 AM

Quote from: alani123 on March 13, 2015, 10:18:51 AM

What this bot? Never heard of it.

It's a macro script to drain faucets and the owner of the script sold around 11 BTC worth of script.

Nice bot i like the idea of draining the faucets who pay the peanuts like slave labor, also he done ok with that script didn't he. Shame i never see it or i would have probably brought one as well

How much was the charge?

1.49 BTC it seems.

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Quote from: FuckIdolPlus on March 13, 2015, 10:24:37 AM

Quote from: alani123 on March 13, 2015, 10:18:51 AM

What this bot? Never heard of it.

It's a macro script to drain faucets and the owner of the script sold around 11 BTC worth of script.

Nice bot i like the idea of draining the faucets who pay the peanuts like slave labor, also he done ok with that script didn't he. Shame i never see it or i would have probably brought one as well

How much was the charge?

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Quote from: Berau on March 13, 2015, 06:00:00 PM

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Last Active: Today at 04:11:11 PM

Don't you guys think it's weird how right after rich stops selling the bot you all get banned? He again was active just about 5-6 hours ago, he's active but not replying.
Maybe rich even owns the proxies he recommends to you.

He also took of with coins at least with mine

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