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marcotheminer
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 01:04:36 PM
#16
Quote from: Retard on May 25, 2015, 01:03:26 PM
Quote from: qwk on May 25, 2015, 12:40:50 PM
Quote from: Quickseller on May 25, 2015, 12:35:11 PM
Quote from: hilariousandco on May 25, 2015, 12:31:09 PM
Quote from: qwk on May 25, 2015, 12:26:09 PM
Looks like a hacked account as well.

Yeah, looks probable. Last post was September 25, 2012 before today.
He got an email saying to change his password. I am sure a lot of people will become active again after long periods of inactivity.
He was a member of the German community before and not very fluent in English:

Quote from: Retard on September 25, 2012, 04:48:22 AM
we have some problems (databse errors) with the website but we are currently working to solve it.
Thanks for staying 'calm' to this time.

sorry for bad english.

A suggestion for Mr. Anonymous:
Please tell me in plain German why the word "Neuland" makes Germans smile. Just to prove that you're real  Smiley

If you can't, you'll have a negative trust rating by me before the end of the day.

qwk, I have suggestion which may save ur live one day: mine your own business.

Mine ALL the business!
Retard
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 01:03:26 PM
#15
Quote from: qwk on May 25, 2015, 12:40:50 PM
Quote from: Quickseller on May 25, 2015, 12:35:11 PM
Quote from: hilariousandco on May 25, 2015, 12:31:09 PM
Quote from: qwk on May 25, 2015, 12:26:09 PM
Looks like a hacked account as well.

Yeah, looks probable. Last post was September 25, 2012 before today.
He got an email saying to change his password. I am sure a lot of people will become active again after long periods of inactivity.
He was a member of the German community before and not very fluent in English:

Quote from: Retard on September 25, 2012, 04:48:22 AM
we have some problems (databse errors) with the website but we are currently working to solve it.
Thanks for staying 'calm' to this time.

sorry for bad english.

A suggestion for Mr. Anonymous:
Please tell me in plain German why the word "Neuland" makes Germans smile. Just to prove that you're real  Smiley

If you can't, you'll have a negative trust rating by me before the end of the day.

qwk, I have suggestion which may save ur live one day: mine your own business. this is not hacked account and you should have proof before you make accuses like this. you can leave negative if you want, it just shows everyone u leave bad trusts and ruin peoples lifes.
qwk
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 01:03:20 PM
#14
Quote from: dothebeats on May 25, 2015, 12:51:36 PM
Hmm, having a look at the post history, the majority of it was in the German boards, but when the forum came back online, I noticed a sudden change on the posts of this user: it appears that his English is not bad at all. Also, the account became active again since its last post in 2012, and looking through the history of this forum, there are several compromises on the forum's security causing to have some down time. Could the account be compromised too? I don't know.
I also just looked into his earlier posts.
Seems like he was a German Scammer already, but didn't receive a SCAMMER tag and also no negative ratings (probably the trust system wasn't active at the time).
He was associated with the site http://mybitcointrade.com/ which is defunct now and may have been re-registered by someone else in between. That would make it likely that his account was simply hijacked by the new owner of the domain (he'll receive his emails now as well).

I guess it's conclusive: hacked account of a former scammer.
Negative trust incoming.
marcotheminer
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 01:02:36 PM
#13
Quote from: qwk on May 25, 2015, 12:26:09 PM
Looks like a hacked account as well.

I have a feeling we will be seeing a lot of hacked accounts in the near future (abandoned but high ranked accounts for example). Stay alert guys!
Quickseller
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:59:35 PM
#12
Quote from: koelen3 on May 25, 2015, 12:55:06 PM
Quickseller , do you know you there exist this button to see profile link of people?
I thing there shouldn't be any such limit for VIP Members.


I did not lol. I have always clicked on the username above the forum rank.

The changed username still makes it difficult to search for his posts within a certain thread or a certain sub.
jeannemadrigal2
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:56:32 PM
#11
He could be the hacker.

@koelen3 There is an icon under his avatar click it.
koelen3
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:55:06 PM
#10
Quickseller , do you know you there exist this button to see profile link of people?
I thing there shouldn't be any such limit for VIP Members.

dothebeats
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:51:36 PM
#9
Hmm, having a look at the post history, the majority of it was in the German boards, but when the forum came back online, I noticed a sudden change on the posts of this user: it appears that his English is not bad at all. Also, the account became active again since its last post in 2012, and looking through the history of this forum, there are several compromises on the forum's security causing to have some down time. Could the account be compromised too? I don't know.
romano1
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:47:01 PM
#8
Yes when i looks his post about theymos i was surprised that I cannot click his name ( no username Tongue )
qwk
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:40:50 PM
#7
Quote from: Quickseller on May 25, 2015, 12:35:11 PM
Quote from: hilariousandco on May 25, 2015, 12:31:09 PM
Quote from: qwk on May 25, 2015, 12:26:09 PM
Looks like a hacked account as well.

Yeah, looks probable. Last post was September 25, 2012 before today.
He got an email saying to change his password. I am sure a lot of people will become active again after long periods of inactivity.
He was a member of the German community before and not very fluent in English:

Quote from: Retard on September 25, 2012, 04:48:22 AM
we have some problems (databse errors) with the website but we are currently working to solve it.
Thanks for staying 'calm' to this time.

sorry for bad english.

A suggestion for Mr. Anonymous:
Please tell me in plain German why the word "Neuland" makes Germans smile. Just to prove that you're real  Smiley

If you can't, you'll have a negative trust rating by me before the end of the day.
Quickseller
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:35:11 PM
#6
Quote from: hilariousandco on May 25, 2015, 12:31:09 PM
Quote from: qwk on May 25, 2015, 12:26:09 PM
Looks like a hacked account as well.

Yeah, looks probable. Last post was September 25, 2012 before today.
He got an email saying to change his password. I am sure a lot of people will become active again after long periods of inactivity.
hilariousandco
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:31:09 PM
#5
Quote from: qwk on May 25, 2015, 12:26:09 PM
Looks like a hacked account as well.

Yeah, looks probable. Last post was September 25, 2012 before today.
qwk
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:26:09 PM
#4
Looks like a hacked account as well.
Quickseller
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:08:08 PM
#3
Quote from: Retard on May 25, 2015, 12:05:50 PM
lawl, I am psychic. I predicted that u would make this thread. Cheesy
haha. I just think your displayed username is just a little bit too anonymous
Retard
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:05:50 PM
#2
lawl, I am psychic. I predicted that u would make this thread. Cheesy
Quickseller
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Re: VIP account with a single space as a Username
May 25, 2015, 12:02:37 PM
#1
This account appears to have created a custom name with a single space (e.g. ' '), effectively making it near impossible to find his profile (most people probably will not be able to).

When you look at one of his posts there is no clickable link to his profile and it appears that there is no name attached to the profile.

My question is, should it be a requirement for all displayed usernames to have at least one, letter, number of symbol?

This person does not appear to do any business on the forum, so I don't think the scam risk is very big. However that cannot be said for every other VIP account holder.
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