That's what I was thinking. Easy for a mod to give out the IP address's of the account. If indeed there is an FBI investigation then will want this information.
I've contacted the admins before about previous scams and they are unwilling to do anything about it.
The funny thing is because they are allowing these scams to happen they are partly liable and could be sued in a court of law. All though not aiding and abetting a criminal act they are willfully ignoring crimes which can put them in some hot water if enough people group together to form a class-action lawsuit (which in my opinion they should).
heres an excerpt from
http://www.ericgoldman.org/writings/websiteliabilityalert.htm on website liability :
4. Other Claims. Until the scope of the Communications Decency Act’s safe harbor is more fully understood, the range of potential claims against websites is impossible to define. If the safe harbor defense is not available, websites will need to develop other defenses, if they can, against claims for user-caused harms and attendant claims that the website knew of the harm and failed to take reasonable actions to prevent or remedy the harm.
I'd like to start a petition soon but I'm still compiling data. If I can get everyones support I believe we can make this community a better place by imposing a set of community regulations that we can all agree on (like mandatory escrow, no self-moderated ANN threads, etc).
The first step will be to organize all the data of the most recent scams, how many people were scammed, how much money, etc.
Then create a thread explaining the situation, what we want to do about it, and put it to a vote.
If we can steer everyone to that thread and vote we might be able to force some positive change.
Can I get a show of support of how many would consider signing a petition/vote?
I'll do whatever it takes to clean this fucking place up.
People should also be aware of a few things.
I have not played with this website a lot but:
https://bitiodine.net/You can link and batch wallet addy's from this web site.
I'm sure it will make things much easier for the FBI, IRS or anybody that wants to compile a list of wallet addy's that are connected.
If anybody is stupid enough to think they cannot be found by using BTC or any Crypto is just that - STUPID.
Also, there is a website about to launch:
http://www.shitcoins.infoI can't wait to start listing Scam/Shit Coin's here.
This also means that we'll have back-up when informing people that it is a scam.
I learned A LOT from EDG scam and I will be a LOT more careful in the future - Live and learn but...
I'll still keep looking for this little fuck.
I know s/he is reading this and probably even posting here, still.
You can only hide for so long.......
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Wow, that website looks very nice! I hope it lives up to its message, too many crappy coins flooding the market.
I'm very sorry you lost what I am assuming is a large amount to this scam.
It pains me to say, but the FBI and/or interpol simply doesn't care about cryptocurrencies and that's the way it's supposed to be; for better and for worse. Only in situations of money laundering, identity theft, phishing, viruses, credit card theft, etc will the FBI get involved. The IRS has classified Bitcoin as property for
taxation purposes and FinCEN regards it as a currency for
regulatory reasons.
I assure you, no one but yourself has the opportunity to regain your money and bring justice to those who destabilize this community!
Adding to this I am all for the anti-shitcoin revolution and would love to join you in defeating the cynical forces that thrive on innocents.