Topic: What should I do if I think somebody soon will scam someone? - page 2. (Read 609 times)

At least we know which Hhampuz to trust:

You cannot prove anything by just suspecting them to be a scam. Just collect some evidence yet and once you get enough then post a scam accusation here to warn people about those upcoming scam that might happen. If the crime is already happen to someone else then help the victims by providing the necessary proof so that he can file a case to sue those scammers.

But since you seems to have a good trace right there I guess this case need to look at to see if there's a crime committed.

Humbertin uses the expression


from time to time - especially if their current profile has been active for six or more months.

Check the creation dates (or woken up etc) of anyone seemingly having a successful trade.

They should be banned with this proof of @Stalker22 since one of his alt account has been already banned.

As of now, there's nothing you can do, every one of us here in the forum will do stupidity even a reputable member will end up potentially scammed.  So right now, this thread is enough to warn everyone here to avoid scams. 

Seeing the title of this thread got me interested in this, but after reading to the point of seeing this statement you wrote above got me discouraged because truth be told, everybody on this forum is a suspect of one thing or the other, of which I expected you to have waited until you may have gotten full solid proof to back up your suspicion before creating this thread. Because until proven otherwise, those user remains a suspect who deserves no negative nor neutral trust rating, because the fact that they speak the same language, and received merit from one account to the other is not enough to prove they are connected.

##That's my point of view##

I triple what's said by Little Mouse and PP. These evidences so far, even what's provided by FatFork above me --good digging, though, FatFork-- was still circumstantial. There's no definitive connection between the two accounts. Given they're speaking the same language, it's probable thst the grammatical error of, "I can help with you" is a common practice.

Until there's a direct evidences and connection, best way to approach this will be to tag with neutral and later change it as the situation developed.

You mentioned that you don't have 100% proof and that push me to ask if you have any proof to nail the perceived scammer since you said 100% proof any proof will work just fine for this as long as it shows that both accounts are connected.

If there is nothing as proof to point to that fact,  then your accusation may be trashed as a mere assumption since you are without evidence to support your claims.

It really looks like another alt of the old scammer Humbertin19_ / HumberRoll / DavidXXXX etc. I think it was mentioned somewhere that he was from Colombia or Ecuador, which explains the language.

However, as others have already pointed out, that's not enough for a negative tag at this time. It's good that you voiced your suspicions, though.

EDIT:
Some additional intriguing "coincidences":

You can't give negative feedback to someone just because you suspect he is alt account from another scammer.
First you need to find some proof of at least same style of writing, spelling mistakes, address connections, same social media accounts, etc.
If there was merit exchange between this members and if he is active in similar boards like TheChin0s than there is a reason for suspecting him, so you can monitor his activity for now.
 

Okay.
Thank you! 

What you have done is fine, open a thread in this section to discuss these things. I would supplement it with neutral feedback with this thread as a reference. If you don't have more evidence, you shouldn't use the negative, just the neutral, which you could change in the future if more evidence appears. So I agree on this with Little Mouse.

Yes I know I don't have any 100% proof and that's why I wont and cant give negative feedback or accusing him for something.
That's why I asked what I should do.

You don't have some good proofs to accuse him as a scammer. I haven't looked deeply at the coincidences you have shared. However, this isn't enough to call someone other people's alt. So, it doesn't make sense to tag someone. You can still monitor the account and if you find something suspicious, then you can take further steps.
Well, there's neutral feedback that can be used here though. You can apply neutral feedback and out this thread in the reference link.

Hello.

If I am almost positive that a person on this forum soon will scam somebody, what should I do?
The problem is that the person has not scammed anyone yet! But I am pretty sure it's just a matter of time.

The account is a newbie account, so of course won't a person that know how this forum works fall for a scam.
But its still bad if a new user get scammed in my opinion.

Not long time ago he (thechin0s) scammed another person (newbie).
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62226312

If people look this message : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62230136
This person have done this before with many other alts.


thechin0s: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/thechin0s-3506957
I think this is thechin0s new account:  https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/madhatters-3554014 - Madhatters.

Why?
- Same day and time thechin0s got accused for scamming Madhatters showed up.
- And when I look around this Madhatters seems to be able to offer people many things. He answer in many many threads where people is looking to buy stuff.
- They talk the same if you look how their messages.
- From same speaking country
- thechin0s  have sent two merits to Madhatters for random posts.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62259924
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62255417

I don't have 100% proof but I think its kinda obvious that this is the same person, of course I can be wrong then I will apologize and remove this instantly.



What should I do? Just leave it? It looks like he have done a lot of scamming on this forum and it would be great if that ended.
Since Madhatters has not scammed anyone yet it's wrong to give any negative feedback, but I want people to be aware and careful.



Now MadHatters got his first feedback, it's negative and a bit strange. - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=3554014

Seems to have some kind of been with a Full member that in his feedback got accused for some kind of account selling/buying.

Post-Cosmic just did (the one that gave him the feedback)
This user's password was reset recently.
This user recently woke up from a long period of inactivity.

( https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62498489 )