[ALERT] - Be aware of account name squatters

in #money8 years ago

Just a heads up.. Somebody named "bts.api" is registering a bunch of account names that are VERY closely related to our company name, the BlockPay name, our product names, and ICO related accounts as you can see here:
cryptofresh.com/u/bts.api

We have nothing to do with that bts.api guy!

Account name squatter

This person is probably not the first that will attempt this, so what I want to do with this post is to make everyone aware of the accounts that belong to US (see below) here at BitShares Munich (we are the team behind BlockPay, Stealth, BitShares mobile Wallet, Smartcoins Wallet, Echo, and of course the BlockPay pre-ICO).

These accounts are OURS:

  • bitshares-munich-ambs
  • bitshares-munich-devs
  • bitshares-munich-faucet
  • bitshares-munich-marketing
  • bitshares-munich-pension
  • bitshares-munich-pool
  • bitshares-munich-preico
  • bitshares-munich-wallet
  • blockpay-pool
  • blockpay-wallet
  • blockpay1
  • echo1
  • echowallet1
  • myecho
  • openpos

Those accounts above belong to us. We have nothing to do with that bts.api guy.

Be very careful when you send funds. ALWAYS triple-check the account name that you send to.

Any questions at all regarding which accounts are ours,
please contact @chris4210 -our CEO/CFO Christoph Hering:

[email protected]
[email protected]

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bts.api is a faucet register hosted in China. Its role is no different with openleger. Someone else is squatting account names through the service, don't blame the wrong guy.

I agree, I had to comment on someone earlier pretending to be Chris Dunn, thanks for this post, cheers!

Thanks for keeping us informed. !

Thanks for letting us know @kencode

Thank you for warning. Can it be some bot, copying popular accounts?

yeah, this a**hole seems to be copying lots of people's account names, just sitting there hoping people will send him money on accident. anyway, get the word out please, Chris and Rodrigo are working their butts off for BitShares Munich and BlockPay. we are doing our best to get BlockPay Integrated everywhere and it's EXTREMELY expensive and time consuming. it will be worth it in the long run though, now we can spend our crypto anywhere and everywhere. Grocery chains, vending machines, gas stations and power companies, tons of BlockPay Integrations in progress now.

Back in the day I sent 1000 bitUSD to one of those fake accounts (a slight variation of an exchange's account). I never did get it back. I am kicking myself still for being so careless (after warning all my friends how you had to be so careful because you were your own banker).

Nice to see someone admitting they fucked up. We're humans and by design we fuck up all the time. Lesson learned and it's time to be careful if you have fat finger syndrome coupled with a desire to operate fast in your finances.

bts.api is registering account in bulk. Day by day hour by hour

Thanks for the information!

Thanks for the heads up:)

thanks for the sharing @kencode

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