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!
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:
chris@BitShares-Munich.de
chris@BlockPay.ch
Please Upvote & Share : don't let squatters like "bts.api" steal funds!
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bts.api is the faucet from the chinese wallet...
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 warning!!! I wrote a post about BloсkPay, but did not know that such threats around this name )
( https://steemit.com/blockpay/@artsteemit/blockpay-accept-digital-payments-for-free-pre-ico-starts-august-23th-buy-blockpay-for-steemdollars )
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
Also, just fyi, the 2 main accounts that we use when creating new BitShares Munich related accounts are "bitshares-munich" and "chris4210".
Thanks for the heads up. Will be on my guard : )
In last week wondered who was responsible for this spike:
https://ipfs.pics/ipfs/QmVkwiSMJrhZySJFJ9m6qDyxAV7DcgcC8fBwGgeEWKEr9u
But height of this spike suggest, that much more accounts were create. The question is about percentage of abuse.
Yes! Thank you for the update :)
I'm not technical but can we as a community somehow block this bts.api from creating accounts. I spotted this surge in accounts being created 2 weeks ago and tried to alert the community but didn't really get a response https://steemit.com/bitshares/@shane-loomb/huge-surge-in-bitshare-accounts-created-yesterday
How do they have so many social media accounts, i thought you need to have a social media to signup here.
Thanks for sharing.
Are we allowed to make multiple accounts out here on Steem? Anyone know.
That's so uncool what that potential crook has done. I get tired of them online ruining things for us all.
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