Quote from: Ramon1 on July 07, 2018, 11:27:03 PM

Quote from: groko271 on July 07, 2018, 12:05:59 AM

wow the last three pages of posts in this thread highlights the scammy nature of many newbie posters. Proof that nothing is read, just blind shit posts!

How is this being endorsed by Bitcointalk?!

theymos created the thread, but let's just take a closer look at this project:

https://www.howeycoins.com/index.html / Archive: http://archive.is/fhNjw

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CHECK OUT THESE MESSAGES FROM OUR CELEBRITY PROMOTERS

http://archive.is/fhNjw#selection-1051.0-1051.53

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@McWhortle

Cant wait to participate in the next new crypto explosion
HoweyCoins are going to change the travel landscape forever!

@realdrummerstar

HoweyCoins are how-we invest. #nextbigthing

@boxingchamp1934

Im all about HoweyCoins this thing is going to pop at the top!

Let's just break it down a little bit...

This thread [ANN][PRE-ICO]HoweyCoins: the only BitcoinTalk-endorsed ICO - GUARANTEED PROFIT was created 18 May 2018, 07:11:12

@McWhortle https://twitter.com/McWhortle Joined 12:33am 5th May 2018 hasn't tweeted yet http://archive.is/Otj5Q
@realdrummerstar https://twitter.com/realdrummerstar Joined 12:43am 5th May 2018 hasn't tweeted yet http://archive.fo/W7lfK
@boxingchamp1934 https://twitter.com/boxingchamp1934 Joined 12:38am 5th May 2018 hasn't tweeted yet http://archive.fo/Idl1G

Our three celebrities created their twitter feeds two weeks prior to theymos creating this thread.

Over on Google we find a link to a royalty free site for our drummer pic:

Royalty Free Drummer Pictures, Images and Stock Photos - iStock https://www.istockphoto.com/au/photos/drummer?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=drummer

Here we have a near identical image: https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/portrait-of-emotional-woman-playing-drums-in-studio-drummer-rock-picture-id684852818

there are just two images in this set: https://www.istockphoto.com/au/search/stack/723787165?assettype=image

Google again for our aircraft pic:

Can't see the image properly? you need a 4K TV to view the image on: (since 2015)

https://manofmany.com/tech/tvs / Archive: http://archive.is/fegnk#selection-3562.2-3639.95

https://manofmany.com/tech/tvs/c-seed-262-biggest-tv-can-buy / Archive: http://archive.is/Pgrqw#selection-2478.1-2529.44

https://manofmany.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/C-Seed-262-inch-TV.jpg / Archive: http://archive.is/2x4Yh

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/6/13/15791672/4k-tv-biggest-c-seed-262 (this page was archived a year ago: http://archive.is/zFuJS )

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/de9OBJA3eRnA8bMemb-GVm3R8_o=/0x0:3543x2362/920x613/filters:focal(1489x898:2055x1464)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/55231377/cseed.0.jpg / Archive: http://archive.is/2flTV

On to our boxer - Google yet again:

Our picture of Bert is yet another stock photo any-one can buy.

Here's Bert from behind: https://www.gettyimages.ae/photos/fist-fighter?page=2&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=fist%20fighter / Archive:

https://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/photo/boxing-royalty-free-image/542067008 / Archive:

the pic of Bert didn't come cheep - $650 AUD (about four hundred and eighty-five American Dollars)

I like the one of Bert doing the splits while he's training...

https://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/photo/flying-kick-into-the-punshing-bag-royalty-free-image/541135840 /

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/flying-kick-into-the-punshing-bag-picture-id541135840 Archive: http://archive.is/s13Ev

So let's meet the Team: (selecting just one team member at random) Roll Eyes

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https://www.howeycoins.com/img/erin_unicorn-sm.jpg / Archive: http://archive.is/7o71c

Ashley Turnbull

Co-founder and Head Travel Strategist

Did anyone else notice that "Ashley's profile pic has the name Erin in it?

Ashley/Erin is involved in Ponzi's and numerous alt coins:

A Google search revels:

The Ponzi site: https://double-btc.info/ ------------------- https://www.whois.com/whois/double-btc.info / Archive: http://archive.fo/OVfNm

Trollledger https://iwantmyico.com/ http://archive.is/Bt34A#selection-819.0-819.13 ------------------ https://www.whois.com/whois/iwantmyico.com / Archive: http://archive.fo/YjcTB
Barbiecoin Unlimited https://iwantmyico.com/2018-06-06/ / Archive: http://archive.is/dV3GC#selection-819.0-819.13

XXX (word press "sample page") http://119.3.12.182/wordpress/?p=36577 / Archive: http://archive.is/cciz4#selection-1269.0-1269.13 ----------------- https://www.whois.com/whois/119.3.12.182 / Archive: http://archive.fo/pI8fZ (both the word press and IP address are in Chinese / China)

All bar the last (word press) website were created *after* theymos launched this thread on BCT. The fact that it is near identical to the scam token in name and overall layout tells me that it's the original and this dot com is the launch vehicle along with the Ponzi and other token scam coins that someone is about to clean up on.

Is it an exit scam? And if so, by whom?

Take your pic: http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-625.0-767.4

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Merited by mprep (49), hilariousandco (20), Foxpup (15), malevolent (5), ashmodeus (5), Script3d (4), Ben271286 (4), bitbollo (2), yolanda222 (2), KonstantinosM (2), eye4bd (2), creepyjas (2), EFS (1), dbshck (1), xhomerx10 (1), pawel7777 (1), pol5 (1), Welsh (1), itod (1), bones261 (1), LoyceV (1), rickbig41 (1), NaXxow (1), TMAN (1), codenamethisNutz (1), Anon11073 (1), revenant2017 (1), Gekkoo (1), necromastery (1), PHPSELLER (1), frodocooper (1), NoMar02 (1), Live.me (1), iamqw (1), OlgaAmraie (1)

Just on the first page you have the following ten administrators or staff of BitCoin Talk giving glowing endorsements:

theymos http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-551.0-551.7
Cyrus http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-2929.0-2929.5
EFS http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-4619.0-4619.3
BitRentX http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-4811.0-4811.8

Not forgetting

Global Moderator mprep http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-629.0-631.5 (49) merits
Global Moderator hilariousandco http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-633.0-635.5 (20) merits
Staff malevolent http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-641.0-643.4 (5) merits
Staff dbshck http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-681.0-683.4 (1) merit
Global Moderator rickbig41 http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-713.0-715.4 (1) merit
Staff frodocooper http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-747.6-751.4 (1) merit

and even

DarkStar_ http://archive.is/tzYQ1#selection-3743.0-3743.9

And that's just the first page of the thread.

This took me mere minutes to find the proof this is a very poorly conceived pre-mined scam token who's website list known scammers.

What's more interesting is of the handful I've looked at they all have a count down clock set to expire in <15 days time, perhaps this is an exit scam and this token pre-mine token is the test run and the others the icing on the cake. In any event there's some very gullible people in BCT that have given glowing endorsements of this scam.

As expected, Whois.com doesn't yield any useful information:

https://www.whois.com/whois/howeycoins.com / Archive: http://archive.is/M8EQk

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