I did some research and the Most likely profile being sold is: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=81795.
Summary:
1. The account has been very activity over the last couple of years like it used to be, probably more reason for the owner to sell it.
2. Account hasn't changed email or password accounting to Metalog as of today and the posting style to hasn't changed since it was created
3. Owner seems to know German language well and some bit of Spanish too... Perhaps he was using google translate for to post in Spanish
PROOF
1. Sales Announcement:
Account is proven to be of a known German Local Board regular, First sell announcement was made in the German Local Board
2. Trust Score
Very likely to have been altered through HTML editing to make members chase a dead end.
Could have been due to different trust settings
3. Activity and posts
Initials of activity and post on the screenshot of the account being sold are both 1 and 2 just like on the profile of bernard75 which are 1316 and 2190 respectively.
4. Merit
Also likely to have been altered through HTML editing to make members chase a dead end.
Thanks to Veleor, user recently received merit as pointed out
5. Date Registered
Account on the screenshot: 00-02-2013, 12:02:43
Suspected account on sale: 18-02-2013, 12:02:43
6. Avatar
The avatar on the account in the screenshot is the same as the one the suspected account is bearing.
Quick question thou, How many legendary members have that kind of avatar?
7. Signature
No signature for both profiles
8. Last active
At the time of the announcement, the account on sale was showing online or at-least was last active in the last few minutes before the announcement.
- Last active of suspected account (Bernard75)
- Last active of account seller (sellinglegandaryaccount)
There is a 9 minute difference between the last activity of the 2 accounts
9. Screenshot Comparison
Members be the Judges:
Summary:
1. The account has been very activity over the last couple of years like it used to be, probably more reason for the owner to sell it.
2. Account hasn't changed email or password accounting to Metalog as of today and the posting style to hasn't changed since it was created
3. Owner seems to know German language well and some bit of Spanish too... Perhaps he was using google translate for to post in Spanish
PROOF
1. Sales Announcement:
Account is proven to be of a known German Local Board regular, First sell announcement was made in the German Local Board
2. Trust Score
Could have been due to different trust settings
3. Activity and posts
Initials of activity and post on the screenshot of the account being sold are both 1 and 2 just like on the profile of bernard75 which are 1316 and 2190 respectively.
4. Merit
Thanks to Veleor, user recently received merit as pointed out
I don't think this is a tricky attempt to confuse members.
Possibly, the difference between merit amount is due to the fact that account seller posted a screenshot of the profile with 1000 merit, and after that bernard75 received 2 additional merit: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=81795 (BPIP)
Possibly, the difference between merit amount is due to the fact that account seller posted a screenshot of the profile with 1000 merit, and after that bernard75 received 2 additional merit: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=81795 (BPIP)
5. Date Registered
Account on the screenshot: 00-02-2013, 12:02:43
Suspected account on sale: 18-02-2013, 12:02:43
6. Avatar
The avatar on the account in the screenshot is the same as the one the suspected account is bearing.
Quick question thou, How many legendary members have that kind of avatar?
7. Signature
No signature for both profiles
8. Last active
At the time of the announcement, the account on sale was showing online or at-least was last active in the last few minutes before the announcement.
- Last active of suspected account (Bernard75)
- Last active of account seller (sellinglegandaryaccount)
There is a 9 minute difference between the last activity of the 2 accounts
9. Screenshot Comparison
Members be the Judges: