Quote from: cryptoaddictchie on Today at 07:22:42 AM

What if he is really a whale that support that hex project or coin and willing to spend his own money to promote for it. Does the campaign still invalid? The only thing he lack is escrow and refuses to do so. However, Ive seen no escrowed project that turn out to be good in the end like bestchange. Also wanted to know if that guy did is in violation of an heavy rule in forum.

In my honest opinion there is a huge difference between the two projects you mentioned. HEX is an obvious ponzi scheme/scam project, which has faced tons of scam accusations in the past. Let's see what other people in the industry say about HEX:

Quote from: https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/is-hex-a-scam-or-just-something-that-looks-really-really-lik-5300.htm

"In my opinion, everything I've read about HEX makes me extremely suspicious and wary," Andreas M. Antonopoulos – author, open blockchain educator – tells Cryptonews.com.

"I personally wouldn't touch it. There are enough red flags there to equip a Chinese military parade."

Quote from: https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/is-hex-a-scam-or-just-something-that-looks-really-really-lik-5300.htm

Other experts are similarly suspicious. Crypto analyst Alex Krüger refers to HEX as a "useless ERC20 token."

"Its only purpose is to hopefully go up in value by attracting new suckers," he tells Cryptonews.com. "It is marketed as 'designed to do over 10,000x returns in under 2.5 years,' which reads great for attracting the uninformed and the greedy."

Quote from: https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/is-hex-a-scam-or-just-something-that-looks-really-really-lik-5300.htm

Tone Vays spent hours speaking with Richard Heart on his Bitcoin Law podcast, and he tells Cryptonews.com that he has little doubt as to what HEX is.

"It's an affinity scam,” he says. “Here is how affinity scams work. A person like Richard Heart convinces a community and builds a reputation as a trustworthy and knowledgeable authority with a cult like following. Then finds the perfect time to sell that community something worthless to them for a lot of benefit to him."

Source: https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/is-hex-a-scam-or-just-something-that-looks-really-really-lik-5300.htm

And that's only one quoted article. If you need more information just do a quick Google-Search or check out these two articles, which I found in seconds, when I googled "HEX scam":

HEX token scam ads claim 11,500% returns in 4 months
HEX Still Can't Shake Scam Label as Token Approaches $1B Market Cap

In addition to that @YOSHIE pointed out that there were even several scam accusations on Bitcointalk already.

Come on guys... that there are so many users joining this fake HEX signature campaign is embarrassing for our community on so many levels. Not only that users don't care if there is an escrow who is securing the funds or if it's a brand-new account with no reputation at all. They also don't care if it's a self-moderated thread or if they signature codes were made so badly that they don't even work properly.

Most importantly some users here are so fucking greedy that they absolutely don't care if the advertised project is an obvious scam. They don't give a fuck if their signature lures more people into the hands of scammers or if others will lose their money because of their signatures. And all this for a few bucks? I mean come on... there were tons of warnings posted in the thread already. How can you even consider to apply there? The account has several red trust ratings already and some users are still applying? Jesus Chrust, it's not because some people don't read - they just don't care.

Honestly I don't know, if it complies with the forum rules, but IMHO all participants that applied to the campaign [1] and and are willing to promte the HEX scam further on [2] deserve a neutral (or even a negative?) tag. How did the community handle cases like this in the past?

I mean... 11,500% in four month? 10.000x in 2.5 years? This shit is even worse than YoBit. Holy fuck.