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Re: Freebitco.in openly posting user data
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TheQuin
on 16/03/2021, 11:12:36 UTC
⭐ Merited by LoyceV (4)
Well, that makes sense. Because initially for me it looked these  emails might be of real people. Often abusers are using very similar emails, like user1@gmail.com, user2@gmail.com and so on.

That is very common from amateur abusers and a couple of years ago even sophisticated bots running 50,000+ accounts would use a name dictionary and randomise them with 2 names and 2 numbers like nameA15486nameB452@anemail.com
Using a large name dictionary and 8 digits prevented them from creating duplicates. But they are easy to spot and block them from withdrawing so now they use emails that look more natural.

And as said above, sometimes posting personal data is needed to identify scammers and prevent them to continue their activity.

I would like to post the users real details but that probably isn't the done thing on this forum.

As an aside, I do believe that anyone abusing the service forfeits the right to privacy. We plan to update our ToS soon and the draft our lawyers have written includes that provision. When it is introduced everyone using the service will have to explicitly accept that if they are caught cheating they can be publically identified by us.