EDIT: For those of you that were scammed, please consider submitting a ticket to Poloniex to let them know about the scam. A template you can use is available here:
Why wouldn't he name someone?... Because it probably wasn't sold at all.
All this B.S. is a cover for @zeartul to take the money and run. There was a transfer just 9 hours ago to his account from @bellyrub.
And now, since he "doesn't own" @bellyrub and has no source of income, he won't be able to pay back his depositors in @bellyrubbank (which also doesn't make sense that he would own that account and not the actual @bellyrub, right?)...
This ridiculous excuse, combined with the many problematic things mentioned in your post, leads me to believe this is all just a ruse to steal money. This smelled to high hell as soon as he promised 40% APR, and it stunk even worse when he continued to solicit "deposits" after failing to make the last payments.
Shame on you, @zeartul. I hope I'm wrong and you make right by the people who entrusted you with their money - but given your nonchalant nature about missing the last payment and the "transfer" of your account, I'd be really, really surprised if you did.
Yeah, I saw that. The fact he encouraged that rumor to spread leads me to believe that he still owns it and is trying to pass the blame to someone else. That way he can let it collapse and say "hey, it wasn't my fault!"
He’s not even trying to hide that it wasn’t sold anymore... just cutting & running. You can see in the wallets both @zeartul and @bellyrub are withdrawing to the same Poloniex address.
My guess is @bellyrub was basically operating like a Ponzi, possibly intentionally or just due to mismanagement and miscalculation. A couple days ago @zeartul proposed fundraising to “expand” @bellyrub which did not go over well with the community. The “expansion” was needed just to keep @bellyrub solvent and when it failed the end was near.
It seems like there would be enough to pay everyone back at least a substantial portion if not all of what they’re owed - but it would pretty much wipe out the accounts. It certainly looks like the choice has been made to not pay out anything and just run. If that’s the case all I can say is, “What a bastard.”
Someone push this comment up to the top, the Steem community needs to know who the person zeartul sold the account to is, as the poor behavior of the account needs to appropriately assign public fault/negligence to the person who is now in charge.
It wasn't sold. He is still the admin. Why else would I get cordinated downvoted from both him and bellyhub? He is trying to shut me down for talking about his scam.
EDIT: For those of you that were scammed, please consider submitting a ticket to Poloniex to let them know about the scam. A template you can use is available here:
https://steemit.com/scam/@trending/please-help-stop-zeartul-from-getting-away-with-his-scam-make-poloniex-aware-of-it
Why wouldn't he name someone?... Because it probably wasn't sold at all.
All this B.S. is a cover for @zeartul to take the money and run. There was a transfer just 9 hours ago to his account from @bellyrub.
And now, since he "doesn't own" @bellyrub and has no source of income, he won't be able to pay back his depositors in @bellyrubbank (which also doesn't make sense that he would own that account and not the actual @bellyrub, right?)...
This ridiculous excuse, combined with the many problematic things mentioned in your post, leads me to believe this is all just a ruse to steal money. This smelled to high hell as soon as he promised 40% APR, and it stunk even worse when he continued to solicit "deposits" after failing to make the last payments.
Shame on you, @zeartul. I hope I'm wrong and you make right by the people who entrusted you with their money - but given your nonchalant nature about missing the last payment and the "transfer" of your account, I'd be really, really surprised if you did.
There was an earlier comment where he was implying that he sold it to @dang007 . It seems like this isn't true.
Yeah, I saw that. The fact he encouraged that rumor to spread leads me to believe that he still owns it and is trying to pass the blame to someone else. That way he can let it collapse and say "hey, it wasn't my fault!"
He’s not even trying to hide that it wasn’t sold anymore... just cutting & running. You can see in the wallets both @zeartul and @bellyrub are withdrawing to the same Poloniex address.
My guess is @bellyrub was basically operating like a Ponzi, possibly intentionally or just due to mismanagement and miscalculation. A couple days ago @zeartul proposed fundraising to “expand” @bellyrub which did not go over well with the community. The “expansion” was needed just to keep @bellyrub solvent and when it failed the end was near.
It seems like there would be enough to pay everyone back at least a substantial portion if not all of what they’re owed - but it would pretty much wipe out the accounts. It certainly looks like the choice has been made to not pay out anything and just run. If that’s the case all I can say is, “What a bastard.”
Someone push this comment up to the top, the Steem community needs to know who the person zeartul sold the account to is, as the poor behavior of the account needs to appropriately assign public fault/negligence to the person who is now in charge.
working on it. :) Pushing it to the top.
up! we need to know
Lol!
! hacked
No one believes you. I'm sure you're using that money you sent to Poloniex earlier to pay back your victims.
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Actions speak louder than words - just shut up and pay them back so we can all forget about you.
How did Dang pay for the bot? Please show the crypto-currency transaction.
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Show us the agreement
It wasn't sold. He is still the admin. Why else would I get cordinated downvoted from both him and bellyhub? He is trying to shut me down for talking about his scam.
For details: https://steemit.com/steemit-abuse/@littleboy/zeartul-is-trying-to-shut-me-down-with-whale-downvotes-from-790-054-sp-account-bellyrub
I felt like this comment wasn't worth 1.50$. See two can play that game.
Are you serious?
Yes? He has been randomly flagging me.