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.
I saw that you just sent all your liquid Steem to Poloniex, start powering down and don't seem to have any intention of paying people and that you were in fact just a person that fear "lacks" in your life or simply don't have a soul.
I tend to think you must act out of fear. I'm sorry that you have to live this way. I'm not sure you can understand this.
If I ever have the chance to take back what you stole from people I will.
I hope you end up in front of a judge and end up in prison for sometime though I'm not sure this would help you. Even more so, I hope someone finds you and ends up recovering all the funds you stole people.
I always try to give someone the benefit of the doubt, but to be honest, the blockchain does not lie. The poloniex transactions on @zeartul and @bellyrub make it pretty clear that you are cashing out both accounts to the same place. Will you at least do the right thing and return our deposits to @bellyrubbank?
Consider whether it's really worth it to have the sinking, horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach when you reflect back on where you got it from.
I'm disappointed, not because of the 150 SBD I gave you that I probably won't back, but because I gave my trust, voted your witness, and supported you.
Is is really worth it to you to throw away everything you built, the friendships, your reputation, etc. just for a few tens of thousand dollars?
Even if you mis-managed the funds and things went wrong, you could have admitted that you screwed up and people would have understood and respected you for being honest. But as it stands now, it will be pretty hard to recover from this. I'm real sorry things ended up this way.
If the speculations about you not actually selling @bellyrub are incorrect, then I will remove this comment and apologize for the erroneous assumptions. Your move, @zeartul. The truth always comes out eventually.
@zeartul, I've pulled all your power. Since you pay on the back end, this means you owe me 422 steem, this is for 4 days worth of 85k power at 115 price, 739 * 4/7 = 422 steem
this 422 steem is due on Tuesday 2017-11-28, please confirm that you've read this
Pay the people you owe money to @zeartul. Be honest. You got one flag from me now. I'll make sure to have all your post flagged to 0$ if you don't pay people asap.
I'm seriously recommanding you @zeartul to pay the people you owe money too. I doubt the community as a whole will let you get your pending rewards if you aren't repaying the people you owe money too while you still have Steem in your wallet.
Shame. Sad to see it go, but that handover definitely wasn't very welcoming. There are quite a few times in my history that I have seen things go this way.
A reputable admin runs a service and earns attention, then a quiet handover happens, and the new admin is all but reputable. However, users still think it is the original admin.
You know I like you but that was a bit sloppy. Hope it all works out and not too many people get fleeced.
WAIT SO THE 400 STEEM I GAVE YOU 2 MONTHS AGO IS GONE???? YOU ARENT PAYING THE 45% APR AND YOU ARE TAKING OUR STEEM? AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY???
If this is a scam, you should consider what you've shared on Steem with your multiple (scam) accounts over the last year+ and refund those who have been taken for a ride.
He complaint that he got downvoted , yet he is the one whacking just about anyone on the platform. Then he seek for sympathy ?
That include me and neoxian .
Throwing a down vote for No reason.
He have been a Bad Littleboy.
Who was it sold to?
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.
I saw that you just sent all your liquid Steem to Poloniex, start powering down and don't seem to have any intention of paying people and that you were in fact just a person that fear "lacks" in your life or simply don't have a soul.
I tend to think you must act out of fear. I'm sorry that you have to live this way. I'm not sure you can understand this.
If I ever have the chance to take back what you stole from people I will.
The only other solution is to raise a recovery fund
Vegas desert would work perfectly for him...
! Hacked
I hope you end up in front of a judge and end up in prison for sometime though I'm not sure this would help you. Even more so, I hope someone finds you and ends up recovering all the funds you stole people.
Don't tell him, tell everyone else what you know and quick.
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Confident ehh?
I always try to give someone the benefit of the doubt, but to be honest, the blockchain does not lie. The poloniex transactions on @zeartul and @bellyrub make it pretty clear that you are cashing out both accounts to the same place. Will you at least do the right thing and return our deposits to @bellyrubbank?
Consider whether it's really worth it to have the sinking, horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach when you reflect back on where you got it from.
I'm disappointed, not because of the 150 SBD I gave you that I probably won't back, but because I gave my trust, voted your witness, and supported you.
Is is really worth it to you to throw away everything you built, the friendships, your reputation, etc. just for a few tens of thousand dollars?
Even if you mis-managed the funds and things went wrong, you could have admitted that you screwed up and people would have understood and respected you for being honest. But as it stands now, it will be pretty hard to recover from this. I'm real sorry things ended up this way.
If the speculations about you not actually selling @bellyrub are incorrect, then I will remove this comment and apologize for the erroneous assumptions. Your move, @zeartul. The truth always comes out eventually.
@zeartul, I've pulled all your power. Since you pay on the back end, this means you owe me 422 steem, this is for 4 days worth of 85k power at 115 price, 739 * 4/7 = 422 steem
this 422 steem is due on Tuesday 2017-11-28, please confirm that you've read this
forget it hes already gone, out of steemit.
Yea I'll admit, you warned me.
your to do list:
1 - refund and return all investments
2 - refund all users vote
3 - pay the last payout
ASAP - NOW - FAST
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well im awaiting 14 days now, thats not fast
You have Steem in your wallet. Why aren't you repaying the people you are owing money?
Lightning fast. So fast, we can't even see it.
haha
You must be slower than a snail ona sunny day
What about our power rental deal?? You pay on the back end, and I'm still providing power...
Pay the people you owe money to @zeartul. Be honest. You got one flag from me now. I'll make sure to have all your post flagged to 0$ if you don't pay people asap.
This is a bad day for Steemit.
Do you think it would be a good idea find the smaller accounts who have lost money and raise some funds to get it back to them?
100% Backup Support
I have lease him my sp and is late on paying the 860 steem he still owe me.
I'm seriously recommanding you @zeartul to pay the people you owe money too. I doubt the community as a whole will let you get your pending rewards if you aren't repaying the people you owe money too while you still have Steem in your wallet.
Its all gone, he has withdrawn it 😶
Yep, everything that can be grab
Stop providing power you will be only losing money
Shame. Sad to see it go, but that handover definitely wasn't very welcoming. There are quite a few times in my history that I have seen things go this way.
A reputable admin runs a service and earns attention, then a quiet handover happens, and the new admin is all but reputable. However, users still think it is the original admin.
You know I like you but that was a bit sloppy. Hope it all works out and not too many people get fleeced.
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How bad can you be?
WAIT SO THE 400 STEEM I GAVE YOU 2 MONTHS AGO IS GONE???? YOU ARENT PAYING THE 45% APR AND YOU ARE TAKING OUR STEEM? AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY???
Yep
If this is a scam, you should consider what you've shared on Steem with your multiple (scam) accounts over the last year+ and refund those who have been taken for a ride.
@pfunk
I don’t know why you help @littleboy
He going Downvoted just about anyone, then make a complaint. Stop helping him!
Because some of his posts were revenge downvoted to 0 by @bellyrub and @zeartul, nothing more.
He complaint that he got downvoted , yet he is the one whacking just about anyone on the platform. Then he seek for sympathy ?
That include me and neoxian .
Throwing a down vote for No reason.
He have been a Bad Littleboy.
I sure hope I get my $50 SBD back out, but at this point I am not counting on it. @bellyrubbank @zeartul