A little searching shows that this same person ran a "bitcoin faucet", mostbitco.in, now expired. He also had a failed game on Greenlight with a kickstarter looking for $100 in funding, and participated in shady item giveaways on a now defunct Steam group. Address used for domain registration is also pinging a defunct site "secretsteamshop", but registration information has been overwritten by a domain parking company.
This all just screams scam. It seems like an ad-revenue clicktrap, with a side business of likely loading the giveaways with bot accounts to siphon off gifts/items for more revenue.
Resources:
https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=steambitcoins.com
http://website.informer.com/email/yunus_k@gmx.net
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/248343/ApoCatlypse__Greenlight_Campaign_Launched.php
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1060375988/apocatlypse/
https://twitter.com/StealthKilly
https://www.google.com/search?q=Zeppelinstr.+86%2C+Aachen+Nordrhein-Westfalen+52068+DE&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
http://mostbitco.in.2compete.org/
https://www.google.com/search?q=yunus_k%40gmx.net&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Comment has been collapsed.
I guess it depends on whether or not people have any realistic chance of getting anything in return for generating ad revenue for somebody else or whether they are just wasting their time in return for nothing.
Comment has been collapsed.
This.
The site admin already ran a bitcoin faucet that brought in users with decent payouts, then suddenly dropped the payout rate to insultingly low levels once he had attracted a userbase. When the backlash hit, he claimed a "mistake", then shuttered the site; this can be found in a bitcoin faucet forum that will be in the top results if you google "mostbitco.in". When someone already has a traceable shady history, it's not a far stretch to assume they are going to keep trying with similar tactics in new venues.
Comment has been collapsed.
2 Comments - Last post 4 minutes ago by Carenard
47 Comments - Last post 8 minutes ago by jzone55
202 Comments - Last post 20 minutes ago by Carenard
483 Comments - Last post 45 minutes ago by Vincenzo77
1,053 Comments - Last post 46 minutes ago by Axelflox
710 Comments - Last post 47 minutes ago by MeguminShiro
72 Comments - Last post 53 minutes ago by SeaGoblin
53 Comments - Last post 6 minutes ago by Carenard
118 Comments - Last post 7 minutes ago by Ghoztx9
3,613 Comments - Last post 11 minutes ago by ba2
21 Comments - Last post 21 minutes ago by krol7
2,837 Comments - Last post 25 minutes ago by vlbastos
7 Comments - Last post 25 minutes ago by Fluffster
247 Comments - Last post 28 minutes ago by kamengege
I saw this link to this site called
steambitcoins.com
And after checking it out, it seems like giveaways.
Is this a shady site or a legit site?
Comment has been collapsed.