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Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished

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Re: Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished

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Post by Klinky »

jacquesm wrote: post #129
Klinky wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People get shot over things that amount to less than a minimum wage paycheck, that doesn't mean she is dead. Your example of Bulger is bad, he was 89 at the time of his death, that's 10 years older than the avg European male's lifespan. If John McAfee's still alive, she could also still be alive.

> People get shot over things that amount to less than a minimum wage paycheck, that doesn't mean she is dead. No, just that there is a fair chance. > Your example of Bulger is bad, he was 89 at the time of his death, that's 10 years older than the avg European male's lifespan. My point was: and yet he didn't make it. His end wasn't exactly peaceful by any stretch of the imagination and he was an outlier for living t…

We agree she could be dead or end up dead over this, but that could be said for any criminal scammer. Madoff isn't dead, and he ran the biggest scam in the world.

There is nothing unique about this case, or any specific piece of evidence you can point to that indicates her death, other than a hunch. Bulger lasted 16 years laying low, why not her?

Re: Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished

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Post by TimTayshun »

bitL wrote: post #11
LouisSayers wrote: post #8

Steals billions of dollars then catches a RyanAir flight?! RyanAir has to be the most budget airline I’ve ever been on...

She got hold of a "big passport"; to me that implies some mafia/secret service was involved and she likely wanted to blend in with her new identity.

My sources say that she acquired a real passport with real photo and fake identity from corrupt, but "legitimate" sources in Ukraine.

Re: Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished

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Post by NilsIRL »

pookeh wrote: post #102
imglorp wrote: post #66

The parent scam company, OneLife, still has a webpage up: https://www.onelife.eu/en however its official denial of OneCoin wrong-doing is a 503. Fortunately, that denial, a glorious work on its own, can be seen in cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:...

Seems to work for me https://www.onelife.eu/en/news/corporate-announcement

Works for me as well

Re: Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished

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Post by wlll »

imglorp wrote: post #68
wlll wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yacht nav systems can log where you have been, but a small minority of ships will permanently log their location somewhere publicly accessible. To get the data you'd need to get onto the yacht to access the nav system.

Even small private vessels have AIS these days, especially if nicely appointed. Of course, the transponder can be turned off if you want to avoid any ... Imperial entanglements.

They're mostly AIS receivers for the smaller vessels rather than tranceivers, but yes, that is true (for a boat the size I'd estimate this was it likely had a tranceiver). You also can very easily turn AIS off onboard if you don't want to be tracked, whereas there's less danger of someone sneaking onboard to look at the nav system so that might have been left on.

edit I just re-read your comment and realised I missed most of it somehow. It's late here, and you were spot on, sorry!

edit edit Also, It's an older code sir, but it checks out.

Re: Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished

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Post by userbinator »

imglorp wrote: post #66

The parent scam company, OneLife, still has a webpage up: https://www.onelife.eu/en however its official denial of OneCoin wrong-doing is a 503. Fortunately, that denial, a glorious work on its own, can be seen in cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:...

OneLife. What an ironic name for a company. It makes me think of the YOLO meme... which is quite fitting given what some of the scammed may have been thinking when they decided to "invest".

Re: Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished

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Post by wlll »

ryanlol wrote: post #114
wlll wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yacht nav systems can log where you have been, but a small minority of ships will permanently log their location somewhere publicly accessible. To get the data you'd need to get onto the yacht to access the nav system.

Lots of yacht spotting sites and other OSINT sources you could use to track a vessel that doesn’t broadcast its location.

What sort of resources are there? I wasn't aware of any.

Re: Cryptoqueen: A woman scammed the world, then vanished

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Post by danielfoster »

dghughes wrote: post #116
helpPeople wrote: post #81

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My question, are there innocent stupid people? Or did every investor want a get rich quick sheme?

So many people have said to me "you're into computers" how do they get into this Bitcoin thing. I said there's a lot too it and explain any of it their eyes glaze over. They just want to put down $100 and make millions in a week with no effort. I remember when Bitcoin was cheap as hell I think it was $1 bought you 1,000 Bitcoins so I am no Bitcoin expert or I would be a billionaire. Yes I dream of having some on an o…

This. I feel bad for the people who were scammed but my sympathy is limited. It seems most just wanted an easy way to get rich and didn’t want to ask the obvious.
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