back when i wasnt still a Moderator, me and ateh meng were acually on an investigation about a case of an FTalk member who uses other account(s) to boost his Reputation Points. im sharing this report to you fellow Mods, since this was really a part of our plan.. Last Feb 18, 2007, ateh meng sent me a PM. it contained some screenshots. here are they: 1) summary of eL's reputations.. notice the names, date of submission and all the details. [url]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/o17layoutz2/ftalk/el_repu.jpg[/url] 2) user cp of EL. look at the ip. [url]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/o17layoutz2/ftalk/el_el.jpg[/url] 3) user cp of ompong. [url]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/o17layoutz2/ftalk/el_ompong.jpg[/url] 4) user cp of twizzy [url]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/o17layoutz2/ftalk/el_twizzy.jpg[/url] 5) user cp of joseph10 [url]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/o17layoutz2/ftalk/el_joseph.jpg[/url] 6) user cp ni ronaldpo [url]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/o17layoutz2/ftalk/el_ronaldpo.jpg[/url] 7) i.p addresses that are the ones used by eL. [url]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/o17layoutz2/ftalk/el_ipstats.jpg[/url] Here was my reply: ok. ill discuss every info i got from those users one by one: 1st user: [b]ronaldpo[/b] - registered: 02-15-2007 (202.69.187.20) <-- according to eL's ip stats, they had the same IP with ronaldpo on that date. - never introduced himself, never posted anything - added rep on: 02-16-2007 - friendster account (based on emailadd): http://www.friendster.com/19686045 - i couldnt find any useful info on his friendster profile. he seems to have no relation to eL at all. but i just noted his location (pampanga) and last log-in (3 days ago -- which means that was on 02-15-2007, the same day he joined FTalk). that myt be useful.. 2nd user: [b]joseph10[/b] - registered: 02-16-2007 (202.69.187.20) <-- same IP with ronaldpo. - only posted once. - added rep on: 02-16-2007 <-- the same day he joined FTalk. - friendster account (based on email): http://www.friendster.com/24161331. - they are friends with eL's account. last log-in was 3 days ago. 3rd user: [b]twizzy[/b] - registered: 02-16-2007 (202.69.177.125) <-- same IP with eL on that date. - never posted anything - added rep on: 02-16-2007 <-- the same day he registered in FTalk - friendster account (based on email): http://www.friendster.com/25163444 - they are friends with eL and ompong. his location: pampanga (same with ronaldpo) 4th user: [b]ompong[/b] - registered: 02-18-2007 (202.69.177.125) <-- same IP with eL on that date. - never posted anything - added rep on: 02-18-2007 <-- the same day he registered in FTalk - friendster account (based on email): http://www.friendster.com/29839425 - they are friends with eL and twizzy. his location: pampanga (same with twizzy and ronaldpo) the main user: [b]eL[/b] - registered: 10-14-2007 (202.69.177.74) <-- quite near to the IP's of the other users. also, based on his ip stats, he's been using that same IP address more than he uses the other IP's. - friendster account (based on email): when i searched for his account in friendster using his emailadd (el_yhakabhud@yahoo.com), the search returned zero results. but i was able to find his 'other' account: http://www.friendster.com/owhgee. its a private profile so i cant access all his infos. but i noted his location: pampanga (same with ronaldpo, twizzy, and ompong) [b]My Analysis/Conclusion:[/b] ronaldpo has no clear relation to eL. the only similarity they have is their IP address and their location. they are both from pampanga. my theory is that, ronaldpo myt have used a computer on a cafe, but was not able to properly log-out his ftalk account. so when it was eL's turn on the PC, he might have used ronaldpo's account to get himself a +1 rep. joseph10's relation to eL is also not that clear, but then there is a big chance that they are real life friends (not just friendster friends), so eL might have told joseph10 to create an account i FTalk and give him (eL) a +1 rep. this incident might have happened about minutes after ronaldpo had given the +1 rep, because ronaldpo and joseph10 were created on the same day wth the same IP. the same method might have been used by twizzy and ompong. they are friends with eL, and had the same IP with eL when they joined FTalk. so eL might also had told twizzy and ompong to give him the +1 rep on the same day twizzy and ompong had joined FTalk. there, everything is so obvious. though the evidences and proofs were not that strong, i say that eL is guilty of illegally boosting his reputation using fake accounts or by collaborating and conspiring illegally with others. --end of report-- there you go. after we made this report, ateh meng and i were discussing on how to deal with this issue. so we come up with an idea that we should let the other Mods as well as Sir Admin to know about this. so we thought we could just post the report here on the BackStage area, but then i wasnt still a Mod at that time, so ill not be able to join the discussions on that section. to other Mods, sorry guys we havent informed you about this. we just didnt know at first on how to open up this issue. actually, when ateh meng and i first started as 'partners' on this case, there was a total of 3 cases we were investigating. cases which were similar to this one. those cases had caught my interest and attention. this is my favorite forum, i wouldnt let unfair members do their tricks here. so after thinkin about it for quite a while, i decided to file an application to Admin for my Modship. cuz if i will be given the Mod rights, i will be able to get more information of other members (like the IPs for example) and will be able to know who's been doing 'dirty' stuffs in the forum and also i will be able to get myself inside the BackStage area to be able to discuss our reports with other Mods (and im greatful to Sir Admin that he approved my application. thank you Sir ). so here it is, im sharing our report. the other cases im talking about will be posted later on... and by the way, this issue is somehow related to what's being been talked about in this thread: http://theftalk.com/t2114-Double-accounts.html

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