In the links are the proof of that. Follow the threads and you may see the info from @livinguktaiwan @erikah and also the account that prosecute cheeters on Hive @hivewatchers
Note that the five last entries the watchers have downvote everything from them.
On the other hand, If you analyze a little bit his photos, they are almost always the same, cropped, reframed, saturated and zoomed, saturated and zoomed and zoomed and zoomed and saturated till the infinity. Also, it would be useful to see how many of the photos he has uploaded are not of his authorship, it is very laborious, but it could be demonstrated.
Yeah the main things speak against him/her/them - was often a bit concerned on similar voting pattern when these two been judges - but I need confirmation - maybe @guiltyparties can help me and explain this memo thing I do not understand to be honest, I see different memos in these screenshot by @erikah - what does that mean? Did numerous of the mentioned accounts use the same memo?
Hello again @uwelang
I'm upset too. He stole a lot of money from honest organizers and contenders. I have seen this kind of thieves in other platforms, and the only answer we are going to get from him is the withdrawal of his money from his wallet. And he will most likely reappear later with another account name.
On the other hand, please may you give me your discord user? I have to ask you some little question about to judge the beach contest.
Hey, @xaviduran - thank you for bringing this to our attention. I was not aware. And it makes me totally sick to your stomack. Like you I'm a photographer and just thinking about the possibility that he/she/they might also be stealing the photos from the likes of us? And then milking/stealing the money from other Hive users who would have gotten the prize and reward instead? It makes me very sick...
Like @uwelang I don't really understand that screenshot with the transactions. @livinguktaiwan makes a valid point about the formatting - it is very unique.
Neither of them has posted since they were downvoted a few days ago. I guess if we don't see any more posts - we know the answer.
It makes me really, really sad...
Hi @oceanbee, @uwelang @erikah @nathen007 and @livinguktaiwan
I understand your frustration, it's exactly the same for me. But if we are on this ship we must assume that if there is money at stake, there will be scammers and thieves. All of us here must be committed to the anti-fraud fight, it's not just about uploading good images, commenting and giving likes to other users, we have to analyze and track the slightest suspicion of scam or theft. It is the only way to have this space clean of greedy thieves.
In the specific case of this criminal, days ago I began to suspect his ultra retouched photos, reframes of reframes and saturations raised to the limit of horror. On the other hand, following his entries, I noticed that he had reports from almost everywhere in the world, and I found it strange that he had such a variety of scenarios and types of photography, which leads me to suspect that on one or more occasions, he has used images that are not of his authorship. This is laborious to prove, but with time it can be done. That time that almost nobody has and that these "artists" of theft take advantage of.
I have more than 35 years of experience as a professional photographer, as a professor of photography and I have been a judge in multiple contests and I do not understand very well how those responsible for photography contests have awarded images of him and his "alter egos" that are clearly horrendous. I have seen his photos awarded that should be in the museum of photographic infamy, and in some contests they have triumphed. That is not justice. If we are contest jurors, we should have a minimum of photographic criteria to simply not be unfair.
Finally, I would like to encourage all those who feel somehow hurt by this kind of dishonest actions. Let's not let ourselves be dragged by their negative force, to move forward is to improve.
Cheers and greetings to everybody.
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Hi @uwelang, I can confirm the above screenshot shows all the accounts that send funds to the same wallet address as kohsamui99.
For further confirmation of this abuse ring, this is a snapshot from the post kohsamui99/the-beauty-of-sunsets
and here is a snapshot from tinman88/just-more-glorious-sunsets-on
I do a lot of curation for both Pinmapple and OCD, and I don't recall seeing this format appear in anybody else's post. All the above accounts belong to hangin who was caught abusing back in 2020. If you check his comments, you will see that he votes for kohsamui99 every single time. You will see all the Hive wallet transactions from him to his alts.
Trust this helps
I also did my own research and you are right - thanks mate