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Somebody's gotta do something about this.  Seriously.  Nomad's either had it and leaving for good this time, or just isn't finished expressing his resentment at getting so little in return for all of his hard work yet.

How the fuck can anybody expect moderators to do 18 hours of unpaid volunteer time?  This isn't viable.  It hasn't been for what seems like 2 months, give or take.

Not sure exactly what the state of things with nomad is ... I understand his frustration though.  18+ hours a day here, unpaid, and we mostly just get abused by new members, or criticized for the 6 hours we AREN'T here.  And when I say 18+ hours, I'm talking about 18+ hours glued to the forums just reloading and reloading and reloading to catch spam / scams.  I'm grateful for the opportunity to help the community this way, but I don't think some people realize the amount of time that goes into it.

I'm sure that eventually, DPR will appoint more mods to help, but it's difficult for him to determine who will or won't go rogue.

No need to post multiple threads asking for money.  Post in the Spare Coins thread.  Moving this to Off Topic.

Okay, phew!

I don't know that SR Support reads these --- you need to send them a message from your account over on the marketplace site.

Yes, it's a scam.  I'm on here 17-18+ hours a day - that's the best I can do.  Whatever spam occurs during the 6 hours that I'm not here is either something that is taken care of by my fellow mod, samesamebutdifferent, or something that I delete immediately upon signing back in in the morning.

Not long ago, there was a bitcoin vendor here who was eventually made a moderator for awhile.  Recently, he requested that we delete his account because he stopped selling bitcoins.  He is still in communication with a few of us and continues to read the forums daily.

It was brought to our attention that after deleting his account for him, someone else has registered the names "CaptainMal" and "Captain Mal" and is claiming to be THE CaptainMal, and PM'ing people asking for their Moneypak codes.

The new, FAKE "CaptainMal" has been advertising via unsolicited PM, is a scammer using the name of a reputable vendor in order to trick people, boasts about "his" reputation, has very little (if any) post history, and is attempting to sell bitcoins without having a vendor account (because this new one is a scammer).

So, please be aware of this and do NOT attempt to buy bitcoins from ANYONE claiming to be "CaptainMal" -- the real CaptainMal has moved on, and this new imposter is here to scam people by relying on the original CaptainMal's reputation among the community as a trustworthy vendor.

Please report any posts by this imposter immediately, and DO NOT provide him with ANY of your Moneypak (or other payment) information!

Here are the vendors who ARE still selling bitcoins and are reputable, as well as the ones the OP listed:

RxKing
Chronic Crew
Sugar Mama
Blue Sky Traders