OffshoreCorpTalk scam exposed: from CClogic front to fake forum accounts

marioIT said:

It wouldn't surprise me... @JohnLocke said (forgot which one of the fake accounts) he wanted to move from Switzerland to Romania or Bulgaria... so the username kinda fits ;)
and this balkansbiz just joined, went on a posting spree and already recommeded the forum to other users: 🤣
(screen from his post):

🤣

and then just in case he bumped the Hamilton bank thread... :) with this:

and gets likes by @lory (fake user) and @JohnLocke puts a like there at 11:08 CEST,
then after a few minutes he logged in as @bubbledouble and put other likes to his other fake user (@bountymounty) that said to "upgrade to mentor group gold, it will help you achieve..." 🤣
(time descending, check timestamps):

let's scroll a few hours later in the latest activity view of OCT to dig when he liked that post:

he was logged in as @lory at 13:42 CEST when he put the like to balkansbiz post, then he switched user to balkansbiz to post another message...
(time descending)

but we could even check a random time in the morning... same thing:
he was logged in as @koohl at 05:55 CEST, he put a like to @alley (we know it's him), then logs out,
two minutes later he's back as @bubbledouble and he put a like to @EliasIT (yep always him...) and a like to balkansbiz 🤣

these screens are ALL the forum activity, not copy-paste the single users, aka there was no activity in between those lines in the whole forum...
I hope the whole thing is automated via AI agents. 😮

You know he is sitting there doing it manually.

marioIT said:

It wouldn't surprise me... @JohnLocke said (forgot which one of the fake accounts) he wanted to move from Switzerland to Romania or Bulgaria... so the username kinda fits ;)
and this balkansbiz just joined, went on a posting spree and already recommeded the forum to other users: 🤣
(screen from his post):

🤣

and then just in case he bumped the Hamilton bank thread... :) with this:

and gets likes by @lory (fake user) and @JohnLocke puts a like there at 11:08 CEST,
then after a few minutes he logged in as @bubbledouble (MG lifetime user) and put other likes to his other fake user (@bountymounty) that said to another (real) user to "upgrade to mentor group gold, it will help you achieve..." 🤣
(time descending, check timestamps):

let's scroll a few hours later in the latest activity view of OCT to dig when he liked that post:

he was logged in as @lory at 13:42 CEST when he put the like to balkansbiz post, then he switched user to balkansbiz to post another message...
(time descending)

but we could even check a random time in the morning... same thing:
he was logged in as @koohl at 05:55 CEST, he put a like to @alley (we know it's him), then logs out,
two minutes later he's back as @bubbledouble and he put a like to @EliasIT (yep always him...) and a like to... balkansbiz 🤣

these screens are ALL the forum activity, not copy-paste the single users, aka there was no activity in between those lines in the whole forum...
sometimes he goes back and forth with the fake users, sometime he gets notifications from real users and so he comes in with multiple fake users to keep the thread going.
when the thread dies, he uses another fake users to bump it back up... hoping that the real user will get the notification and come back

I hope the whole thing is automated via AI agents but I doubt... I went through months of forum activity and can see it's always the same guy typing, same mistakes, same style 😮

and then when I start to query too much...

Wow! All I can say is WOW! Is he mentally OK? Maybe he's schizophrenic? Because to me, this is so CRAZY, right?🤢

this is a typical work shift, a screenshot from today, 05:05 CEST to 05:48 CEST.
it's not much work but someone has to do it (@JohnLocke), half an hour here and there through the day 🤣
here you can see all the forum activity in that shift (he was alone during that time, all fake users 😂 )

You can see the fake users are all working in sequence, not switching in between or going back and forth... first one guy does all the likes and posts, then comes the second fake guy, then third guy does its job, then fourth fake guy. You can see the users are switching as the activity from the previous user, that was very intense (multiple likes and posts within minutes), just stop abruptly there and NEVER overlaps with the next user.
Not even a single like overlap in ~1hr. Check the timestamps. There are some switches within minutes really and there's never a single overlap from the previous user... 😕

first @myshufflemix then @Ban0dit, @hofo ,@belarus, @brianK ,
and if you look at it, aside from mods like @Martin Everson (how this guy is still there???) and some random new guy, he's talking with @DeepDrilling @bubbledouble and other fake accounts aka himself 🤣
and he's even liking himself (@brianK sends a like to @JohnLocke in the OCT Growth Update thread at 05:47 CEST 😮 )

(sorry for the big screenshot, these are best seen on desktop, on mobile it would be too long!)

Another interesting thing... :D

here is @Martin Everson being pissed off by the new balkan guy (@balkansbiz)...
martin told him to try offering his services again and he'll ban him...

After the above post by @Martin Everson,
@balkansbiz comes back online after 2 hours and posts at 15:36 CEST, , telling Martin "this is no offer of services"...
We go and check the forum activity in that time range (descending):

you see @balkansbiz responds to martin at 15:36 and just a few minutes after that, crazy coincidence ( 🙄 ), guess who's there online after barely 4 minutes from @balkansbiz response reading the same thread?
@JohnLocke appears at 15:40, he puts the laughing emoji to martin's post (where Martin told the balkan guy to stop or he'll ban him...).

What if @balkansbiz is really @JohnLocke and he (@JohnLocke) put that laughing emoji not for the balkansbiz guy, but he was laughing at the "try me, you will be banned" by @Martin Everson? 🤣:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

I am pretty sure martin banned some fake users of johnlocke before and if things are this way, then he's being trolled so hard here by @JohnLocke o_O
How this guy still stay in that forum as a mod I don't know 😳
I hope at least he's getting paid!

This is actually pretty good proof that @MartinEverson has absolutely no idea what practices @JohnLocke is involved in. Now, I don't find him the friendliest person around, but I do hope he finds out just how seriously he is letting himself be manipulated and used. If I am not mistaken, he is already quite old and retired living in the Bahamas (although you should actually question everything written on that forum). I hope he finds a better way to spend his time.

JohnnyDoe said:

There is no reason why the Danish scammer should pay any mod: to moderate what? 🤣
And I don’t see why Martin “I live in the Bahamas” Everson should accept being employed, even on a voluntary basis, as a mod: he supposedly is wealthy enough to be retired in the Bahamas (crazy expensive place), but at the same time he is actively managing his real estate portfolio 🤔
What if he is just another fake user?

He is likely to be a LARPer but I don't think the OCT admin is creative enough or good enough at English to make a fake user like him

Filda said:

He is likely to be a LARPer but I don't think the OCT admin is creative enough or good enough at English to make a fake user like him

He once said that he maintained hundreds of different bank and EMI accounts; that is such an improbable story that a LARP is very likely.

At some point this stops becoming a business scam and becomes a mental illness.

Assuming this is another alt of @JohnLocke this guy really lives in fantasy land

another day another work shift for @JohnLocke

this fake trumpish bear is him too 🤣

switching from @turmpy to continue his work as @EliasIT :p

he worked 10 minutes with turmpy, a few minutes earlier he was @kokunut

for half an hour (had to cut the screenshoot, he had long activity), and before that he was @ImKing

and now he limited the forum activity page, after a few scrolls the paywall shows up 🤣

JohnnyDoe said:

Updating the list of “fake user - alias of JohnLocke” usernames is becoming a time consuming task for me 🤣

How does JohnLocke find the time to do all of this? Where does he get the time? I have a few classes a week and I don't have time for sh!t! Even searching Google is difficult and time-consuming from within China 🤦:banghead::banghead:

Is JohnLocke some time-management guru or are the other moderators in on it, too? Like WTF??!!! 🙄

jafo said:

How does JohnLocke find the time to do all of this? Where does he get the time? I have a few classes a week and I don't have time for sh!t! Even searching Google is difficult and time-consuming from within China 🤦:banghead::banghead:

Is JohnLocke some time-management guru or are the other moderators in on it, too? Like WTF??!!! 🙄

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jafo said:

How does JohnLocke find the time to do all of this? Where does he get the time? I have a few classes a week and I don't have time for sh!t! Even searching Google is difficult and time-consuming from within China 🤦:banghead::banghead:

Is JohnLocke some time-management guru or are the other moderators in on it, too? Like WTF??!!! 🙄

Well…. Probably changing logins and communicating with himself day after day is his only activity, so he definitely has time for it 😅🫣

Hahah read Google ai overview 😂

OffshoreCorpTalk is a prominent, niche forum focused on offshore banking, company formation, and tax structuring, with mixed reviews regarding its reliability and ethics. Supporters claim it provides invaluable, real-world advice that prevents financial losses, while critics warn of potential censorship, admin-controlled "fake" users, and biased, incentivized reviews. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Key Aspects of OffshoreCorpTalk:

• Purpose: A community for discussing high-risk payment processing, offshore banking, and tax-efficient structures (2026 focus: EMI accounts, crypto payments).
• Positive Reviews: Some users report that the forum provides crucial, real-time feedback that saves users from engaging with bad service providers and losing thousands, often highlighting specific, successful member experiences.
• Negative Reviews: Critics allege it is a "scam" forum, citing unprofessionalism, the censoring of negative posts, and the use of fake, pro-admin users.
• Reputation Management: Concerns have been raised about the use of fake, incentivized reviews, particularly on Trustpilot to pad its public reputation, according to JohnnyDoe.is.
• Operational Style: The site is run by an admin known as "JohnLocke" and is known for holding a harsh "scam section". [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Usage Advice:
While it can serve as a valuable source of information from active industry participants, users should approach its, and its advertisers', advice with caution, as it operates in a high-stakes, unregulated space. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

He turned the “HappyJohn” user into “AngryJohn.” He may be angry because all of his fake accounts have been exposed here.

JohnLocke has decided to squeeze out the little bit of juice from the last "genuine" people that still visit the site.

I think that he has disabled the "search" function for anyone who doesn't pay for an account upgrade.

From a business perspective, this means that a) people stopped paying for the MGG and b) his entire business model relies on sponsors getting tricked that there's any activity left there.

To OVZA and the other sponsors who already know about the fake accounts, I assume you choose to buy ad space because the site may still appear in Google searches when someone looks for terms like “offshore companies.” But the value of advertising there depends on real users clicking through, staying on the site, searching for content, reading discussions.... and eventually seeing your ads.

If non-paying users can no longer search the forum, new visitors will spend less time on the site. If they spend less time on OCT, your ad impressions and click-through rate naturally go down as well.

Either way, it's a good point to bring up during your next negotiation with the Dane on your ad renewal.

Hence why the ever-timely reminder of the "real monthly visits".

"Exclude bots and automated traffic". 😂