Thread by @FedorLinnik

I'm the person who started all the fuss @FameLadySquad and @queenship_ project. I have enough proof to state that FLS was created by 3 males who are also behind a whole bunch of abandoned NFT projects.

And their "signature" convinces me Queenship is also their product. Thread/

@FameLadySquad @queenship_ The story begins from April this year when we launched our meme NFT project @NeuralPepe.

A couple of days after our launch we were invited into an NFT chat with other Russian-speaking devs creating NFT projects. The guys who created FLS were there.

@FameLadySquad @queenship_ @NeuralPepe Back then we knew them as people who made @NFT_Hustlers and @NftIdols projects.

Back than lots of projects we moving to BSC, they also started making @unicorns_bsc. Initially, we were just casually chatting and I even helped @d_mefi (one of their team) with some marketing tips

@FameLadySquad @queenship_ @NeuralPepe @NFT_Hustlers @NftIdols @unicorns_bsc @d_mefi We even made a cross-promo between @NeuralPepe and @unicorns_bsc.

Then, at some point someone brought to us @NeuralPunks which was a copy of our project but much wors. And their designs looked a lot of what those guys did

Initially, I discarded the thought it was them as we seemed to chat and exchange NFT experience quite well.

But, then, I noticed those guys were minting new NFT projects like a conveyor

They released another one called @doge_bsc and that when I went on the blockchain and compared addresses from Neural Punk and all their other projects and found a connection!

@doge_bsc At the same time I went to their project's chats and saw this. It's the beginning of July. Nobody knows about FLS yet. @d_mefi promoting it in both their chat.

@doge_bsc @d_mefi He says he's just helping. But that's the trick. They used fake names in all their project's chats. And said their friends launched another project whenever they needed to funnel audience into the next cash crab.

And look at the date!

Most of their new projects start from a giveaway at @d_mefi twitter. FLS did the same. The giveaway is deleted now. That's the screenshot of one of the participants I found via Twitter search

@d_mefi Here comes a blockchain proof that @d_mefi is not "just helping".

That's where all the money from FLS contract went (Deployer wallet): etherscan.io/address/0xd5c6…

We can see there were tranches made in almost equal amount. They were splitting profits. We need the bottom one with 47.526 ETH

Wallet link: etherscan.io/address/0x595f…

This wallet had several OUT transactions. We need the 13.5 ETH one. Follow the path

It leads us to what it likely is a deposit wallet of @Bizlato P2P exchange. Yes, the person was cashing out. What is more, Bizlato operates in Russia and has a Russian language version

Study all the deposits. And discover other wallets that deposited funds there before. There are 2 interesting ones.

Follow the first one: etherscan.io/address/0xa340…

What's this? Yes, the person has some NFTs!

Go to OpenSea and find our dear friend @d_mefi!

opensea.io/Mefi

Same walled also received money from @NFT_Hustlers Deployer

Check the second wallet: etherscan.io/address/0x1a69…

It also interacted with the deployer of @NftIdols (website is dead, actually)

Enough blockchain. What other proof do I have?

You don't really say "maketer" in such cases if you're a native. There is a reason why they used it. Google Translate. Same with "our". It's a mirror of "наш" in the Russian language.

Remember this "marketer". We'll need it

"Strong and independent woman" is a copy of Russian saying "сильная и независимая женщина". Modernly it's used as a mockery, not just statement. Any Russian would confirm that

Let's go to OpenSea now!

One of the trait is called Morgenshtern. It's a tattoo of 666 Russian blogger and YouTuber has. Would American ladies know that?

Remember I told you they're a conveyor of NFT projects?

Right after FLS they made 2 more:

@M_PlanetsNFT and @UnicornGGClub

Unicorns launched today (sorry, I was late) and M Planets are launching tomorrow. Both had "cross-promo" from @FameLadySquad

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad That's where @queenship_ comes into play. Unlike the above projects it neither had cross-promo with FLS nor was promoted by @d_mefi.

But we discovered it several hours ago and something rand our bells right away. Look the teams. All of them have 3devs. All have a "marketer"

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi Also Queenship has the same Lady + Queen + Crown sketchy narrative just like Fame Ladies.

That's what made me rush and go to @dearesthaley.

I've been preparing my investigation slowly, but the fact of Queenship launch made me hurry today!

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley One more proof about @M_PlanetsNFT. Back in April I followed their Doge NFT from my personal account. They followed me back. When getting followings for M-Planets they accidentally followed me as well.

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley Look at the @UnicornGGClub website. Looks similar, right?

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley If you trace most of the projects they created, you'll find out they endorsed and followed each other.

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley @NftIdols's website is dead. But clout is clout.

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley @NftIdols Comparing all these Twitter accounts I discovered they were going to launch this atrocity back in Arpril. All familiar faces in their short following list!

@BlmCards

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley @NftIdols This brings me to the second person behind this NFT factory. I know it's him as we were in the same chat.

He goes under Max Rand alias. Surname is 100% fake, but most likely his name really is Maxim.

I have his photo

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley @NftIdols I sent @dearesthaley his twitter right before Twitter Spaces and it was active. Now it's deleted. Wonder why?

Good god I have screenshots.

@realMaxRand

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley @NftIdols @realMaxRand Can show it now, but all Max's recent likes on the account were left on numerous @FameLadySquad posts

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley @NftIdols @realMaxRand Max is quite talented (no kidding here). His 21 and already had a couple of startups behind his back. Bad he decided to dupe people instead of just making something cool.

His LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/max-rand-b4…

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley @NftIdols @realMaxRand I don't know the identity of the 3rd one. But I have his telegram handle.

Pasting this to the link of a popular Russian social network we find a guy of more or less same age and profile. But cannot be sure about this one. No other proofs.

vk.com/bettervlone

@M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub @FameLadySquad @queenship_ @d_mefi @dearesthaley @NftIdols @realMaxRand Here is a full list of their projects I'm aware of:

@NftIdols
@NFT_Hustlers
@unicorns_bsc
@doge_bsc
@FameLadySquad
@BlmNft
@UnicornGGClub (Launched today!)
@M_PlanetsNFT (Sale tomorrow!)
@queenship_ Not 100% sure but all signs and their post-launch behavior seems to prove

So, most important thing now is not to let these last 2 projects happen.

I also encourage some devs to compare smart contracts and front-end code of their websites. I'm pretty sure we'll see lots of copy-pasting

Also, @ColeThereum has provided additional evidence during the Twitter Spaces that @FameLadySquad, @M_PlanetsNFT and @UnicornGGClub behaved like the same people in communication with him

https://twitter.com/ColeThereum/status/1424903518834544640

@ColeThereum @FameLadySquad @M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub The whole story is kind of personal to me as I'm also Russian. And lots or Russians in crypto are afraid to share their nationality expecting it would make them look more suspicious.

People like these 3 dudes are the reason.

@ColeThereum @FameLadySquad @M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub The most important moral of the story is that medium is the message.

It's important who is saying and not what is being said.

@ColeThereum @FameLadySquad @M_PlanetsNFT @UnicornGGClub As medium is the message. It's, probably, it's important to add some short bio of myself here.
I'm 26, Russian. I came to crypto in the middle of 2017. And we actually started from a meme project @SpaceKimICO. It was a parody North Korean ICO funding DPRK space mission

It went locally viral in the beginning of 2018, but then crypto market started going down and we lost most of steam and struggled to come up with a good follow-up

Currently, we're going to revive SpaceKIM as I also feel liable before people who supported the project

Then me and my mate Nick with whom we do all the crypto projects came to NFTs! Yes, in the end of 2018!

It was a startup called @Tokenville_TV

We were merging comics strips and an NFT lottery. One featured @CryptoKitties. And @NateAlexNFT was most active community member

Sadly enough, the startup got shut in the middle of 2019 due to bear market, poor management and, maybe, our yet immaturity as marketing managers

Unfortunately, we didn't stay in the NFT sphere, although it was most interesting and continued our carees in other spheres of crypto to come back in the autumn 2020.

Our most successful project so far is @NeuralPepe. It's a collection of 7,777 AI generated images of Pepe the Frog. This one is on BSC. Not because we love it, just due to low fees and lesser NFT competition.

And we have a super cool community there!

Not all Russian people in crypto are tricksters. And we were lucky to connect with @filmakarov and his team who came to crypto from gamedev.

Recently, Fil invited me an Nick to join the team of @WannabesMusClub it's an NFT collection inspired by the music and music community!

Our team is completely public, doxxed and passionate about music. And we're building a community of music fans, aspiring and successful musicians.

Our arts we inspired by Jamie Hewlett's works!

I think that's it. 7 am on my clock and I need to get some sleep. Hope, my intro wasn't too tactless here.

Thank you all for spreading the word so fast! It's truly impressive!

UPDATE. Seems these guys went for a cash grab spree and launched a whole bunch of projects. This one was deployed 15 hours ago

https://twitter.com/CoolMattETH/status/1424956149023920133

https://twitter.com/TheChewwy/status/1424941638913183748

Some more comments from @NFTignition. One more confirmation of connection between Hustlers and Idols

Seems the donation Cyber Girls promised to make was also fake

https://twitter.com/CoolMattETH/status/1424962073042120707

I wonder who of media will be first to use "Fake Lady Squad" as their story cover? (I gift it to the fastest one)

@CyberCityGirls is same people. Now confirmed by @pranksyNFT

https://twitter.com/pranksyNFT/status/1424972577441726467

Last vindication. @d_mefi account is gone

@d_mefi That's a bonus for Russian-speaking. @filmakarov asking in the chat "confess who of you did this?". He doesn't know I'm aware who did it yet. So one of them asks why Fil thinks so. Fil explains it's because of "strong and independent woman" is definitely borrowed from Russian.

@d_mefi @filmakarov .@plutoverse has helped to find more evidence on people connected to. Obviously, making 4-6 projects (or more?) can be hard for such a small team. So, most likely, there were accomplices.

Meet Ivan Shmalenko aka John Russo

@d_mefi @filmakarov @plutoverse Ivan is a former business partner of Max Rand. Here they're presenting their MRRX AR startup together.

vc.ru/tribuna/79294-…

twitter.com/realjohnrusso1
instagram.com/realjohnrusso/
instagram.com/realjohnrusso/

@d_mefi @filmakarov @plutoverse No Ivan states to work for so-called AliO Agency (propably, his own). @realjohnrusso1

If we go to his twitter account, we can discover lots of likes left on @NftIdols posts. He didn't like any of recent projects though

But there also is his partner Leo Fedoseev who's founder and CEO of the same agency.

Let's look at Leo's likes! Cyber City Girls there!

(And also a post of Ivan Shmalenko covered in dollar bills)

Important update. @AlexWilsonTGB has clarified the @CyberCityGirls made the donation to @CARE using @TheGivingBlock which generates dynamic addresses.

Good news not everything went into those guys' pocket, but doesn't make their situation much better.

https://twitter.com/AlexWilsonTGB/status/1425064661221838856

@AlexWilsonTGB @CyberCityGirls @CARE @TheGivingBlock Also, Max Rand recovered his account and pretending he's just an innocent dev helping startups. It was retweeted by @CyberCityGirls. It only vindicates everything written in this thread.

https://twitter.com/realMaxRand/status/1425058076491718704

@AlexWilsonTGB @CyberCityGirls @CARE @TheGivingBlock After @TO confronted him about the connection with @FameLadySquad he confirmed it as well, although kept playing fool

@AlexWilsonTGB @CyberCityGirls @CARE @TheGivingBlock @TO @FameLadySquad They also confirmed they were in the same chat with me. These were 3 dudes. Not females called Sayara and Aita.

https://twitter.com/CyberCityGirls/status/1425047397139419137

@AlexWilsonTGB @CyberCityGirls @CARE @TheGivingBlock @TO @FameLadySquad They now say it's a team of 6. We have 5 people pointed out in the thread. Seems to corroborate.

https://twitter.com/CyberCityGirls/status/1425041411578155008

@AlexWilsonTGB @CyberCityGirls @CARE @TheGivingBlock @TO @FameLadySquad .@_BeastNode has observed there is a reflection of a person who made a donation to @CARE in the video @CyberCityGirls posted on their discord as a proof.

Doesn't look like any of people listed in the thread. Might be @d_mefi as he's the one whose identity is unknown so far

@AlexWilsonTGB @CyberCityGirls @CARE @TheGivingBlock @TO @FameLadySquad @_BeastNode @d_mefi They're also promising to have stream on their Discord today at 8 PM UTC. Let's all come there and make them ask our questions! I have a feeling it's not going to happen, though.

Oh, maybe, they found some girls to pretend to be founders? We'll see!

https://twitter.com/CyberCityGirls/status/1424994770796044292