Opair Project is a SCAM?
A project named "Opair" has recently launched on bitcointalk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1558596.0).
This project has started his ICO program a few days ago, and has already risen more than 70 bitcoins.
Okay, so the allegedly "legit" founders of this project chose NOT to use escrow for the funds they earn during the ICO phase, fishy, isn't it?
Also, the "CEO" of Opair claims to be interested in Bitcoin and the blockchain technology since 2012, and yet he claims to be a "passive reader" of the board, means he never registered an account, sure, mate.
After a quick Google search I could not find any online references about the name of "Frank H. Rettig" in anywhere but his own, probably fake, LinkedIn page.
Additionally, after running a whois check on the ICO website (Opair.co) I found out that the domain is not registered under any of the names mentioned in the thread. they are using AnonymousSpeech to hide the data of the domain owner. also, they are using CloudFlare's DDoS protection and DNS services so you cannot discover the IP address hosting the actual website.
The btctalk thread owner "wasserman99" is currently not allowing refunds of ICO funds, which is suspicious by itself:
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Look at the features in the thread, does it look like two developers can do all this work? they haven't shown a single line of code to the community yet. this project could simply not exist, and they can run away at any moment with the 49,000$ they already have.
This whole project, could EASILY be one German guy "wasserman99" who claims to be Frank and the rest of the team.
"OpairFrank" is the username of the CEO who's into bitcoin for years but read passively. and the other guy didn't even bother opening an account.
We haven't heard a word from the other guy involved, "Hao Wang" who is the "Core /Platform Developer". by the way, "Frank" and "Hao" live different sides of the world, and haven't worked in the same companies before.
Yeah, I have NO proof of this project being an actual scam at this point, but it's surely a very fishy and suspicious project, something is not right here.
If the Opair team really identify themselves or use a trusted escrow, ignore me. I'm just a STEEMIT blogger seeking for upvotes, but in the meanwhile, be careful with this one.
-SoapSadu