“NSX_NICK” Identity is Exposed By Online Car Community
Everyday we are amazed at the stories of identity that circulate around the net and we say to ourselves “jeez, BeenVerified would have been nice there”. What’s amazing about this story is how fast it circulated and how passionate people have been over it. For those who haven’t been following this story of the internet scammer who got exposed from a car forum for being the crook that he is, here is a quick summary which is quoted from Museum of Hoaxes. The original thread can be read on the NSX Prime car forum.
“Page 1
– Spammer NSX_NICK tries to peddle his website by bragging he’s made a bunch of money and bought a NSX for $63k in cash.– Spammer gets exposed as owner of said website and his name is Nick Sitko.
– NSX_NICK denies identity and address.
Page 2
– NSX_NICK gets exposed for lying about paying in cash.– A Nick Sitko is found on South Carolina Sex Offenders website.
Page 3
– Nick Sitko is found on familywatchdog.us– Thread starts to spread around the interweb.
Page 4
– NSX_NICK attempts damage control still denies identity and address and the fact that he’s a pedo. He’s still claiming that he bought the NSX with $63K in a suitcase full of 20s.Page 5
– NSX_NICK lies some more against direct evidence.Page 6
– NSX_NICK lies some more while being a condescending douche, bragging about his income and new Porsche 911.Page 7
– NSX_NICK gets exposed for lying about his income by his postings in other threads.– NSX_NICK’s lie bout not owning the poker site advertised in his profile is exposed when pictures of his NSX is found in the site’s image directories.
Page 8
– Nick Sitko myspage page is found. His picture matches the sex offender websites and his myspace is peddling the same gambling sites, proving conclusively what we knew all along that Nick Sitko the spammer/gambler and Nick Sitko the pedo is one and the same.– Anonymous poster ran the tag of Nick’s NSX and it comes back to a Nick Sitko with the same exact address as the spammer/pedo, proving conclusively that the poster NSX_NICK is in fact Nick Sitko the pedo spammer. Anonymous poster also discovers Nick’s NSX has a lien holder on it.
Page 9 and 10
– Nick Sitko still denies his own identity, but gets caught deleting his NSX pictures from the poker site’s directory.Page 11
– User Kevin1965 pops up, poses as a random stranger and defends Nick, citing libel, defamation etc. One can safely assume this is one of Nick’s acquaintances or it’s Nick himself.Page 12
– Kevin1965 gets exposed for cutting and pasting from a Defamation of Character article.Kevin 1965, total stranger, then claim he just spoke with Nick’s attorney and proceeds to defend Nick’s pedophile charges.
Page 14
– Kevin1965 gets his lies thoroughly exposed by a real attorney.– More corroborating evidence from Nick’s mechanic, proving NSX_NICK and Nick Sitko the spammer pedo are one and the same.”
At this point there are now roughly 33 pages of this thread and over 1600 posts have been made. Essentially, someone tried lying about who they were and the group collectively got together to expose his real identity and some previous crimes he committed. The conversation seems to have died down for now, but some really interesting things to note.
First, why are we posting about something that happened on a car forum? We ourselves are quite shocked at how seriously the members of a car forum took identity. Also, not only did they take it seriously but this story clearly has some buzz throughout the entire Internet and it shows how close we are to a tipping point in online identity. People seem to not want to stand for scammers, spammers, and people misrepresenting themselves online even its just on a car forum. They clutter communities and lower the overall value of other member contributions because it becomes tougher to root out the good.
Another thing to note is that the members of the community were pretty vigilant in their approach to rooting this guy out. Unfortunately, it took roughly 3 days to do so and over 1000’s of posts, googling, researching, and detective work to find all of this out. What about for people who aren’t as online savvy as the member’s of that community? Why did it take three days to do so? Having a tool that allows people to know your true identity and at the same time maintain your privacy, would have stopped all of this nonsense before it even started. Although, admittedly it probably wouldn’t have been as interesting to watch.
BeenVerified was built for job seekers, freelancers, online daters, and people who have a monetary or higher level of interest in representing and proving who they are. However, stories like these encourage us that BeenVerified can be of use in communities and places that we never would have thought. We often tell ourselves that the internet isn’t ready for a service like ours and we need to focus on offering it to people who need it the most. Maybe we’re wrong, maybe a new day is here where THE PEOPLE in these communities and forums are starting to demand accountability for the actions, words, and claims made by their peers. Only three days into 2008; should be an interesting year!
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One Response to ““NSX_NICK” Identity is Exposed By Online Car Community”
Lol…I saw this too and was wondering when you guys were going to comment on it. I’m not sure if BV fits directly into this model today but I see what you guys mean. Funny stuff…
By Smith on Jan 7, 2008