I guess it all started with this:
Tradewinds wrote:If you were scammed by some con artist claiming to be me, I'm sorry. If you are trying to ruin my reputation, please be more creative about it.
My customers, I have sold everything to you at a fair price. I have helped you if you sought information, and I have provided a free nail here and there when you were in need. Now I turn to you for help, to recognize and inform your friends about a new scam set in place by these evil people.
They have taken the time to create an almost exact copy of me, and even if I describe this copy to you, they can make a new one and call themselves Tradewinds, as many times as they have the energy to do so. What they cannot do is that they can't currently acquire my shirt, they can't acquire my homestead secret "Tradewinds" and they cannot acquire my forum account, unless they hack it.
Everything so far is a fair part of the game, if there is a succesful trader with a brand of being honest and fair, there is of course a way to ruin his reputation. I have done everything I can to stop this madness but they will keep doing what they will.
It is up to you to trust in the sacrecy of the trade. I have never scammed and I never will. If you add me via my homestead secret or pm me via forums, you can be certain that you are talking to the right guy.