Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Robertodiazx/Archive

Suspected sockpuppets
I suspect these two accounts Robertodiazx and Keemo Lee are socks working together to promote Incogni. Both accounts started editing at approximately the same time on the same day and followed an identical pattern for article creation. The both proceeded to make a series of trivial edits followed by separate AFC submission that link each other (Keemo Lee created Personal information removal service, which then points readers to Incogni that was created by Robertodiazx). Neither account discloses WP:PAID on their user or talk pages. Since there's such a clear MO between the two accounts, I suspect there are others related to them.

The Incogni page says it was created by Surfshark, and the edit history for Surfshark shows several WP:SPA that just made changes to Surfshark and other pages in the VPN space. I included those accounts in the list, since they may be related to the two socks above. GretLomborg (talk) 17:50, 20 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Is there any indication that the VPN Robertodiazx and Keemo Lee are using is Surfshark? both appear to have been trying to promote a product by that company, so it seems there might be a reasonable chance they're connected by using its VPN. GretLomborg (talk) 06:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Comments by other users

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 * Which accounts are you talking about when you talk about "both"? MarioGom (talk) 22:58, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Robertodiazx and Keemo Lee. I've updated my report above to make that more clear. Sorry about any confusion, it's probably an side effect of how I complied my report. GretLomborg (talk) 06:32, 25 December 2023 (UTC)


 * All accounts except Robertodiazx and Keemo Lee appear to be adding spam related to Surfshark, but I don't see a clear link between them; they are far apart in time, and aside from Cikier21, are not active, and Cikier21 has not edited after being warned. I think there's enough similarity between Robertodiazx and Keemo Lee to run something, I'll look into it more later. Vanamonde (Talk) 14:11, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * As best as I can tell, the two accounts I named above are unrelated. I find the extent of geographical spread odd, however, and I think it may be best if I let another CU take a look at this as well. Vanamonde (Talk) 09:52, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * , from a brief look I'd say that both accounts are likely using proxies and the technical relationship is . Spicy (talk) 13:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Talk of proxies always piques my interest so I also took a look. They're both definitely using ones, and in ways that a) suggest deliberate deception and b) are quite similar. I'd say the technical data here can't establish a connection, but it is supportive of one. --Blablubbs (talk) 19:39, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking into this. Proxies make sense as an explanation for what I found weird. The on-wiki behavior is also slightly concerning; my gut says these accounts are here to promote a topic related to the one their writing about. However, at the moment the evidence is all absence of evidence, so I would not block at the moment. I would suggest anyone watching the articles keep an eye on the accounts. Vanamonde (Talk) 16:53, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I cannot share details of the software used even if I were able to tell. Given that three different CUs, including an experienced one, took a look at this and found it inconclusive, let's just leave it at that for the moment. Vanamonde93 (talk) 09:12, 5 January 2024 (UTC)