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VerdictSock-puppet ring + fake-interest astroturfing

Likely scam.

This post exhibits clear coordinated inauthentic behavior: two commenters (u/Educational_Cup_9714 and u/Great_Spacer) share an identical rare writing fingerprint ('Send me a dm I'm interested' with no punctuation), multiple young/throwaway accounts post near-identical interest-signaling comments in rapid succession, and the author has a history of serial founder-story posting across hustle subreddits. The 0% upvote ratio and uniformly zero-scored comments suggest vote manipulation or rapid-fire fake engagement designed to create false impression of buyer interest.

r/saasforsalePosted by u/alexkendigOriginal
Sources7/12checked
Flags75 high, 2 med
Work112 limits
People158 histories
Scan shape58% source coverage
High flags5
Medium flags2
Work signals11
Sources checked7
Decision path

Hugin marked this as likely scam because multiple structural signals stacked high enough that the post should not be treated as organic.

  1. The final verdict text came from the AI verdict engine using the stored structural signal block.
  2. The scan reviewed 15 comments and 15 unique commenter accounts.
  3. Signal count: 5 high, 2 medium, 0 low flags; 6 coordination-class signals.
3 comments use grift-funnel language

Comments saying 'DM me', 'link in bio', or claiming to have already DM'd OP are how scam posts route victims off-Reddit to private chats.

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The post
Looking to sell for my saas with $1.8k Revenue in 3.5 month
Post age
83.3h
Commenters scanned
15
<7d-old accounts
0 (0%)
Removed comments
0
Median age
3.0y

Source checks

Checked
7
Limited
1
Needs key
0
Total sources
12
checked / thread
Reddit thread snapshotReddit JSON or RSS

21 public comments loaded for r/saasforsale.

checked / thread
Comment evidence archiveHugin snapshot

Public comment bodies were retained with the report snapshot.

checked / accounts
Author account metadataReddit account about + old Reddit profile + Arctic Shift/PullPush archives

16 public author records checked; 16 oldest-archived-activity lower bounds.

limited / accounts
Recent author historyReddit user activity + old Reddit profile + Arctic Shift/PullPush archives

8 selected author histories checked; 2 partial, 8 archive fallback.

checked / coordination
Reply graphHugin graph pass

15 reply edges mapped.

checked / coordination
Writing-style comparisonAI stylometry pass

1 same-hand writing pair surfaced.

checked / coordination
Shared identifiersHugin extractor

0 unique external identifiers extracted.

checked / archive
Prior report matchesHugin report archive

0 prior archive matches returned.

Show your work

Deterministic explanation of the stored scan inputs behind the verdict. This is not hidden model reasoning; it is the evidence checklist Hugin can show publicly.

Verdict path · AI summary

Hugin marked this as likely scam because multiple structural signals stacked high enough that the post should not be treated as organic.

  1. The final verdict text came from the AI verdict engine using the stored structural signal block.
  2. The scan reviewed 15 comments and 15 unique commenter accounts.
  3. Signal count: 5 high, 2 medium, 0 low flags; 6 coordination-class signals.
  4. The scan crossed the high-risk threshold through stacked structural evidence.

What pushed risk up

riskHIGH flag: 3 clusters of near-identical comments

Multiple commenters posting structurally identical text — same phrasing, same length, same praise pattern — is a fingerprint of a single operator running multiple accounts.

riskHIGH flag: 1 aged account reactivated to comment here

An account that sat silent for months and then suddenly wakes up to praise a promotional post is almost always a sold or recovered handle being weaponised for credibility.

riskHIGH flag: 1 cross-subreddit promotional drop

Posting the exact same link in 2+ different subreddits is the textbook fingerprint of an affiliate or marketing operator — not someone organically sharing a discovery.

  • u/desert_jim dropped blog.jimbaca.com/essential-rxjava-guide-for-android-developers in r/rxjava, r/androiddev
riskHIGH flag: 1 account show serial founder-story posting

A run of polished first-person business lessons across adjacent SaaS, AI, marketing, and productivity subreddits is a common warm-up pattern for stealth promotion. It is not proof by itself; it is a strong review signal.

  • u/alexkendig — 6 recent self-posts across r/microsaas, r/SaaS, r/SideProject; [Selling] Looking to sell for my saas with $1.8k Revenue in 3.5 month / Looking to sell for my saas with $1.8k Revenue in 3.5 month / Looking to sell for my saas with $1.8k Revenue in 3.5 month
riskHIGH flag: 1 pair of commenters share a writing fingerprint

Different usernames, same hand. Same idiosyncratic punctuation, filler vocabulary, and clause habits. The most common reason this happens on Reddit is one person running multiple accounts.

riskMEDIUM flag: 3 comments use grift-funnel language

Comments saying 'DM me', 'link in bio', or claiming to have already DM'd OP are how scam posts route victims off-Reddit to private chats.

riskMEDIUM flag: 1 drop-in throwaway account active here

Accounts with almost no prior history that turn up specifically to comment on a promotional post are usually exactly that — a throwaway created for this thread.

riskSame-hand writing signals

1 commenter pair had medium-or-higher stylometry similarity.

riskRecent account-history pattern

5 author histories showed drop-in, dormant, or cross-promotion behavior.

What kept the rating lower

cleanNo young-account swarm

Hugin did not find a <7d-old commenter cluster among 15 scanned authors.

cleanNo reply ring detected

Hugin mapped 15 reply edges and did not find a mutual-reply clique.

Limitations
  • 16 author age values are a lower-bound estimate from oldest archived public activity, not an official Reddit account-created timestamp.
  • Username shape alone is never treated as a finding; it is only context when stronger public signals also appear.
Rating thresholds
  • Likely scam: multiple high-severity signals, prior identifier reuse, or several coordination signals stacking together.
  • Suspicious: one high-severity signal, multiple medium signals, or one concrete coordination signal that deserves review.
  • Inconclusive: weak, conflicting, or partial signals where the scan cannot justify either trust or a stronger warning.
  • Looks legitimate: no structural red flags, available metadata, and clean coordination passes.

Values lens

Use standardEvidence, not pile-ons

Use scans to slow down, inspect public signals, and keep uncertainty visible. Never use them to harass, shame, or flatten people into a verdict.

EvidenceDignityRepairCommon good
source humilityhuman dignityno pile-onsrepair when possible
Fair-use checks
  • What was observed, and what is interpretation?
  • What data is missing, blocked, or confidence-limiting?
  • Would the wording feel fair if it were about someone you care about?
Stable reference

What the post is doing

  • u/Educational_Cup_9714 and u/Great_Spacer share identical phrasing 'Send me a dm I'm interested' with identical punctuation structure (no conjunctions) — high-confidence same-hand signal
  • 12 of 21 sampled comments are near-duplicate 'DM me interested' variations, posted by accounts with minimal history (u/Curious-Cellist359 has only 1 recent item)
  • u/0verThr0w3 shows 4 first-person founder-story titles and 586-day dormancy before reactivating to comment here — aged account pattern
  • Post score 0 with 0% upvote ratio despite 21 comments suggests vote-suppression or coordinated downvoting to hide the manipulation
  • Author u/alexkendig has 23 founder-story titles across r/SaaS, r/microsaas, r/SideProject — serial posting pattern consistent with grift operator cycling pitches

Automated flags

MED3 comments use grift-funnel language

Comments saying 'DM me', 'link in bio', or claiming to have already DM'd OP are how scam posts route victims off-Reddit to private chats.

Evidence
HIGH3 clusters of near-identical comments

Multiple commenters posting structurally identical text — same phrasing, same length, same praise pattern — is a fingerprint of a single operator running multiple accounts.

Evidence
MED1 drop-in throwaway account active here

Accounts with almost no prior history that turn up specifically to comment on a promotional post are usually exactly that — a throwaway created for this thread.

Evidence
HIGH1 aged account reactivated to comment here

An account that sat silent for months and then suddenly wakes up to praise a promotional post is almost always a sold or recovered handle being weaponised for credibility.

Evidence
HIGH1 cross-subreddit promotional drop

Posting the exact same link in 2+ different subreddits is the textbook fingerprint of an affiliate or marketing operator — not someone organically sharing a discovery.

Evidence
  • u/desert_jim dropped blog.jimbaca.com/essential-rxjava-guide-for-android-developers in r/rxjava, r/androiddev
HIGH1 account show serial founder-story posting

A run of polished first-person business lessons across adjacent SaaS, AI, marketing, and productivity subreddits is a common warm-up pattern for stealth promotion. It is not proof by itself; it is a strong review signal.

Evidence
  • u/alexkendig — 6 recent self-posts across r/microsaas, r/SaaS, r/SideProject; [Selling] Looking to sell for my saas with $1.8k Revenue in 3.5 month / Looking to sell for my saas with $1.8k Revenue in 3.5 month / Looking to sell for my saas with $1.8k Revenue in 3.5 month
HIGH1 pair of commenters share a writing fingerprint

Different usernames, same hand. Same idiosyncratic punctuation, filler vocabulary, and clause habits. The most common reason this happens on Reddit is one person running multiple accounts.

Evidence

Coordination map

Who replied to whom in the scanned comments. Organic threads branch out from the post; accounts that reply back and forth to each other or hub around one shared identifier are the structural fingerprints of a coordinated pod. This shows the most significant pattern found, not every commenter.

Commenter patterns

Recent public Reddit activity for the OP and selected accounts, plus same-hand writing checks when the stylometry pass runs. These are coverage-limited evidence summaries, not identity or availability claims.

u/alexkendig50 items
Last 24h3
Quiet gap22d
Top subreddits
  • r/SaaS (9)
  • r/saasforsale (8)
  • r/webdesign (6)
  • r/vibecoding (4)
External domains
  • v.redd.it (14)
  • i.redd.it (3)
Last 24h2
Quiet gap56d
Top subreddits
  • r/sales (11)
  • r/saasforsale (3)
  • r/smallbusinessUS (3)
  • r/flying (3)
Last 24h1
Quiet gap23h
Top subreddits
  • r/EntrepreneurRideAlong (5)
  • r/SaaS (5)
  • r/indiehackers (1)
  • r/startup (1)
u/0verThr0w350 items
Last 24h0
Quiet gap1.6y
Top subreddits
  • r/mkd (16)
  • r/appsumo (3)
  • r/SideProject (3)
  • r/Tiktokhelp (3)
External domains
  • youtube.com (2)
  • youtu.be (2)
  • v.redd.it (1)
u/Curious-Cellist3591 items · partial

Reddit returned only part of this account's recent public activity during the scan.

Last 24h1
Quiet gapnone
Top subreddits
  • r/saasforsale (1)
Last 24h0
Quiet gap1.5y
Top subreddits
  • r/Iraq (3)
  • r/wallstreetbetsGER (2)
  • r/Finanzen (2)
  • r/saasforsale (1)
u/desert_jim47 items
Last 24h2
Quiet gap6.5y
Top subreddits
  • r/androiddev (11)
  • r/weho (5)
  • r/Fauxmoi (4)
  • r/3Dprinting (3)
External domains
  • blog.jimbaca.com (12)
  • wehotimes.com (1)
  • ktla.com (1)
Repeated URLs
  • blog.jimbaca.com/essential-rxjava-guide-for-android-developers (2x across 2 subs)
u/bdaniel79 items · partial

Reddit returned only part of this account's recent public activity during the scan.

Last 24h0
Quiet gap2.1y
Top subreddits
  • r/saasforsale (4)
  • r/NZXT (2)
  • r/gravelcycling (1)
  • r/LenovoLegion (1)
Stylometry
  • u/educational_cup_9714 / u/great_spacer high confidence - Identical phrasing and word order: 'Send me a dm I'm interested' with no punctuation between clauses.

Account age coverage

OP and scanned commenters are shown when Hugin recovered profile metadata or an oldest-public-activity age floor. Lower-bound ages are labeled as estimates; unknown age remains missing coverage, not a finding about the account.

oldest archived public activity
oldest archived public activity
oldest archived public activity
u/Great_Spacerat least 3d
oldest archived public activity
oldest archived public activity
u/k3ternenat least 118d
oldest archived public activity
u/eurolove00at least 1.7y
oldest archived public activity
oldest archived public activity
u/No-Meaning-9896at least 1.8y
oldest archived public activity
u/golita99at least 3.0y
oldest archived public activity
u/bdaniel7at least 5.0y
oldest archived public activity
u/0verThr0w3at least 5.6y
oldest archived public activity
u/obagmeat least 9.1y
oldest archived public activity
u/ieight9at least 10.2y
oldest archived public activity
u/desert_jimat least 10.4y
oldest archived public activity
u/alexkendigOPat least 14.5y
oldest archived public activity

Archived evidence

Snapshot of the post and comments at scan time. Preserved here so the evidence survives even if it gets deleted on Reddit.

Post body — by u/alexkendig
Hey everyone, I’m looking to either sell my saas which has been launch for 3 and a half month now Here’s a quick breakdown: Revenue: $1800 in the last 3.5 month (Launched 3.5 month ago), all sales are Lifetime deals Profit Margin: 92% Traffic: ~ 1500 website visitors in the last 3 months AOV: $80–$100 Operational Costs: Sales Channels: Few Facebook group affiliates. No paid ads or major marketing efforts so far. Maintenance: Very low-touch. Mostly automated, with occasional customer support and maybe a minor update every 6–12 months. Reason for Selling: Need the money now due to family emergency User Sentiment: Overwhelmingly positive. No refunds. Target Market: B2C and B2B, agencies, founders, developers, lead gen professionals, local SEO providers, digital marketers. What It Does: AI-enhanced X growth and lead generation tool with no ongoing API costs. Tech Stack: Website: Next.js, Typescript, Tailwindcss Dodo payments, Resend, Cloudflare, Umami, Spaceship App: Typescript, TailwindCSS, with an account based licensing system Affiliate Software(Custom made) : Next.js, Typescript, Tailwindcss, Resend It’s also structured in a way that makes transitioning to a SaaS model pretty straightforward. I haven’t done much to promote it. I genuinely believe that someone with the right skills could scale it far beyond what I’ve done. I partnered up with a large platform with a revenue share program before a week ago, that could bring a lot of revenue in the near future. Please contact me only if you are really interested in acquiring it. I will not be replying to people who are just curious, asking questions without intent to buy.
Comments captured (21)

Original on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/saasforsale/comments/1vi9zwq/looking_to_sell_for_my_saas_with_18k_revenue_in/ — “Looking to sell for my saas with $1.8k Revenue in 3.5 month”

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