Well, he also made boneheaded mistakes. I don't know if smart would be a good term to use, he has the skills to doctor up screenshots, though one of his screenshots was the first clue it was fake, and a video. he left way to many crumbs that only made his hoax last all of a day. Did it even last 24 hours?
Of course it lasted more than 24hrs. Until I posted my article, nobody had ANY proof either way whether or not it was fake or not. They ONLY had a statement from CIG saying it was fabricated.
And if you actually looked at the shots and video, there were NO mistakes in them. None. So if you have any proof of this, and there's something that some of us missed, please post it.
alright, I got to go searching through a forum I visited where someone posted a rededit link to a screenshot the bottom of the account page that showed how much he had spent vs what it actually looks like. The hoaxers screenshot was missing the background grid lines and also missing the logos, but still had other graphics on the page, and then when you look at his messages back and forth between CS, you see he has those grid lines in the background that should have also been present on his account page screenshot.
EDIT:
NVM, under further investigation I have determined I was wrong about the screenshot comparison. When you disable images through your web browser, his image is correct for what it should look like. So clearly he disabled the images so it would be easier for him to edit the amount since he would not have to worry about the background images of the grid lines, only the black canvas.