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Anatomy of a cryptocurrency scam

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Re: Anatomy of a cryptocurrency scam

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Post by gryt67 »

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Re: Anatomy of a cryptocurrency scam

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

echoangle wrote: post #79
pbhjpbhj wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fraud requires purposeful deception. It doesn't need to be 'the not-yet-existing burger', it just needs not to be designed to deceive you. I'm not arguing the line isn't subjective. But, if it's not made with the same ingredients, or for example isn't actually food (as with many marketing images for food), then it's deceptive. I hope you agree? If it wasn't even made in the restaurant you're in, then I'd agree that i…

I’ll bite and say I don’t agree with > But, if it's not made with the same ingredients, or for example isn't actually food (as with many marketing images for food), then it's deceptive. I hope you agree? The point of the image is to give a preview what you’re about to get. It doesn’t have to be the real thing. If I sell screws online and only have CAD drawings and 3D renders of them, is that deceptive? As long as the…

>As long as the product is properly described by the image, it doesn’t matter where it comes from. You could also sell burgers with hand-drawn preview images of them if you wanted to. //

I think we agree.

The only thing left is to decide what properly described means -- as is so often the case with such matters. Thanks for your comment and pushback.

Re: Anatomy of a cryptocurrency scam

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Post by atilla_bilgic »

landryraccoon wrote: post #35
smeej wrote: post #23

This is...not realistic on any level. I've been professionally investigating cryptocurrency scams/thefts/fraud since 2017. This is at least twice as convoluted a process as is necessary to separate people from millions and millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies if the site stays up for a week. People don't bother spinning up stuff like this when the easy stuff works just fine.

I'm curious, do you advertise your services to the public? I have a relative who's been victimized by a cryptocurrency scam. Would you mind if I contacted you about it?

Dear landryracoon,

Unfortunately, I have no services to provide for the recovery of the resources. After seeing an increase in these kinds of scams in my social circle, I have compiled that book to share my professional knowledge to spread knowledge with everyone.

One of my readers has recently reached out to me about the examples and this has motivated me to start writing these articles for reaching out to more people.

I have no issues to get contacted and I would like to help as much as I can.

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