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Project has already been taken down by creator, and all of the companies information is being deleted from the internet, yet they still managed to get nearly $5,000 in the few hours it was up, which is quite worrying. Points of evidence - God character art is from http://pgwebdesign.net/blog/35-mythological-art-masterpieces... - Backgrounds are from http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=211755 and http://psd.…
Bostinno also recently reported another project that simply failed to deliver: http://bostinno.com/2012/04/25/kickstarters-dark-side/ Could this create a market for 'verified' kickstarter projects? Kickstarter as an organization states they dont verify, but as they grow the need will also grow. I'm thinking this could be an optional feature that everyone would be aware of (IE: grayed out badge when not invoked). For…
Ugh. No. Every damn news site on the planet misrepresented the Star Command money issue. First, Star Command didn't fail to deliver. It simply hasn't delivered yet. The game was being shown at a trade show last month. It's on it's way. This is not a case of a cancelled project or someone running off with the money. Second, the article's statement that only 4k went to the game is an outright lie. They clearly state th…
Bostinno also recently reported another project that simply failed to deliver: http://bostinno.com/2012/04/25/kickstarters-dark-side/ Could this create a market for 'verified' kickstarter projects? Kickstarter as an organization states they dont verify, but as they grow the need will also grow. I'm thinking this could be an optional feature that everyone would be aware of (IE: grayed out badge when not invoked). For…
Ugh. No. Every damn news site on the planet misrepresented the Star Command money issue. First, Star Command didn't fail to deliver. It simply hasn't delivered yet. The game was being shown at a trade show last month. It's on it's way. This is not a case of a cancelled project or someone running off with the money. Second, the article's statement that only 4k went to the game is an outright lie. They clearly state th…
I've been wondering for a while how long it would take for mass fake projects being created on kickstarter/indiegogo once these sites got more widely known. This project uses stolen pictures, but one could easily mock up random 3D scenes, make a cool video and walk away with 100k for two days work
Was this a real attempt at a scam? Or just an attempt to get some news coverage - like a prank? Like the first real scam on AirBNB someone wants to be the project everyone always talks about with online fundraising.
When you start collecting money from people a prank becomes a scam.
I've been wondering for a while how long it would take for mass fake projects being created on kickstarter/indiegogo once these sites got more widely known. This project uses stolen pictures, but one could easily mock up random 3D scenes, make a cool video and walk away with 100k for two days work
Second the game concept was incredibly vague about a game that was supposedly already in production. Making big vague promises should always be a warning sign of scam. Conversely when Double Fine did their campaign it was okay that gave gave no details about the game because, 1 it hadn't been started yet, 2 they actually explicitly stated that the game might suck. Coming up with a real good detailed game concept is actually pretty hard.
Next the studio and team wer never shown. Instead you see one young guy sitting at a desk in a poorly lit room with no windows, and a laptop running some stupid animation on it. In other videos we walked though real offices with real people with names, and real workstations that actually look like they are in use.
These last two are going to be very difficult to fake as they require a reputation, accomplices, and money, which scam artists tend to lack. Not to say scams are impossible but I think they are going to be harding then people think.
Project has already been taken down by creator, and all of the companies information is being deleted from the internet, yet they still managed to get nearly $5,000 in the few hours it was up, which is quite worrying. Points of evidence - God character art is from http://pgwebdesign.net/blog/35-mythological-art-masterpieces... - Backgrounds are from http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=211755 and http://psd.…
I like the t-shirt and the bag too. You can clearly see it hasn't been screenprinted. It's been done in Photoshop.
Project has already been taken down by creator, and all of the companies information is being deleted from the internet, yet they still managed to get nearly $5,000 in the few hours it was up, which is quite worrying. Points of evidence - God character art is from http://pgwebdesign.net/blog/35-mythological-art-masterpieces... - Backgrounds are from http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=211755 and http://psd.…
I've been wondering for a while how long it would take for mass fake projects being created on kickstarter/indiegogo once these sites got more widely known. This project uses stolen pictures, but one could easily mock up random 3D scenes, make a cool video and walk away with 100k for two days work
I'm sure there will someday be someone clever enough to get away with it, but most people are likely to get caught very quickly.
I've been wondering for a while how long it would take for mass fake projects being created on kickstarter/indiegogo once these sites got more widely known. This project uses stolen pictures, but one could easily mock up random 3D scenes, make a cool video and walk away with 100k for two days work
I think you'll find the "walk away" part is not that simple, considering the fact that it would constitute a crime . The kind of crime law enforcement is quite familiar with and that leaves plenty of traceable evidence because it involves financial transactions. I'm sure there will someday be someone clever enough to get away with it, but most people are likely to get caught very quickly.