A Swede who created a $400K Indiegogo-scam • Hacker News Board

Re: A Swede who created a $400K Indiegogo-scam

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Post by avian » Fri, Dec 07, 2018, 12:49 PM UTC

jen729w wrote: post #64

CosmicShadow wrote: post #37

Indiegogo in particular is super sketchy, I did a campaign with them and they had an employee there contacting me and telling me all the shady stuff they can do to help me be successful and if that I can guarantee I'll raise x amount they'll do all these extra things like put it on the front page and in the newsletter and whatnot. They let you extend campaigns forever if you arne't about to hit your goal so you can k…

Funnily enough just this morning my inbox has this: --- From: Indiegogo Subject: Your Indiegogo Innovation Award Hi there! We're excited to inform you that your project is eligible to receive an Indiegogo Innovation Award this January! To honor your crowdfunding achievements, we cordially invite you to reserve your award, available for pick-up at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Our theme at this y…

Same here. It must have been sent out to everyone with an account.

Re: A Swede who created a $400K Indiegogo-scam

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Post by tudelo » Fri, Dec 07, 2018, 6:25 PM UTC

roywiggins wrote: post #59

tudelo wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is often very little risk... a small amount of disposable income to potentially get an interesting niche product. It is not meant to be a "smart" money decision. Not sure where you are getting that idea from...

Right, but if I just wait a year (or however long) I can usually go buy that niche product without the risk. It's a pre-order.

If you are talking about kickstarter and the like, no, there is a very real chance you will not be able to buy it if you don't fund it. There is also a very real chance that you won't get it even if you do fund it. And if it doesn't get funded in the first place, there is zero chance. Unless you were referring to some other sort of funding process.

FWIW I do not participate in kickstarter, but that is because I like having things I spend money on. I know plenty of people who do. So, I think it's in general a good service.

Re: A Swede who created a $400K Indiegogo-scam

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Post by squidbot » Fri, Dec 07, 2018, 8:07 PM UTC

interesthrow2 wrote: post #54

1024core wrote: post #36

IndieGoGo is a haven for scammers. They have absolutely no interest in protecting you. Even if you point out that the scammer is actively scamming currently, they won't do anything.

> IndieGoGo is a haven for scammers. They have absolutely no interest in protecting you. Even if you point out that the scammer is actively scamming currently, they won't do anything. They actually do protect their backers better than Kickstarter sometimes: this ongoing scam on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stillalive/polygons-the... the same project was actually closed by Indiegogo as the creator…

It's a shame that's a scam, it's actually kind of a cool idea.