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> J. K. Rowling has said that Veritaserum "works best upon the unsuspecting, the vulnerable and those insufficiently skilled (in one way or another) to protect
by grafporno 9y ago
> J. K. Rowling has said that Veritaserum "works best upon the unsuspecting, the vulnerable and those insufficiently skilled (in one way or another) to protect themselves against it...
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Veritaserum http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Veritaserum
Hmmm.
- richardknop 9y agoSo even the name had a hidden scam reference in it. This seems so dodgy now.
- cvsh 9y agoOr maybe they just mashed together the Latin word for 'truth' with 'Ethereum' and the etymology of Veritaserum is coincidentally covergent evolution
- richardknop 9y agoHonestly you're probably right. They wouldn't be so brazen if they planned to steal money from the beginning. But nothing would surprise me in crypto anymore.
- mygo 9y agoHey, I have to disagree here. Let's look at what we know prior art. The best phishing attacks are the ones that are so obvious that only the unsuspecting, the vulnerable and those insufficiently skilled would fall for them.
- ryanlol 9y agoThis simply isn't true. Those are the worst phishing attacks largely performed by some guy in Africa manually sending emails.
- philh 9y agoEven if the name references Veritaserum, Veritaserum isn't particularly associated with scams. Far more likely they'd be trying to associate with its truth-finding properties. The quoted line is amusing, but no more.
- EGreg 9y agoMaybe it wasn't stolen, this was part of the plan to do nothing after the raise :)