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Perhaps this was a real scam initially, then he decided to pretend it wasn't, after-the-fact, to save his skin? It seems to me that leaving a shadow of a doubt
by nathanaldensr 9y ago
Perhaps this was a real scam initially, then he decided to pretend it wasn't, after-the-fact, to save his skin? It seems to me that leaving a shadow of a doubt as to his trustworthiness was a big, big mistake. Couldn't he have just presented the hypothetical to the community openly if that were his true goal?
- 2RTZZSro 9y agoMaybe he woke up when he realized he will be killed by the mob of vigilantes that will stop at nothing until he is found. Your life perspective might change when you suddenly have 10,000 people out to kill you.
- paulie_a 9y agoWhile that would be a nice movie it will not actually happen ever in reality. I think this a trope people like to believe, vigilante justice. But let's be honest, its not happening by some crypto currency investors.
- toufka 9y agoUmmm, what about last December: https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/crypto-exchange-kidnap.html?m=1 https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/crypto-exchange-kidnap.htm...
- icebraining 9y agoWhy would the kidnappers be cryptoinvestors? Most likely they are a regular gang that happens to know what Bitcoins are.
- paulie_a 9y agoThe russian mob kidnapped someone for extortion, that isn't exactly vigilante justice.
- 6nf 9y ago4chan people found his family within hours and started calling with death threats.
- justboxing 9y agoSource?
- oxide 9y agoIf no one archived it, and the board is relatively active, its probably gone.
- jboles 9y agoYeah, when's the last time a bank, or indeed any other credible financial institution, did this? Does not inspire confidence at all.
- everdev 9y agoIf it wasn't, I hope he documented it somewhere or let some friends in on the secret. If he has no paper trail that this was always a stunt, I don't see his explanation working too well. I hope he offers his investments back to those who want it.
- tonyma 9y agoThey've made a video for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyAllUhDxXk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyAllUhDxXk&feature=youtu.be
- justboxing 9y ago> Couldn't he have just presented the hypothetical to the community openly if that were his true goal? What? And leave 50 Million $ of easy money on the table? Like Lord Zuckerberg famously re-quoted in the early days of Facebook.... "There's a sucker born everyday."