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It used to be a common email scam that you’d make two opposite market predictions and send them as free advice. Then you’d do the same thing the next month, but
by jon_richards 6y ago
It used to be a common email scam that you’d make two opposite market predictions and send them as free advice. Then you’d do the same thing the next month, but only send to the people who received the “correct” first message. And again. And again. And when you had “proven” yourself all-knowing to a small group of people, you’d start charging them.
- Retric 6y agoWhich is why being public is so important for these things.
- tialaramex 6y agoDerren Brown did this with horse races IIRC for a TV show. https://derrenbrown.co.uk/shows/the-system/ https://derrenbrown.co.uk/shows/the-system/
- elygre 6y agoCan confirm. Learned something from that.