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How does a "straight up fraud scheme" work? Can I tell people on Bitcoin forums that I'm pretending to be a Nigerian prince and they'll give me money? If so, wh
by anoncake 6y ago
How does a "straight up fraud scheme" work? Can I tell people on Bitcoin forums that I'm pretending to be a Nigerian prince and they'll give me money? If so, where can I find these forums?
- ev1 6y agoYou have your choice: there is a subforum specifically for "Gambling and all "investments" that are so risky they might as well be gambling (HYIPs, pyramid schemes, etc.)", or you can just buy hacked PayPal accounts and cards in the "Digital Goods" subforum.
- anoncake 6y agoI thought you meant that people willingly sign up to be defrauded with their knowledge and consent.
- TrackerFF 6y agoThere are communities which explicitly state their intentions. A bit related - I've seen forums etc. where the community pumps stocks, crypto currencies, and what not. Everyone knows what happening, and they're all in on it. One typical way is that some "stock guru" is selling spots for private chats / rooms, where they'll regularly announce "signals" - i.e hyping up some penny stock. The group members will obviously start purchasing shares / pumping the stock, and exit as soon as outside buyers enter the cycle. Sometimes they just flat-out announce public pumping schemes on forums / user groups.
- netsharc 6y ago> Everyone knows what happening, and they're all in on it. The thing with Hertz' stock going crazy even though they declared bankruptcy was insane... people were buying the stock because they're betting there'll be another idiot wanting to buy the stocks off them for a higher price. Which is the entire principle of crypto, IMO.