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Cryptocurrency
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Cryptocurrency
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Monday, April 30, 2018
Example of a bogus cryptocurrency opportunity: Ethtrade.club
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There are tons of websites purported to make you money based on the latest trends, and the current trend is cryptocurrency, such as Ethereum...
Sunday, November 12, 2017
How Paris Hilton and celebrities made SEC, FTC, and FDA see red: possibly illegal endorsements and reviews are exploding; how to spot them and avoid them
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What do actor Jamie Foxx, ex-Boxer Floyd Mayweather, rapper DJ Khaled, soccer player Luis Suarez, and hotel heiress Paris Hilton have in...
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Scam Hilarity: Suspect ponzi claims to be mining bitcoin w/ perpetual motion engine
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Woo, short for woo-woo , is a term used to describe something that is completely implausible, yet explained with pseudo-scientific and...
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Sunday, October 1, 2017
This looks familiar: SEC shuts down two ICOs (RECoin and DRC) for bogosity
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Two days ago (September 29th, 2017) SEC shut down two companies ran by Maksim Zaslavskiy trying to promote ICOs, or initial coin offerings. ...
Friday, August 25, 2017
IPro Network One Month Update: still no proof of any original claims
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More than a month ago, I highlighted some s purious claims by (over-)enthusiastic IPro Network members claiming that some famous personalit...
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Friday, September 16, 2016
Scam Tactics: Whip Up Fear, Provide "Solution", Take Your Money under false pretense
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A lot of so-called " entrepreneurs " (read: MLM noobs) are so fond of repeating marketing speech they don't ever stop and wond...
Friday, May 13, 2016
Scam Tactics: False citing of legislation or certification authority
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Scams, in order to claim false legitimacy, will cite laws, regulations, and licenses to sound official, when they are grossly exaggerating t...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Scam Tactics: Sell the Hype and the Opportunity, Ignore or minimize the Reality and the Cost
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Scams usually hook you by selling you the hype and how much money you can make (i.e. the opportunity), while minimize or ignore the reality ...
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