Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Got an email about bitcoin trying to scam me, for your amusement Bitcoin


Disclaimer: this is obviously a scam, so please don't send any money to this person.


Got this email with the subject line "[ATTENTION SENIORS] If you have $20, this explosive cryptocurrency could change your life"


http://ift.tt/1LM7FtM


So, of course, I immediately clicked on the link, curious which alt coin they were pushing. The link was to http://ift.tt/1uXJrCd, and the long text explanation of what was being sold is at http://ift.tt/1KrCYq9


Some hilarious excerpts



The value of Bitcoins in circulation has now topped $1.5 billion – more than twice the market cap of Apple. No wonder major companies like Dell, Amazon, and Target, all accept Bitcoin as payment.



Hahahahahahahaha.


Someone must have done the math too quickly, and thought that Apple's market cap was 700 million instead of billion.


And apparently Amazon and Target now accept bitcoins. Wonder if they got that from Gaw? That would also fit with the "get in for under $20" hahahaha.



Before I reveal this opportunity in detail, please allow me to formerly introduce myself.



Wait, does that mean you already introduced yourself?



No wonder America’s elite are using it too, including Jerry Seinfeld, Robert DeNiro, and Britney Spears. It’s rumored that Denzel Washington used this currency to pay for a $30 million private jet.



Yeah, you can say anything in an article and that will make it have been "rumored". This probably can't be topped.



Even President Obama flashed it to the world while purchasing his lunch.



I take that back.



However, I’ve discovered an amazing “loophole” in America’s rewards-points system.



And you chose to share it with all of us, of course. Wonder what that implies about its viability?



The report reveals the company actively “mining” America’s top rewards points systems...



Ooh! Mining!



I peg the value of your first opportunity at upwards of $56,700.



... and I'll sell it to you for only $9.99. Aren't I nice?



On page 109… Chris reveals how a morning stop to his local 7-Eleven made him a fortune. Since Chris is an avid Snapple drinker, one day, he noticed the store’s shelf spaaaaaace for Snapple products had shrunk from two full refrigerators to less than half of one. He immediately took action, executing his incredibly simple “information arbitrage” strategy. The very next week, Snapple announced that its inventory of unsold products had sharply risen, negatively impacting the company’s profits. Chris tripled his investment in a few days.



... is there anything I could even say to this? My guess is that he is either flat out lying, or invested in hundreds of companies and only reports the profitable ones.



Chris reveals how a friend’s unassuming Facebook post scored him a quick 50% gainer. The post simply said, “Oh my! Chuggington?!!! I think my kids have died and gone to heaven!” Within days of observing the post, Chris perfectly executed his “information arbitrage” strategy and invested ahead of Chuggington becoming a smash hit among children.



How can I get him to follow me so I can pump everything I own to this very rich person?



Below are a few of the fantastic letters I received from readers last week...



This is in almost every scam pitch I've ever seen.


Final thoughts: I am really disappointed. If you're going to write a scam pitch, at least make sure all the irrelevant facts in it are true. Also, this is dated from October, so why did I only get an email this week? Someone's slacking off.


(The company referred to is http://ift.tt/1uXJu0D, and obviously Robert Williams owns a large number of shares in it.)


Someone should get the list of Paycoin holders and sell it to this guy.


Disclaimer: this is obviously a scam, so please don't send any money to this person.







Submitted February 04, 2015 at 09:25PM by itisike http://ift.tt/1uXJu0G Bitcoin

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