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comment by mknod
mknod  ·  4128 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Crowdfounding as a scam

This kind of thing really makes me mad.

Here is an example of an indiegogo campaign that breaks the laws of physics: www.indiegogo.com/projects/517179 I wrote them about it describing how it was basically hogwash, and they said it was "under review".

Scammers are the worst of the worst, they all play the game of trust and then abuse that trust to exploit a person. I hate it and I wish there were more I could do about it.





ooli  ·  4127 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Whoua the "quantum generator" is way beyond the simple re-packaging vyme scam. We're back to the snakes-oil remedy. The worst part is not people trying to scam... It's the system (the platform, kickstarter, indie-gogo, etc) allowing them to do so without any control.

Hell  ·  4127 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A fool and his money are soon parted but god damn I didn't realize it was that easy.