In an apparent crypto scam, a popular game streamer known from Twitch and YouTube has allegedly scammed his fans out of half a million dollars by creating his own cryptocurrency and orchestrating a simple pump and dump scheme. Instead of returning the money, he decided to buy himself an expensive new Tesla.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Popular-YouTuber-steals-US-500-000-from-fans-and-shamelessly-buys-a-new-Tesla-with-the-money.597273.0.html
Microtransactions is the same thing.
With simple program who changes in memory amount can be used to get credits. Gold or whatever.
If I had known getting money for Tesla would be this easy, I would have done that earlier. Cause' 1. I need to pay mortgage for a new home I just purchased and 2. I need a car for long term use.
Horribly written
Cryptos are all a scam in the long run.
You read this & the comments and it show's just how screwed up this Entitled generation is. Not saying there are not older one's but there is a clear lack of work ethic over the last 2 generations. A huge part of the population just thinks there "suppose " to have things. I see it working in finance the last 27 yrs. The attitude especially of those under 40 is amazing. They cannot communicate unless it's via text or email, they expect to just have the BMW, there is 0 concept of having to earn & work for things. Its why socialism is so popular and now those kids are having kids so who is going to teach them?? Not our schools. We seriously need to.consider what were teaching our kids! We have more information available then ever yet we seem dumber then ever.
Quote from: Brian on February 02, 2022, 15:49:12
You read this & the comments and it show's just how screwed up this Entitled generation is. Not saying there are not older one's but there is a clear lack of work ethic over the last 2 generations. A huge part of the population just thinks there "suppose " to have things. I see it working in finance the last 27 yrs. The attitude especially of those under 40 is amazing. They cannot communicate unless it's via text or email, they expect to just have the BMW, there is 0 concept of having to earn & work for things. Its why socialism is so popular and now those kids are having kids so who is going to teach them?? Not our schools. We seriously need to.consider what were teaching our kids! We have more information available then ever yet we seem dumber then ever.
Unfortunately this dumbing down of the population is also effecting society as a whole as well.
We rather spend on tax rebates to bring in jobs or business to a community than to spend it social services such as schools, etc.
I'm done with this country and I've seen the writing on the wall these past 20 years. Good luck to y'all
Buck Rogers sounds exactly like what someone over 40 would say.
Quote from: Brian on February 02, 2022, 15:49:12
You read this & the comments and it show's just how screwed up this Entitled generation is. Not saying there are not older one's but there is a clear lack of work ethic over the last 2 generations. A huge part of the population just thinks there "suppose " to have things. I see it working in finance the last 27 yrs. The attitude especially of those under 40 is amazing. They cannot communicate unless it's via text or email, they expect to just have the BMW, there is 0 concept of having to earn & work for things. Its why socialism is so popular and now those kids are having kids so who is going to teach them?? Not our schools. We seriously need to.consider what were teaching our kids! We have more information available then ever yet we seem dumber then ever.
You're complaining about education quality while your post is littered with spelling and grammar mistakes. To address your point however, there have been grifters and con men in every generation. This isn't new.
Quote from: Brian on February 02, 2022, 15:49:12
You read this & the comments and it show's just how screwed up this Entitled generation is. Not saying there are not older one's but there is a clear lack of work ethic over the last 2 generations. A huge part of the population just thinks there "suppose " to have things. I see it working in finance the last 27 yrs. The attitude especially of those under 40 is amazing. They cannot communicate unless it's via text or email, they expect to just have the BMW, there is 0 concept of having to earn & work for things. Its why socialism is so popular and now those kids are having kids so who is going to teach them?? Not our schools. We seriously need to.consider what were teaching our kids! We have more information available then ever yet we seem dumber then ever.
Coming from a generation that keeps patting themselves on the back for working too hard, when they didn't and still got to buy a house without working hard. You weren't smart and you didn't have to compete against smart people. People are just disillusioned, not lazy. They look at your dumb generation with envy because they know it will never be that easy again. It's your generation that transferred 50 trillion dollars to the 1% while being so high on Reaganomics and work ethics and other words they stuff in your lobotomized brains. Keep repeating those words to they younger generations, uncle, and keep watching while the billionaires turn to trillionaires just as you've watched while they became billionaires. Then, they wouldn't need workers and more will be thrown to the curb, and you will still be there to repeat the same words.
If I learned anything in life it's TRUST NO ONE. Especially those yahoos you see on YouTube or tiktok or any other social media site.
It's great to hear someone actually admits to what they have done and except the blame. Now only if those people that are the victims would do the smart thing and walk into a federal court and press charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud his a@&$ will be behind bars playing pass the soap. So which one of them is smarter than a fifth grader 😆😆😆😆
Holy f*** can you mention Tesla enough? If he bought a new mustang it wouldn't have been "ford, Ford, ford" all-over the article.
Im surprised you didn't name drop Rogan a hundred times to get the clicks.
Or you could start sending them to prison?
I Love crypto but the sooner it's regulated or at least a way to stop this kind of thing from happening the better.
The issue is the Devs have too much power to introduce ways of taking the retail investors money out of the back door.
When a way of making sure that that scams can't happen I think crypto will flourish beyond anything ever witnessed before in our lifetime. Roll on regulation or a framework that projects need to work within that doesn't allow liquidity to be stolen.
These are some of the very important learning experiences we all have to learn from.
Crypto must NEVER be regulated. The whole point, nature, essence, strength and freedom of crypto comes from it being decentralised and unregulated. Your money is YOURS FULL STOP. So with that, the regulation and safety of it is on YOU.
We've never had such full possession, control, freedom and convenience crypto brought us. The control of our money and its safety have always been managed for us. As with anything this is an advantage of fiat currencies but at the same time biggest flaw.
Crypto changes that. We now have to learn how to keep our own money safe. We have to regulate it within OURSELVES and keep it decentralised.
The bottom line is, this scammer is obviously scum and filth, but he is not to blame. He isn't the flaw in this scam. The flaw is the people who followed his advice without due diligence.
So please identify the flaw where it truly is. Crypto cannot, must not be regulated by any central body. If you hold any amount of crypto, you are now solely responsible for all aspects of safety of your money and must learn how to keep it safe. If this sounds liike a major disadvantage of crypto to you, and do not see what advantages it brings, you definitely should learn more about finance and economics, and crypto, before holding or transfering any of it.
Quote from: Viz57 on February 03, 2022, 01:07:05
These are some of the very important learning experiences we all have to learn from.
Crypto must NEVER be regulated. The whole point, nature, essence, strength and freedom of crypto comes from it being decentralised and unregulated. Your money is YOURS FULL STOP. So with that, the regulation and safety of it is on YOU.
We've never had such full possession, control, freedom and convenience crypto brought us. The control of our money and its safety have always been managed for us. As with anything this is an advantage of fiat currencies but at the same time biggest flaw.
Crypto changes that. We now have to learn how to keep our own money safe. We have to regulate it within OURSELVES and keep it decentralised.
The bottom line is, this scammer is obviously scum and filth, but he is not to blame. He isn't the flaw in this scam. The flaw is the people who followed his advice without due diligence.
So please identify the flaw where it truly is. Crypto cannot, must not be regulated by any central body. If you hold any amount of crypto, you are now solely responsible for all aspects of safety of your money and must learn how to keep it safe. If this sounds liike a major disadvantage of crypto to you, and do not see what advantages it brings, you definitely should learn more about finance and economics, and crypto, before holding or transfering any of it.
You sound like a crypto-bro. Drank the kool-aid. Crypto and blockchain is so flawed it's worse than fiat. You can't be responsible for your own crypto when you don't own the blockchain. Decentralized means there are no rules. And it's anonymous. Those are the very definitions of anarchy. The whole reason civilizations have grown was by people coming together and acting in ways that contribute to all, to a greater good. Decentralized, anonymous blockchain just enables the worst people to get away with whatever they can, with no protections of the innocent who want to play fair. You really want to go back to primitive times where you are constantly on the look-out for yourself, have to arm yourself because there's a thief or backstabber around every corner and no laws to protect you? Pfft! Wake up.
Quote from: Darryl on February 02, 2022, 18:21:27
Holy f*** can you mention Tesla enough? If he bought a new mustang it wouldn't have been "ford, Ford, ford" all-over the article.
Im surprised you didn't name drop Rogan a hundred times to get the clicks.
They had it in the title and a couple times in the article. That's pretty minimal. Wtf is your problem? Seems Tesla upsets you so they mention it in two separate paragraphs and you flip your s***.
remember the dude on the plane april 28th 2017 (as in look it up youll remember) THIS IS THAT DUDE...his fans thought "THIS WILL BE SO FUNNY" ..If i where him id get rid of that tesla...all it takes is 1 hacker and either you end up pettle to the floor into a brick wall....or just imagin the breaks lock up..you go fro 110-0mph...your .002 (cm?mm?) away from SPLAT on wall then threw the car speakers FOR THE 10TH TIME YOU HEAR "we dont want it back we have a new toy...you ice you..mmuuhhuhuhmuhuhuhuhu
a tesla can get random live "computer updates" any time? Sooo then it can be hacked any time too...DUDE IS FUNKED....SO SO FUNKED
I love the guy blaming the younger generation for not having a Work ethic and expecting everything for free, when the young are just disillusioned by all the mega rich manipulating the political systems, financial systems, legal systems and education systems to further enrich themselves while destroying the middle class and impoverishment of the masses. Telling the masses they are lazy or not good enough, if you work harder your will be rewarded. Not only this, the guy works in Banking, where most of the self entitled criminals that caused the GFC reside.
Socialism is the concept of common ownership of social services that benefit humanity; health and education. I know for Americans this is a difficult concept to grasp, however most modern economies benefit from distribution of wealth through taxation, innovation through education and productivity through health. Most economies are mixed economies, not socialist utopias or capitalist wet dreams, being mixed is what makes them successful.
p*** off enough people and karma will come back to get you. Either that or parking lot justice lmao
Anyone who buy crypto currency deserves to be scammed.
It's all fun and games till one of your victims with nothing left to lose comes for you and your little car too.
Quote from: Brian on February 02, 2022, 15:49:12
You read this & the comments and it show's just how screwed up this Entitled generation is. Not saying there are not older one's but there is a clear lack of work ethic over the last 2 generations. A huge part of the population just thinks there "suppose " to have things. I see it working in finance the last 27 yrs. The attitude especially of those under 40 is amazing. They cannot communicate unless it's via text or email, they expect to just have the BMW, there is 0 concept of having to earn & work for things. Its why socialism is so popular and now those kids are having kids so who is going to teach them?? Not our schools. We seriously need to.consider what were teaching our kids! We have more information available then ever yet we seem dumber then ever.
The older generations have screwed the younger generations - wages have been dropping for 50 years, the rich game the system to take all the money and leave everyone else further and further behind. Education and housing (in the US) are increasingly unaffordable, so for the median income they are either out of reach or require crushing debt, compared to previous generations. When the people running the economy break the social contract, how is everyone else supposed to respond? While I'm certainly not going to justify scamming people, the idea that it's all the younger generation's fault and the people running the economy into the ground are blameless is absurd.
For those who got scammed you deserve it. You took financial advice from a GAMER. What makes this person worth following, is it his dexterity to press buttons, the way he holds his controller or maybe his manicured hands. Here is some advice quit being a follower.
So who was employed to create the coin for him and where did the gamer get the development know-how?
He seems to be a front man for a group of people tied to these scams.
This isn't the first scam he's been a part of either he should be in jail, he literally admitted to and describe him doing a ponzi scheme on his channel , Youtube has allowed him to continue scamming people because he gets veiws.
1. 61 yr old white male - oh ya super privileged lmfao
2. Homeless at 15
3. Military at 17
4. Millionaire at 29
How? Hustle, grind, work 80+ hours a week. Freaking snowflakes Won't do that...poor delicate babies. Nobody but the mega rich game politics, etc. The average chapter S small to medium size business owner WORKS!
oh and my wife? From central America, moved here at 15, couldn't speak English. Owns the 7th largest private insurance company in the country.
We don't hire 18-27 year olds as a norm. They have to be spot on, not lazy snowflakes.
Quote from: Brian on February 02, 2022, 15:49:12
You read this & the comments and it show's just how screwed up this Entitled generation is. Not saying there are not older one's but there is a clear lack of work ethic over the last 2 generations. A huge part of the population just thinks there "suppose " to have things. I see it working in finance the last 27 yrs. The attitude especially of those under 40 is amazing. They cannot communicate unless it's via text or email, they expect to just have the BMW, there is 0 concept of having to earn & work for things. Its why socialism is so popular and now those kids are having kids so who is going to teach them?? Not our schools. We seriously need to.consider what were teaching our kids! We have more information available then ever yet we seem dumber then ever.
We need to consider what we're teaching our kids? Are you saying you've been throwing all the kids into the nightmare of an education system we have now without considering it? This generation has so thoroughly fucked the education system it's not even funny. The system doesn't care about kids, it doesn't care about improving them. It cares about money and turning the population into drones
Karma
He took advantage of dumb (ex-)fans. Well done! >:D
Omg this isn't a scam for Christ sake. He gave a service for the money which was crypto and people just throw money around nowadays. Fucken good for him man. Simps all of them
It's not a crime they willingly gave their money no contracts were involved and there's no such thing as YouTube allowed it they are a video host they're not responsible for personal transactions no such transactions were done on platform
Could you update the article and mention the YouTuber who confronted him? (CoffeeZilla)
He deserves the credit.
CRYPTOCURRANCY I thought always equals to Monopoly money 💰...lol
I suppose in a way it still does, Money tokens. What a crazy world 🌎 this has become.
I believe another youtuber named Tech Lead was allegedly also accused of using crypto in a suspicious way.
Oh no gullible idiots paying a stranger on the internet real money in exchange for monopoly money..
Hardly news worthy.