Mike Tyson Bitcoin ATM Hit With Scam Accusations

[ChrisPop]

"A deal to create an official Mike Tyson-branded bitcoin ATM in Las Vegas has been dismissed as a scam due to its connection to two mysterious companies.

This weekend, the ex-heavyweight champion of the world tweeted to his 4.8 million followers that the ATM would be "Changing the way we get change". With a launch date of 30th August, the machine promised to offer cash-to-bitcoin services in under 20 seconds, 10 seconds faster than Iron Mike's knockout record."



http://www.coindesk.com/mike-tyson-bitcoin-atm-hit-with-scam-accusations/

[LiteCoinGuy]

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/07/26/mike-tyson-suckered-into-endorsing-branded-bitcoin-atms-in-potential-scam/

[unamis76]

He doesn't have a clue what he's gotten into, and still probably doesn't. He probably never even heard of Bitcoin so far

This was just someone telling him "there's good money here if you give your name and face" and he went for it... This will most probably end up nowhere.

[Scott J]

If there was one thing I was sure I wouldn't see when I started getting into Bitcoin four years ago, it was a Mike Tyson branded ATM 

[unamis76]

If there was one thing I was sure I wouldn't see when I started getting into Bitcoin four years ago, it was a Mike Tyson branded ATM 

From scammers, to people stealing, celebrities/widely known people talking about Bitcoin and naked women promoting Bitcoin, I think we've pretty much seen everything.

[pereira4]

What are the companies linked to the scams?
Poor good ol Mike seems like it's still being used by bad people to get money off his fame. He has been doing great in paying all of his debts, so I hope he doesn't get screwed up again. He got already screwed up by mad goldiggers and Don King and his crew.

[H_H]

What are the companies linked to the scams?
Poor good ol Mike seems like it's still being used by bad people to get money off his fame. He has been doing great in paying all of his debts, so I hope he doesn't get screwed up again. He got already screwed up by mad goldiggers and Don King and his crew.

karma he admitted to mugging old ladies as a teen

he was a bad guy

so it's his karma

dude bites ears off of people

ANIMAL

Mike Tyson has no place in btc IMO

good to see him outed so quickly as SCAM

let's see

#Bitcoin #MikeTyson #MikeTysonATM

good topics on twitter to see who is controlling this story now

[OmegaStarScream]

Damn , this was too fast to be honest . Ireally thought we will see his business on the TOP and helps bitcoin growing with his millions of twitter followers .
Does he plan to cancel it now or what ?

[Alley]

The OTC company behind the ATMs has a market cap of $6,000.  There will never be any Mike Tyson ATMs.

[dKingston]

if you accuse Mike Tyson's ATM of being a scam, he'll bite your friggin ear off ...

be careful folks!

[LiteCoinGuy]

if you accuse Mike Tyson's ATM of being a scam, he'll bite your friggin ear off ...

be careful folks!

[gentlemand]

The OTC company behind the ATMs has a market cap of $6,000.  There will never be any Mike Tyson ATMs.

All he has to do is ride around Vegas on his tricycle putting Tyson stickers on the existing ATMs. Job jobbed.

[Mickeyb]

Nevertheless I am regreting if this turns out as a scam. We do need every bit of help for promotion and adoption out there.

[Amph]

He doesn't have a clue what he's gotten into, and still probably doesn't. He probably never even heard of Bitcoin so far

This was just someone telling him "there's good money here if you give your name and face" and he went for it... This will most probably end up nowhere.

as long as he is promoting bitcoin who care, 5M of new followers is a lot, almost x3 of current bitcoin users base, the price should go x3 if we follow a linear increase, but since it isn't linear it will go much higher

[NorrisK]

He doesn't have a clue what he's gotten into, and still probably doesn't. He probably never even heard of Bitcoin so far

This was just someone telling him "there's good money here if you give your name and face" and he went for it... This will most probably end up nowhere.

as long as he is promoting bitcoin who care 5M of new follower is a lot almost x3 of current bitcoin users base, the price should go x3 if we follow a linear increase, but since it isn't linear it will go much higher

Indeed, the awareness a tweet like this creates should not be underestimated. Anybody can pull a graph that shows google searches for bitcoin after this tweet?

[The Bad Guy]

I think that they just want to make some big scams and make a big name by using Mike Tyson.. this is really weird thing you know