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January 12, 2015, 09:36:11 PM
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Grumlin[1] just did a full refund due to the negative rep. I dont think its useless and I think more people should leave a bad rating for those running the ponzi. At the very least this will burn the newbie accounts and they will have to create new ones.

Weekly fun fact: knowingly joining a ponzi is illegal in most countries.

It is? Then why aren't people arrested for their participation in the traditional banking system?

I remember to have read that, yes. I might have imagined as I cant seem to find that passage anymore and I was certain I read it on sec.gov


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January 12, 2015, 10:17:13 PM
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Yeah, but there's two different things going on under the 'Ponzi' label atm.
There's the ones which are clearly stating they are a game based on the ponzi concept, i.e. the punter will be paid from new money coming in, there is no underlying business, and when new "investment" stops, that's it for you, winning or losing and the site owner makes a % fee.
That's a form of gambling, but with unknown, time related risk, and these schemes already (should) go in the Gambling section.

Then there's the ones which will swear black is white that they are cloud mining, arbitraging or whatever and they have discovered a way of doing it that enables them to return impossible ROI. These people will obviously not voluntarily put their schemes in a "Ponzi" category or the Gambling Section, because they deny that they are operating one.
It would be unrealistic to want or expect BCT to somehow vet, for example, a new cloud mining service and force it to go into a new Ponzi category or the Gambling section unless it met certain critireria.

In both cases people can lose their money, but only in the latter type are they being scammed, so really the separate Category would be a bit irrelevant.

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January 12, 2015, 11:41:17 PM
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I agree with tmfp that there are some fine areas of distinction.  Sort of like we had that spate of "gem" games where people kept buying nothing waiting for someone to buy it at a higher price.

However, ponzi's are scams and I don't think the forum should do anything to encourage them by giving them their own section.
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January 13, 2015, 09:22:52 AM
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I think not only ponzi, we should put every dangerous investment at their own category
So, we just see a real gambling sub-forum Smiley

It's even better if only member or higher can access that category & only full member / better can make a thread
I bet this can decrease ponzi for a bit Smiley

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January 13, 2015, 09:34:22 AM
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Just make a "scam announcements" subsection and be done with.

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