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216 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 31 Jul \ on: 7.4 BTC lost to fake sparrow apple store app bitcoin_beginners
Honestly, I find it hard to believe someone who has been in Bitcoin for that long would fall for this or have that much Bitcoin in a hot wallet.
Indeed. It is hard for me to believe anyone online these days really... there is so much baiting. I start with the assumption that something is fake these days.
This guy claims to be an long timer... I feel nothing for him. Especially since he's posting about it in this way. He gets the fruit of his efforts.
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story smells like a gofundme scam
On this note. There was recently a woman that claims she was lost in the high sierras and her story started falling apart pretty quickly. Gofundme scams are everywhere.
In my view it is just another part of the democratization of exploiting the dumb masses. It used to be that only governments and NGOs/Non-profits could pull this stuff off. Now you too can do it! Its so easy.
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It's unfortunate because people who actually need crowdfunding will be screwed when no one takes these campaigns seriously anymore.
My wife's friend from her high school days did a gofundme for cancer treatments and it really helped. Raised about 40k.
Old friends from high school and college were all pitching in.