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The con artist who sold rich investors a fake country
- hiptobecubic 5y agoI thought for sure this was going to be about cryptoland again.
- falcor84 5y agoI thought this would be about Próspera (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%B3spera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%B3spera)
- glitchc 5y agoProspera seems real. Am I missing something?
- Planktonne 5y agoAll these places are "real" in that you can visit the physical place that they are supposed to exist in. However, they're also all described as wonderful utopias by the people selling them and turn out to be much less complete/pleasant than claimed. Such dreamlands are always based on lies and exploitation.
- llampx 5y agoScams occurred before cryptocurrency
- 1cvmask 5y agoMy favorite con from the 19th century is the Spanish Prisoner which is now a staple of the modern Nigerian 419 scams: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Prisoner https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Prisoner https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes/nigerian-letter-or-419-fraud https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes...