Quote from: Enochian on January 13, 2015, 07:31:32 PM

Quote from: MakingMoneyHoney on January 13, 2015, 07:07:53 PM

The people using it from the beginning were those who knew what it was. By participating they doomed people who were new to this type of scam/site. I saw tons of twitter posts and forum posts of people just referring others saying you will get double your money back, without explanation of what it really was.

The people who were playing this game with full knowledge that earlier investors were being paid out of the revenues from later ones, were keeping careful track of deposits versus payouts, and had a good idea of when the site would fold.

The person who got the site shut down prematurely cheated these people out of their returns.

It's like you're playing Blackjack, and just as you have a really good hand, some idiot tips over the table, and causes the casino to void the game.

When you complain, he says "Well, you deserved it for playing Blackjack." And then goes on and on about all the naive people he saved from losing money, who didn't know what the game "really was."

The Internet is full of busybodies who stick their noses into things that are none of their concern.

Not really. Everyone knows Blackjack is gambling. All over the internet people were telling others via referrals that this company paid out 2 times what you "invested". It was being advertised by users as a sure thing.

An example from twitter:
"#CryptoDouble lets you double the number of #BTC you have in just 100 hrs. Invest your coins here: (ref link) "

So you can't compare people trying to get others (who don't know it's not 100%) to not "invest" in a ponzi to knocking over a table of blackjack that everyone is fully aware is gambling.

And trying to discuss those who know better, then they knew it was always a risk (and they shouldn't have risked more than they could) as you said they "had a good idea of when the site would fold" not 100% sure on when though. Those calculations of when it would fold should have counted when social pressure might make it fold too. Wink