What IPO scam? Most people bought their NEM stake between $5 to $50 and currently hold stake worth $1000 - $1500. People everyday on this forum lose 100s, 1000s and 10,000s to real IPO scams.
Only thing UtopianFuture did was pad fake popularity back in January (those accounts he made were later taken off the list). Nowhere as bad as it sounds. Every new coin / project has sockpuppets advertising it. You have to, since this forum moves so far and obscure coins go to page 5 within hours.
Please watch what you are saying and protecting. You appear to be the most vocal protecting the image of UP. I am not saying you cannot, but it doesn't give me comfort to know that one is fighting so much in the crowd for the causes of UP. Fact is, he did something that was wrong in the first place and we should not even defend that anymore, unless one also a a finger in the pie.
This is all water under the bridge and need no more discussions about. We should just continue moving along. The more we talk the more ugly discussions will shape up to be.
In any case, this is not a thread to continue all discussions about NEM as it has too much emotions in it. Let's not allow emotions cloud our mind. I have taken the liberty to start a new thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=650337