And on to the next ponzi we go.
Does your definition of a Ponzi includes honest admission by the "scammer" that he is in a dire situation and efforts to recover ?
You mean like Pirate made "honest" admissions, was in a dire situation and made efforts to recover? Paid out some accounts even ? You mean like Patrick harnett, usagi, Neo Bee, BT trader and 33455 previous ponzi's that all did the exact same thing?
A ponzi is not defined by how the scammer tries to win time or talk himself out of his scam once it collapsed,
its defined by how it begins as a scam that has no internal revenue to sustain the promised payouts.
BTW, didnt lunamine claim being blackmailed too? Wait, they did, and you fell for it too:
Personally, I'm still not convinced lunamine is a scammer
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So, lunamine, since you are probably reading this, have some courage and say whatever happened. If you are victim of some "blackmail", then please do know that the best answer to blackmail is to make the information public : blackmail then loses all leverage. This would be much better than to let your reputation, and people's willingness to grant you the benefit of doubt, go to shambles.