> For a really basic example, that opportunity to double your BTC that Elon Musk is always offering his followers is literally the gp doubling scam, the most common Runescape scam from 2 decades ago.
Isn't this kind of thing illegal with real assets?
Re:“Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs
by jallen_dot_dev on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @11:41PM
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I'm fairly sure all scams are illegal regardless of the asset because a scam is by definition fraud which is illegal.
[laughs in agility]
Anyway I agree with Runescape teaching some real world skills. Runescape (and some other multiplayer games) also taught me about scams and I think trained me to be skeptical whenever something seems too good to be true. For a really basic example, that opportunity to double your BTC that Elon Musk is always offering his followers is literally the gp doubling scam, the most common Runescape scam from 2 decades ago.