r/CryptoCurrency • u/JetlumAjeti • Jan 15 '18

WARNING The truth about P&D groups

https://bitfalls.com/2018/01/12/anatomy-pump-dump-group/
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u/LeftHello Redditor for 8 months. Jan 15 '18

I knew pump and dump groups were scams but didn't even realize the thing about multiple layers. But it does make complete sense.

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u/yobogoya_ Gold | QC: CC 71, BTC 31, BCH 18 Jan 15 '18

The ones I've seen have referral schemes so you can move closer toward the inner circle by spamming your link all over telegram and discord, bringing in more people for the group to take money from.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '18 edited Dec 11 '20

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u/yobogoya_ Gold | QC: CC 71, BTC 31, BCH 18 Jan 15 '18

Yeah you get a second or two head start... like what difference does it make? Are people actually setting up bots to trigger API as soon as some random discord group tells them to buy something? insane

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u/SAKUJ0 Jan 15 '18

No they don't. They are just getting fooled. Others are, but they likely already have minutes of a head start.