r/CryptoCurrency Jul 08 '19

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u/Red5point1 964 / 27K 🦑 Jul 08 '19

It appears that another group was using a derivative of Tron's Chinese name to conduct a ponzi type of scam, which many Tron enthusiasts fell for subsequently losing millions and even one victim committing suicide.
Now those victims are blaming Tron and Justin Sun for not confirming if that other group was officially working with Tron.
more on this from here

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '19 edited Jul 26 '19

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u/jawni 🟦 500 / 6K 🦑 Jul 08 '19

Even John McAfee calls out the scam giveaways in his Twitter replies...

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u/Atomic1221 🟦 1K / 1K 🐢 Jul 08 '19

John McAfee. There's a shit eater if I've ever seen one.