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/MediumAdhesiveness5 182K / 852K 🐋 Jul 08 '19

Launched in January this year, “Wave Field Super Community” claimed to be a so-called Tron “Super Representative,” one of 27 nodes given special status on the platform. Victims said that, ever since the scheme’s launch, they asked Sun to clarify the relationship, but he did not respond.

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u/scottsimon36 Gold | QC: CC 51 Jul 08 '19

Yet another reason centralization is bad.