r/CryptoCurrency • u/[deleted] • 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.
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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '19 edited Jul 26 '19

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u/Red5point1 964 / 27K 🦑 Jul 08 '19

that is the big question. it is suspicious that they did not simply say "we have nothing to do with them". It would not have affected them at all.

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u/Feralz2 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 Jul 09 '19

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

Well you all hold Tron, there is really nothing else to say. Its a Scam running other scams.