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EVE Online Ponzi Scheme Nets $50k Worth of In-Game Currency

Posted by Soulskill on from the almost-enough-for-a-monocle dept.

Calidreth writes "EVE Online is famous for its stories of theft, underhanded dealings, criminal empires and general unscrupulous play. For EVE players, this is generally an accepted part of the game and part of the risk players run. The type of scheme might be old, but the profits were big in the latest EVE Online scam, which has broken records and is now being called the biggest scam in the game's history."

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  1. Re:Every "investment" in EVE is a scam. by Rigrig · · Score: 4, Interesting
    FTFA:

    Along the way, 345.18 billion ISK was paid out to investors as interest to make sure the scheme kept going. Another 452.72 billion was withdrawn by worried investors before the company shut down; that left 1,034 billion ISK in the hands of the company's owners.

    I always wonder how many of these worried investors recognized the scheme for what it was right away, and decided to try and make some profit out of it themselves.

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  2. Re:It's fun when it's fiction by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In a game where you can pretend to be a vicious murdering pirate, is it okay to pretend to be a white collar criminal?