How a Bitcoin Scammer Selling Burning Man Tickets Got Himself Burned

How a Bitcoin Scammer Selling Burning Man Tickets Got Himself Burned

If you've visited the bitcoin community subreddit over at Reddit.com today, you may have spotted a gem of a thread at the very top of the page. If you haven't, here's a direct link, but I will also make the images available here because they are just too good to not share. The story goes like this: a Redditor was simply looking to buy a ticket to Burning Man, and when he encountered another user who claimed to have one to sell, it sparked a very interesting correspondence. User Jaxon_Frome said he had the goods to deliver, but the buyer instantly found out something wasn't right when his....


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