When I signed up for a Telegram Messenger account a while back, my intention was to facilitate online communication with like-minded folks whom I either knew or had similar interests. Attracting repeated inquiries from cryptocurrency evangelists was certainly not my goal.
As an enrollee of multi-level marketing schemes in the past, it became readily apparent to me that when I started to notice the same introductions (e.g., "Hi there; Hello; Hello, dear.") from women I was not previous friends with on Telegram that these were people who were following a script that they had been taught in an Internet marketing course. Further questioning and dialog revealed that they wanted to entice folks like myself into their cryptocurrency investment programs.
Originality is not their strong suit. Neither do they consider that I have been 'around the block' a few times and had the training and wherewithal to notice their canned marketing banter and strategy. Instead, they try to convince me to adopt their way of thinking with questions such as this:
"Why don't you want to invest in cryptocurrencies? Did you have a bad experience?"
My response is that it's a personal choice on my part — no different from choosing whether to drive a Tesla or a SUV. Right now I have plenty of other priorities that require my immediate attention. While I admit that there are many savvy speculators who have become mega-millionaires through their crypto investments, I do not wish to expose myself to the financial risk that is inherent in this speculative currency.
2023 Starts Off With A Bang: Winklevoss Slams Barry Silbert's Genesis, Accuses Of Commingling Funds
The FTX "Crypto-Central Bank" Operation: When insatiable greed overcomes fear, disaster is certain
If anyone expected that the bursting of the crypto bubble and the resulting unprecedented tidal wave of failure and fraud would somehow be confined to 2022 we have some bad news. As if the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire wasn't bad enough, its fallout just got much messier after digital-asset entrepreneur and Facebook billionaire, Cameron Winklevoss, accused fellow crypto businessman Barry Silbert of “bad faith stall tactics” and the commingling of funds within his conglomerate that Winklevoss says have left $900 million in customer assets needlessly in limbo since FTX’s meltdown.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/2023-starts-crypto-bang-winklevoss-slams-barry-silberts-genesis-accuses-commingling-funds