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Tying together car park scams, student homes, p2p lending, introduction fees, 9% returns ...
verybigchris
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Sharing this story on the collapse of Bury FC because I think it'll be of interest to many of our regular posters: Guardian article
I was fascinated to see how so many of the scams and dodgy investments we've seen warned about/shilled for on these boards are inherently linked, with the same people having involvement in all of them. If you made a bingo card and covered it with all the scams we see on here, you'd only be halfway through the article before calling "house"!
I was fascinated to see how so many of the scams and dodgy investments we've seen warned about/shilled for on these boards are inherently linked, with the same people having involvement in all of them. If you made a bingo card and covered it with all the scams we see on here, you'd only be halfway through the article before calling "house"!
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