Readers are getting comments and messages from someone pretending to be me, asking to discuss investment opportunities and providing contact information.
I don't like the blanket statement that if you did come across a way to fabulous and instantaneous wealth, you'd never share it with us paid subscribers. I mean you never know.
I was so excited to get a personal message from you but it was so weird. And then you sent it again. I was so flattered I immediately refinanced my home and sent you a check. Now I'm too broke to put a stop payment on it. Can I borrow$10 bucks? 😜
The spelling mistakes are deliberate. The scammers want to rope in people with early stage dementia etc, and throwing in a few tells helps them target people unlikely to become trouble for their operation.
These things must be happening because Donald Trump is president. There is literally no other explanation. And once we find out who was president between the 2 Trump terms, we can find out how they kept these scams away.
Please listen to Chris. I’m normally a passably intelligent woman, skeptical of digital communications and cautious of computer interactions. Someone posing as Maria Bartiromo sent me a DM on X. The written voice sounded just like her tv persona, and I fell for it hook, line, and sinker. After several convos about current events, Hacker Maria asked if I would be interested in a “platform.” Sure, says the devilish angel on my shoulder, an adventure in Bitcoin can’t hurt. Everything looked legit, even the fake website of Quantum Holdings. Still cry occasionally over the loss of 13,000 very hard- earned dollars. No matter how certain you are that you’ll never lose your head, these evil hackers know exactly which buttons to push. And there is no place to turn for investigation or recovery.
You’re the second of my Substack subscriptions in which I’ve seen these spammy/scammy comments. Similar MO — a response to one of my comments, from an account with a name similar to the Substack owner’s but with obvious misspellings. I read once that spammers deliberately include spelling mistakes etc. as a way to screen for suckers; anyone clueless enough to miss the mistakes is also likely to be clueless enough to be sucked in further.
But I already gave them $7,000,000. Can you get it back for me?
BTW I never knew you were related to Nigrian royalty.
I mean, I'm sure they'll return it once the investment pays off.
I don't like the blanket statement that if you did come across a way to fabulous and instantaneous wealth, you'd never share it with us paid subscribers. I mean you never know.
Insert neme of the Nigerian prince sitting in a pile of money, bemoaning that its impossible to give it away. 😅
Chris I know you feel badly about it but don’t worry. It looked very suspicious and obviously spam. Your readers are too smart to fall for that.
Well played Kurt!
there was zero sarcasm in his messaging, so I knew it was an imposter.
plus he put my whole portfolio in some shitcoin!
I was so excited to get a personal message from you but it was so weird. And then you sent it again. I was so flattered I immediately refinanced my home and sent you a check. Now I'm too broke to put a stop payment on it. Can I borrow$10 bucks? 😜
I was excited too🥰🤣
Saw those this morning.
5 or 6 spelling mistakes, as well as bad grammar and shitty sentence structure.
Kinda obvious.
I never do typoes and bad speling, also shity sentecses
classic
The typo knig!
At least it had capitalization...unlike el gato malo...
The spelling mistakes are deliberate. The scammers want to rope in people with early stage dementia etc, and throwing in a few tells helps them target people unlikely to become trouble for their operation.
These things must be happening because Donald Trump is president. There is literally no other explanation. And once we find out who was president between the 2 Trump terms, we can find out how they kept these scams away.
Nailed it
My thoughts exactly! Bad orange man strikes again!
Best laugh this morning, thanks!
I never assume you could give me good investment advice. 😁
CORRECT
Hey everyone!
I’ve got this high speed rail project you can invest in!
We’ve been looking for private investors for decades but you can help lead california into the future
Just call me, Gavin newsom, at
(916) 445-2841
In Sacramento and we can chat!
2028 Y’all!!!
Note- obviously not from Gavin but the phone number is actually real
If they'd name a rail section after my family...
There's a sectioned group-painted concrete park bench near my place that moves faster
And it's probably smarter, and less crooked, than Newscum.
It waves like a sine down the parkway and you're still not wrong!
😂🤣
Please listen to Chris. I’m normally a passably intelligent woman, skeptical of digital communications and cautious of computer interactions. Someone posing as Maria Bartiromo sent me a DM on X. The written voice sounded just like her tv persona, and I fell for it hook, line, and sinker. After several convos about current events, Hacker Maria asked if I would be interested in a “platform.” Sure, says the devilish angel on my shoulder, an adventure in Bitcoin can’t hurt. Everything looked legit, even the fake website of Quantum Holdings. Still cry occasionally over the loss of 13,000 very hard- earned dollars. No matter how certain you are that you’ll never lose your head, these evil hackers know exactly which buttons to push. And there is no place to turn for investigation or recovery.
I'm sorry you went through that. My grown daughter got scammed when she tried to connect cable for her house. It can happen. 🫤
That's terrible.
You’re the second of my Substack subscriptions in which I’ve seen these spammy/scammy comments. Similar MO — a response to one of my comments, from an account with a name similar to the Substack owner’s but with obvious misspellings. I read once that spammers deliberately include spelling mistakes etc. as a way to screen for suckers; anyone clueless enough to miss the mistakes is also likely to be clueless enough to be sucked in further.
So that ChrisCoin was a fake? DRAT!
This guy Bray always seemed a bit skeevy to me ;)
So, are you saying you don't live in Lagos?
Hello, I am very crown prince
I’m kinda glad it happened. This string has been hilarious.
I gave 13,000,000 of something or other and now I am queen
Poloass <formerly of Ca.> of Nigeira.
Living in California is a bad enough investment.
Assholery
Massive
it's substack-wide. russian hackers. where is christopher steele when we need him
Its definitely either Bad Orange Man or Russia, Russia, Russia!
I was going to say something funny, but all the good lines have been taken! (I think most of us figured it out pretty quickly)
How can I be certain the person telling me about the "pretend" Chris Bray is the real Chris Bray? Can I see two forms of ID?
Only one of has fully compliant Real ID, so let's credit Kristi Noem with the win.
Where can I get $BRAY coin?!?