{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Here\u2019s an old con man trick we should renew awareness of obtain contact info for a list of large X number of wealthy people send...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/635460399484092416/", "html": "<p>Here\u2019s an old con man trick we should renew awareness of</p><ul><li>obtain contact info for a list of large X number of wealthy people</li><li>send half of them a binary investment tip (say, stock Y will increase/decrease in value) one way, half the other</li><li>wait a week to see how it plays out</li><li>discard the half you gave bad advice to, repeat 3x<br/></li><li>for the price of 2X communications you now have X/16 people who think you\u2019re a moneymaking prophet<br/></li></ul>"}