Dick Smith Selling Fools Gold

Likely most have seen around the internet the ads pushing bitcoin apparently endorsed by Dick Smith.

Here’s a post by Dick Smith from another forum...

“...Advertisements using my name and image have been circulated on websites and social media claiming that I support investment in bitcoin. This is a complete scam. I do not endorse or promote any bitcoin schemes and have never invested in bitcoin.

My name is being used by these scammers without my consent and I am taking every possible action to have the ads removed. I do not support any website publishing these ads as they are assisting criminals to take money from innocent victims.

The ads have been reported to the ACCC's Scamwatch, Facebook, media outlets, the Federal and State Police and the Australian Cybersecurity Centre. The matter is under investigation by the police...”

If ‘they’ need to do this sort of nonsense to promote bitcoin yer gotta wonder just how viable it is? Perhaps fools gold is a good term for bitcoin...

apparently they also use Barak Obama, Bill Gates and others tailored to regions / demographics where they will have the most influence