Ernie Piper's guest appearances

Ernie Piper

DOOMED with Matt Binder

Posting Through It

Scam Economy

Nick Backovic

Ryan Broderick

Ed Zitron

Elon Musk

Jon Ronson

Charlie Warzel

Jacob Silverman

Brad Evans

Chris James

Hasan Piker

Michael Hobbes

Charlie Kirk

Vic Berger

Ryan Mac

Randi Zuckerberg

OwlTail

Logically.ai UK editor Ernie Piper and Senior OSINT Analyst Nick Backovic join Matt Binder on Scam Economy to discuss the tech-based anti-misinformation firm's report on the QAnon influencers scamming their followers with crypto pump-and-dump schemes. We discuss the QAnon conspiracy theory and how its conspiratorial right wing beliefs fit perfectly into the cryptocurrency scams, the Stellar network which makes minting of these tokens extremely easy, who are WhipLash347 and PatriotQakes (aka Emily Tang): the influencers involved in promoting these schemes to their followers, the real financial losses as well as the story of one individual who took their life after losing their money and business, and much more.  Also available as Scam Economy episode #21: Coinspiracy: How QAnon Influencers Conned Their Followers with CryptoRead the Logically.ai report: https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million  Check out ScamEconomy.com   Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

<a href="http://Logically.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Logically.ai</a> UK editor Ernie Piper and Senior OSINT Analyst Nick Backovic join Matt Binder on Scam Economy to discuss the tech-based anti-misinformation firm's report on the QAnon influencers scamming their followers with crypto pump-and-dump schemes. We discuss the QAnon conspiracy theory and how its conspiratorial right wing beliefs fit perfectly into the cryptocurrency scams, the Stellar network which makes minting of these tokens extremely easy, who are WhipLash347 and PatriotQakes (aka Emily Tang): the influencers involved in promoting these schemes to their followers, the real financial losses as well as the story of one individual who took their life after losing their money and business, and much more.   Also available as Scam Economy episode #21: Coinspiracy: How QAnon Influencers Conned Their Followers with Crypto Read the <a href="http://Logically.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Logically.ai</a> report: <a href="https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million</a>   Check out <a href="http://ScamEconomy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ScamEconomy.com</a>   Support the show: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder</a>

225: The QAnon Crypto Grift (w/ Ernie Piper & Nick Backovic of Logically.ai)

Logically.ai UK editor Ernie Piper and Senior OSINT Analyst Nick Backovic join Matt Binder on Scam Economy to discuss the tech-based anti-misinformation firm's report on the QAnon influencers scamming their followers with crypto pump-and-dump schemes. We discuss the QAnon conspiracy theory and how its conspiratorial right wing beliefs fit perfectly into the cryptocurrency scams, the Stellar network which makes minting of these tokens extremely easy, who are WhipLash347 and PatriotQakes (aka Emily Tang): the influencers involved in promoting these schemes to their followers, the real financial losses as well as the story of one individual who took their life after losing their money and business, and much more.  Read the Logically.ai report: https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million  Check out ScamEconomy.com   Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

<a href="http://Logically.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Logically.ai</a> UK editor Ernie Piper and Senior OSINT Analyst Nick Backovic join Matt Binder on Scam Economy to discuss the tech-based anti-misinformation firm's report on the QAnon influencers scamming their followers with crypto pump-and-dump schemes. We discuss the QAnon conspiracy theory and how its conspiratorial right wing beliefs fit perfectly into the cryptocurrency scams, the Stellar network which makes minting of these tokens extremely easy, who are WhipLash347 and PatriotQakes (aka Emily Tang): the influencers involved in promoting these schemes to their followers, the real financial losses as well as the story of one individual who took their life after losing their money and business, and much more. Read the <a href="http://Logically.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Logically.ai</a> report: <a href="https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million</a> Check out <a href="http://ScamEconomy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ScamEconomy.com</a> Support the show: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder</a>

21: Coinspiracy: How QAnon Influencers Conned Their Followers with Crypto (w/ Ernie Piper & Nick Backovic of Logically.ai)

Nick Backovic and Ernie Piper are writers at Logically who produce investigative journalism related to online disinformation and conspiracy theories. They join the podcast this week to discuss an investigation they published about a QAnon cryptocurrency scheme that scammed believers out of gobs of cash, including one who died by suicide after losing more than $100,000 in the racket. Jared and the Logically guys discuss the findings of that investigation and lessons the rest of us might glean from what transpired.Follow Nick on Twitter: @nickbackovicFollow Ernie on Twitter: @whoisernieRead their investigation: QAnon Crypto Trading Scheme Lost Investors Millions(https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million)Theme music via DJ Danarchy: https://hearthis.at/danarchy/ Read the newsletter: postingthroughit.comSupport the showSubscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit postthroughit.substack.com

<a href="https://www.logically.ai/articles/author/nick-backovic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Backovic</a> and <a href="https://www.logically.ai/articles/author/ernie-piper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ernie Piper</a> are writers at <a href="https://www.logically.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Logically</a> who produce investigative journalism related to online disinformation and conspiracy theories. They join the podcast this week to discuss an investigation they published about a QAnon cryptocurrency scheme that scammed believers out of gobs of cash, including one who died by suicide after losing more than $100,000 in the racket. Jared and the Logically guys discuss the findings of that investigation and lessons the rest of us might glean from what transpired. Follow Nick on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nickbackovic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@nickbackovic</a> Follow Ernie on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/whoisernie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@whoisernie</a> Read their investigation: <a href="https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">QAnon Crypto Trading Scheme Lost Investors Millions</a> (<a href="https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.logically.ai/articles/qanon-crypto-lose-followers-2-million</a>) Theme music via DJ Danarchy: <a href="https://hearthis.at/danarchy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hearthis.at/danarchy/</a> Read the newsletter: <a href="https://postingthroughit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">postingthroughit.com</a><a href="https://www.postingthroughit.com/#/portal/signup/free" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a><a href="https://www.postingthroughit.com/#/portal/signup/free" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the Posting Through It newsletter</a> This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://postthroughit.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">postthroughit.substack.com</a>

A QAnon crypto scheme wrecked investors &#8212; Nick Backovic & Ernie Piper (6/27/22)