Scam Crypto ICO Site -- it's a trap

[Graybeard]

Anyone can set up a ICO scam is the point here.

In an effort to get ahead of the next round of scams, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) created and published its own version of an initial coin offering (ICO) scam website. It’s a rather innovative way at approaching investor education in the brave new world of cryptocurrency. ...

... The webpage www.howeycoins.com is an in-house SEC project they were able to construct in relatively little time. Howey is derived from the landmark 1946 U.S. Supreme Court decision, SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. Its decision guides the definition the regulator uses to this day in determining what constitutes a security: “a person invests his money in a common enterprise and is led to expect profits solely from the efforts of the promoter or a third party.”

US Government Launches Scam Crypto Site - Bitcoin News

 

[PrideOfElites]

That escalated quickly!