The first "Metaverse" scam was exposed, claiming to have increased 18 times in 40 days, and many people have been fooled

The concept of "Metaverse" has inexplicably become popular this year. Facebook's parent company changed its name to Meta, the first "Metaverse" stock Roblox was listed, and news of capital investment in "Metaverse" companies is also common.

After the Metaverse concept became popular, some criminals started to think about it. Recently, Shangguan News exposed a "Metaverse" scam in Shanghai. The scammers used the Metaverse concept and virtual currency, claiming that investing in Metaverse virtual currency could increase 18 times in 40 days. This is also the first Metaverse scam to be exposed.

According to Roblox, a metaverse should have eight elements, namely identity, friends, immersion, low latency, diversity, anywhere, economic system and civilization.

Among these eight elements, the most important is the economic system, that is, the metaverse world has its own complete economic system independent of the real world, which is based on a virtual currency.

Scammers have taken advantage of this and are using the Metaverse as a cover and virtual currency as a basis to trick ordinary people into investing in Metaverse virtual currency.

According to Shangguan News, "staff" said they are promoting a virtual currency called "ME", which will be used as currency in the future metaverse. The promotion has entered the second stage.

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When the reporter asked how to make money, the "staff" explained: Investors can participate in the second stage of the game, that is, the virtual currency obtained from the investment will be frozen for 40 days, and a certain number of "ME" coins can be received every day, and these coins can be used to draw 12 constellation cards. Different cards can multiply the invested coins by different multiples, with a minimum of two times. The currency obtained can be frozen again to realize compound interest.

The staff member also introduced that as the promotion enters the "third stage", the metaverse will go through six eras, including agriculture, industry, and the Internet, and each era will have different ways of making money.

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Taking the agricultural era as an example, the system will sell 200 islands, just like QQ Farm, to investors for operation. To purchase these islands and other materials, "ME" coins are required, and corresponding "ME" coins will be obtained by operating the islands.

The staff member also said that the number of "ME" coins is limited, with only 21 million issued worldwide, so it is very scarce and will definitely increase in the future. The "staff member" also calculated on the whiteboard and emphasized to the reporter that if you invest now, you can make 18 times the money in 40 days.

In addition, the reporter was asked to use a small program, the interface of which was filled with a lot of "high-sounding" words. If you don't know much about the metaverse, it's easy to be fooled. When the Shangguan News reporter secretly visited, he found that many people had been fooled.

Whether the "metaverse" is a scam or not, we should look at it rationally.

Simply from its concept, the goal of the metaverse is to create a real virtual world in the future based on VR/AR technology, cloud computing, chips, 5G, artificial intelligence and other technologies.

There is nothing wrong with the goal itself, just like we look forward to the widespread application of autonomous driving technology in the near future. However, the hype of the concept of "metaverse" is really disgusting, and it also makes many people feel bad about the metaverse.