I Beat an Online Course Scammer

&quot;i’m a marketer with an online course. it sells for $2,000 which means “no stupid people allowed.”&quot;<p>Doesn&#x27;t it mean exactly the opposite?

gotta appreciate the capacity of the author to write the post in such a way as to make me hate him more than the thief

Such a smarmy, annoying author. First time I’ve ever wished PayPal had sided with the scammer.

Is doxxing a scammer suitable for HN?

&#x27;Any man who must say, &quot;I am the King&quot;, three or four times in a single blog post, is no true king.&#x27;

The article was definitely informative, but quickly became vengeful at the end. Why go to such lengths just because somebody stole your content?<p>Edit: I realize that he was trying to make an example out of this person. It makes sense to do this to ward off potential thieves.

So as much as the guy seems like a tool, he definitely got scammed, he didn&#x27;t give up at the first sign of defeat, and he shared his success while attempting to show other people scammed how they could win too. Sure he sounds like &quot;That Guy&quot; from the 80s Futurama episode, but there are some teachable moments here and the net balance is positive for humanity as a whole. We shouldn&#x27;t condemn a gift because we don&#x27;t like the packaging.

For what it&#x27;s worth, I really enjoyed your article. Could be made into a decent short story. Without the bit about forgiveness though :-)<p>I am sorry your post got flagged.

Maybe this is mentioned in the article, but my first thought was that the license is photoshopped.