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by AJ007 5165 days ago
When you start collecting money from people a prank becomes a scam.
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They didn't collect any money, simply took pledges. And, looking at it that way, it's easy to see how it could be looked at as just a prank.
the difference is it got taken down before the prank became a scam. If it was never caught, and cashed out I don't think anyone would be calling a prank. Every system involving money always has people testing the boundries. This isn't the first and probably won't be the last.