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Stories of success are meaningless if you don't know how many people failed... If you listen to lottery winners, investing in lottery tickets is the best way to earn money,... somehow noone makes documentaries about millions of people who buy tickets and get nothing.

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This isn't even a story of success though. What due diligence did the BBC do to ensure he actually made that money and that he was using the methods claimed?

There are lots of people in social media who pose in front of expensive cars and with designer bag in order to sell their crypto or forex trading training courses. Most of course don't make their money from trading, but from commissions paid by platforms for winding in suckers.

Just look at the amount of altcoins now,... investing $100 into one of them could make you a millionaire, so someone will get rich out of them. Most of the others will fail miserably, and people will lose money. Again, the documentary will be made about the one who made it.

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