allispaul wrote: > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Sgeo <sgeos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> None of the rest of this email should be construed as agreeing to any >> agreements, the rest of this email notwithstanding. >> >> Unlike the scam in part 1, I [at least I think it was I] discovered >> this scam when it was still viable. I didn't understand relative >> currency worths, so I talked about it with ais523. As far as I know, e >> never acted on it. >> >> I agree to the following public pledge: >> >> >> { >> This is a public pledge called Fair Trade. Only Sgeo and $VICTIM may >> agree to this pledge. Upon joining, $VICTIM CAN and SHALL give X units >> of currency X to Sgeo. 1 week after this is done, $VICTIM CAN and MAY, >> by announcement, act on behalf of Sgeo to cause Sgeo to give $VICTIM Y >> units of currency Y. >> } >> >> *$VICTIM gives Sgeo currency X.* >> >> As Fair Trade is obsolete, I terminate it. > > I'm afraid I don't entirely understand.
$VICTIM thinks: "Okay, I give X to Sgeo now, and I get Y from Sgeo a week later." *gives X to Sgeo* Sgeo announces: "Ha ha, the contract no longer imposes any obligations, so I terminate it as obsolete and you get nothing."