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thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

this reminds me of the advice for people who win the lottery

make an anonymous LLC company to accept your win, so you can stay incognito

pay a lawyer and an accountant so you can continue to stay incognito and only tell your trusted friends and family about your good fortune

so crazy assholes don’t come for you or them

I guess this now applies to making it big in crypto money

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Metz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That some messed up US thing i never understood. Here in germany you are anonymous by default when you win. at most it is published from what state the winner was.

That someone’s name and even address is published is so completely unimaginably absurd to me. makes no sense whatsoever.

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- Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  There’s actually extremely strong logic behind publishing the winner. It’s a whole hell of a lot harder to rig when your name is everywhere when you win.
  
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  - CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    It’s a whole hell of a lot harder to rig when your name is everywhere when you win.
    
    This also sounds like a uniquely US problem. Not that there aren’t scammers everywhere, but it feels like it would be more prevalent in the US.
    
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    Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    … That’s an absolute wild and hella nationalistic take. There’s nothing even slightly uniquely Americans about embezzlement and theft-- Europe has been doing that for thousands of years before America even existed
    
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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
NOPE. Do not tell your family and friends. Everyone should read this, just in case. Besides, it’s fascinating.

www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/…/chb38xf/

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- stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yeah that’s probably the single most useful comment in reddit history
  
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  - explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Isn’t it only useful to a handful of people?
    
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    ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    It’s one of those things you save just in case. Like a first aid kit or a self defence weapon.
    
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    nodiratime@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Maybe, but don’t overestimate how useful in general is.
    
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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Fiduciary and accountant. Though the accountant may be redundant there. Fiduciaries are a specific type of lawyer/ financial advisor that is required to look out for your best interests, not theirs.

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