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The Rise and Fall of Mike Adams, Founder of Natural News
19:24 - 25:10 (05:45)
Mike Adams, founder of Natural News, took advantage of the Y2K scare in the late 1990s and early 2000s to sell subscriptions for his Y2K Newswire site, which included one year basic food units and access to his emailing list for $569. He knew enough about computers to scare older individuals who had bought them for their company and saw an opportunity to scam them with his subscriptions and food units.
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A man with knowledge of computers used his expertise to scam people into buying overpriced subscriptions and dried food while preying on their digital ignorance.
19:24 - 21:36 (02:11)
Summary
A man with knowledge of computers used his expertise to scam people into buying overpriced subscriptions and dried food while preying on their digital ignorance.
ChapterThe Rise and Fall of Mike Adams, Founder of Natural News
EpisodePart One: Mike Adams: The Deadliest Fake News Icon You've Never Heard Of
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Mike Adams, the founder of Y2K Newswire, successfully used web marketing techniques to create a subscriber base of over 50,000 people and sold over $400,000 worth of information products while offering an open-ended 100% money-back guarantee before he replaced his website with a one-page Q&A.
21:36 - 25:10 (03:33)
Summary
Mike Adams, the founder of Y2K Newswire, successfully used web marketing techniques to create a subscriber base of over 50,000 people and sold over $400,000 worth of information products while offering an open-ended 100% money-back guarantee before he replaced his website with a one-page Q&A.