This.
This is called ADE 651.
It is a fake bomb detector made by a UK based company called ATSC. The company sold this using the premise that this device could detect any explosive, drugs, ivory, and other substances from a long distance.
This device was sold at $60,000 a piece and the Iraqi government, thinking it was legitimate, spent around $78 million to acquire these devices to be used in Baghdad.
This device is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths due to car bombings in the city of Baghdad.
At this point, I don’t know whether to call this a scam or a potential crime against humanity.
The founder of the company had been convicted in April 2013 and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The story of the fake bomb detectors - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29459896
Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-biggest-scam-youve-ever-seen
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It's a partial copy with link to read the rest. In my view it's exactly what should be encouraged, it gives just enough to the reader to motivate following to the original to give traffic.
I want to see the news on SteemIt, without having to have original commentary. An over zealous approach here will mean we have to use other social networks for news aggregation.
Edit: Although this is an old story, I think the point largely stands.
Thanks for your reply, I appreciate your view.
So why did you flag @demotruk's post?
And what's all this about?
I do not flag @demotruk's post, may be its by mistake.
I will remove it if its done by mistake
thanks for showing
Yes it is copy paste article, what's great in that. I just want to aware/share to Steemit community. That's it!
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