# @restofworld on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CR8--qnDgFg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/78901720-restofworld-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/02769f46c0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-07-30T13:23:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rest of World (@restofworld) — https://gondola.cc/restofworld

## Caption

Founder Mehmet Aydın convinced freelance software programmer, Cudi Cumhur Yurdakul, to work on developing Farm Bank in 2017. ⁠⁠
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Farm Bank started as a Farmville clone, then added real-world farms and shops and began taking money from users. Paul_Osterlund breaks down the story of perhaps the biggest app-based scam of all time.⁠⁠
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Click the link in our bio to read the full story. Photography by nicoletung for restofworld.⁠⁠
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⁠#mehmetaydin #ciftlik #ciftlikbank #farmbank #uruguay #turkey #smartphone #pyramindscheme #ponzischeme

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## Tags

uruguay, smartphone, ciftlikbank, turkey, mehmetaydin, farmbank, ponzischeme, ciftlik, pyramindscheme

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