The problem is that they cannot get a refund
And I'm building a monorail in your town. Wanna invest?
That's the problem with scams - the scammed don't see it and defend it against those who have seen it for what it is.
Wanna buy some Herbalife?
They haven't released anything. But what they have is good for an Alpha. good being a relative term, not that it's fun but compared to other alphas it's in "better" state. Because it was 8 years man. 8 fucking years. Most other alphas are 2 years old like SC was in 2015. So it compares BETTER to them. Nothing more.
So you specifically don't tell them that the game was in alpha for what? 6 years now? You basically beautify the ugly truth.
And their suspension of disbelief will be quite high since it's just the alpha.
Nice manipulation skills!