Enron Is Not “Back”

There was a lot of chatter on Monday morning about defunct Enron rising from the ashes after an X account named “Enron” posted, “We’re back. Can we talk?”

We’re back. Can we talk? pic.twitter.com/9kt4g0Q84Z

— Enron (@Enron) December 2, 2024

On its website, “Enron.com,” the company, supposedly operating as “Enron Corporation,” published what could be described as one of the laziest press releases imaginable, with formatting that resembles something generated by ChatGPT… 

Buried in the “Terms of Use and Conditions of Sale” section of the website, Enron states: “THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IS FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PARODY, REPRESENTS PERFORMANCE ART, AND IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.”

Public records forensic analysis via the platform Sayari shows “Enron Corporation” has been “Inactive” for years. In other words, the website has nothing to do with defunct Enron.

“No @Enron is not back… Original IP is DEAD and some clever people registered it earlier this year… Caveat emptor,” one X user said. 

No @Enron is not back… Original IP is DEAD and some clever people registered it earlier this year… Caveat emptor pic.twitter.com/D7Qu9dvrBh

— Mike Periu (@mikeperiu) December 2, 2024

Exactly. 

The domain has expired and someone just grabbed it to launch the scam pic.twitter.com/KQwjZEK2Rt

— Ekim Kaya (@ekimnazimkaya) December 2, 2024

And trademarks?

Enron – saw a gaggle of trademarks filed on this one recently. Before you get excited, pretty obvious that someone bought/licensed the brand and is about to start selling lame t-shirts and crypto tokens https://t.co/tuSPCGDrxM pic.twitter.com/Smzy9P70FK

— Odd Diligence (@OddDiligence) December 2, 2024

Take a look at the alleged Enron team. Whoever built the website just used iStock models with a focus on diversity.

Not believable. 

Pictured: models https://t.co/kWH5g1MuGT pic.twitter.com/VgMfiaFFc1

— laurence (@functi0nZer0) December 2, 2024

More LoL from the website. 

Love this. 10/10 grift content. It’s got everything. Sand ballet. Old guy eyeballs stapled to an Apple Vision Pro. Farm man. Black guy boxing. Even AI couldn’t fart out something this generic. Top class, boys. https://t.co/GumEUev4Jb pic.twitter.com/lKJ253Jb3E

— Dan Toomey (@dhtoomey) December 2, 2024

Selling merchandise is the goal? 

Enron is selling $118 hoodies

Are we cooked? pic.twitter.com/7CwagVrm4e

— Jeremy (@jeremywaitforit) December 2, 2024

Possibly, but this might be tied to a crypto pump-and-dump scheme.

Not sure if this coin is related.

Funny this Enron coin started trading 30 hours ago https://t.co/X4O32cKSWN pic.twitter.com/4tnyeImalj

— TheLastBearStanding (@LastBearStandng) December 2, 2024

Caveat emptor.