chapotraphouse

1. Liquidating crypto they bought or mined when it was cheap to do so, and winning the gamble it would go up
2. Taking debt and investing with the hopes of beating interest rates
3. They don't have that much and they're doing leverage plays and getting burned
4. They're lying and doctoring screenshots
5. They're working in lucrative jobs in finance or similar and blowing their savings

the same way every other rich person gets their money to start with: from their parents

A very small number, like 1 in 10000, make like a 10000% return on something that normally would have lost them every penny and post something like this when they try it again and lose. It's pretty sad. Many with bad gambling problems.

or

(Lower middle class Job + no social life) x years = a modest amount of money