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Birb Katter posted:The meat scam is the one I can't wrap my head around the most. I get cheap "hot" speakers or whatever but meat just seems like one of those things you'd want a trusted source of. poo poo speakers may not sound that great, poo poo meat can gently caress you up. Not everyone needs a speaker, but everyone needs meat. Similarly, in a city you'll see people walk up to you in public with a box of assorted small objects (eg: perfume, headphones, toys) and offer them to you for a cheap price. I struck up a chat with somebody who used to do it and asked what the deal is. They hook up with a wholesale liquidator, get stuff that nobody wants for dirt cheap, and then run around trying to talk people into buying it. It's not always an outright con, because they're usually selling what they say they are, they're just trying to talk you into buying mediocre/unpopular/useless products before you think about whether or not they're the best option. Super-limited-time sales offers are almost always evil. Don't go for them.
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EL BROMANCE posted:So I’m guessing the long game for them is they essentially get impressionable people to fork up straight cash, then use them as lead generation as it’s likely the people closest to them will at least consider the products in order to help their career. Once the leads dry up, you’re no longer of use to them and it’s over? Once the leads dry up, Primerica sends you out to recruit more gullible suckers so you can get a cut of their commission (it's a MLM.)
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Corsair Pool Boy posted:I'm getting one or two of these every week. If anyone finds out what it is, ease let us know. Mine always come from a D.C. area code (202). It's the Chinese embassy calling. There's a problem with your immigration status and you need to send them a wire transfer to fix it. Basically the standard "trouble with the IRS" scam but tailored to areas with a high Chinese immigrant community.
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A lot of the stores near me now have signage about the scams, train cashiers to warn people about scams when they buy more than $X amount of gift cards, and don't sell gift cards between 12:00 and 6:00. According to a friend who works retail, lots of people ignore all of these to buy iTunes gift cards for the IRS.
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