Tell me about common cons/scams: "Thanks, you suck. Hello, this is Linda."

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Guildencrantz: May 1, 2012; Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Wait, so what kind of illegal activity is this part of, apart from just being obviously shady? Is the gist of it is that you're moving some kind of contraband, like drugs or stolen/smuggled goods, or is there some deeper scam to it?

# ¿ Dec 18, 2017 09:19

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 03:01

Guildencrantz: May 1, 2012; Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Namarrgon posted:

In Europe. Netherlands to be specific.

Only 55% of consumers have a credit card. Of which 2/3 only uses it abroad. Of the remaining, the vast majority is used only for online purchases or hotel reservation deposits or those kind of things. Virtually nobody uses it for day to day stuff. The debit card rules supreme here.

This isn't a Europe thing, it's a Netherlands thing, and a couple of other countries. Most of the rest of us find it a bit unusual and inconvenient when we go there.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2018 11:57

Guildencrantz: May 1, 2012; Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

As much as this is an obvious scam (and there's a huge amount of these whatsapp witch doctors going around in Africa apparently), I love the idea of the alternate reality where this is a real person and that works and she posted on it online.

"Honey, what is this comment you posted? Who is Dr. Akpada?"
"Oh yeah, I meant to tell you, when we broke up I had a wizard cast a love spell on you, that's why we're back together now."
"That is hosed up, I'm breaking up with you!"
"No you're not"
"welp"

# ¿ Mar 21, 2019 18:24

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