#Scams

There's a lot of discussion now of human subjects in Computer Science / security research, the role of the IRB, and ethicsI thought I'd give my 2/thread 1/34 My background:
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Financial scam history for those interested in both scams and accrued interest:In the early 80s Drysdale Securities went bust and caused a loss for Chase, their agent, of tens to
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The situation with Copper Stallion Media is rapidly spreading, along with some misinformation (understandably—it's a weird and confusing story), so I thought I'd take you all on another miniature Twitter
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Y’all help me report this catfish account @jennyy_xxo He befriends ladies on here and later scams other people with their pictures. A thread @Cheytmy
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Thread on how 2008 recession was a big opportunity for India but Congress fuked up. So the year is 2009, moving into 2010. The entire world is still reeling under
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THREAD: Facebook’s election announcement today may appear at first blush to help the left—which will benefit from higher turnout and a full count of mail-in ballots. But the story is
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There's a trend nowadays here on Twitter for people to fake celebrity account just to get a large number of followers.Example,@mamakho_ was pretending to be @ceecee_ndaba but was quickly outed
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1/ A short thread on mistakes I’ve made along the way that (hopefully) other’s can learn from before they fall into the same traps:Please don’t laugh at me P.S. —
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A man established a zoo and made the entrance fee N50,000 but no one went there. He reduced it to N40,000, still no one came. He then reduced the fee
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can we please learn from other fandoms' mistakes and limit/eliminate fans' involvement with dubious accs?i know everyone is trying to do what they can but it's essential for fanbases (esp
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1/8 @Covid19 is horrible & horribly #contagious. But not as contagious as #Love. The #virus can be on some objects for 72 hours, love lingers in some objects for years
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@polinlove @happymoj dear both, we need your help. There is a scammer who have been specifically scamming money on twitter from foreigners and he told us before that korean laws
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it took me 13 years to believe that my ustad is big ass joke when he claimed this photo as djinn gua hiro when I was 14yo. its actually patung
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Indian youth (who care for jobs) are celebrating PM's Birthday as #NationalUnemploymentDay This is not something usual we've seen in past 6 years. Barring out the campaigns of inflation and
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Wondering what #defi is, who lends and who borrows i the crypto world, this tread is for you with a concrete example of a @TransferWise crypto equivalent. #defi means decentralized
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I have to make a thread about the various scam jobs that are going on with @indeed @GlassdoorFirst let's talk about the LLC's. There are a plethora of these companies
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