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		mock-possum on Sept 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus–and... I always have to remind myself that scams like these are poorly presented on purpose, to encourage only the most credulous marks to participate.

hi-v-rocknroll on Sept 12, 2024 [–]

Probably because the boiler room indentured servant/foreign imported slave the scammer criminal gangs maintain would have difficulty extracting money from a mark with any level of sophistication or agency.

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