Pfft #reddit mods are annoying. :)
I ran into a scam the other day, and since it seemed to have MLM elements I wrote up a description for r/antiMLM, but it got removed because it wasn't MLM enough and belonged they said on r/scams.
So then I described it on r/scams, and then that one got deleted because I mentioned that I'd played along with it for awhile to see what was up, and they say that that's "scambaiting" which is "dangerous".
Geez an' lol.
A pretty standard "task scam", where you just click on buttons for tiny amounts of money, but then sometimes you get "lucky" and there's a button that will get you more money, but first you have to pay in some yourself.
The story is that at the end of the set (the "full optimization" in the stupid jargon), you'll get back all of the money that you put in, and a whole lot more.
But of course you never actually get to the end of the set, or if you do there's some reason that you have to put in still more money before the entire vast riches can be sent to you, or there's some problem with the account so they can't send it, or they just vanish or whatever.
They will sometimes bait the hook with a little real money (in the form of crypto usually I gather). I actually made about $85 in USDT TRC-20 before I ghosted them lols. Mentioning that was what got my post booted from r/scams.
Current attempt to get something acceptable for reddit is at https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/18ty7q7/task_scam_with_whatsapp_invites_and/ but they'll probably delete it for mentioning the URL of the scam site or something...
Also now I posted yet even more detalis in my weblog :).
Posted a diverting little experience with some scammers.
marketdeskebay dot com: a task scam https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2023/12/29/marketdeskebay-dot-com-a-task-scam/
@ceoln Thank you! I had not heard of this kind of task scams before. Maybe they haven't found their way to Germany yet. Congrats for getting a little money off of them!
@ceoln so? What was it? Now I'm intrigued....