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what differentiates something from being beautiful or a fad

Omg the sent a message that they want to mail the check. Honestly I’m gonna put in less effort but I wanna see what they come up with

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hot wind blows is now stuck in my head flute beats never miss

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hmm, call me if you get lost, another banger by Tyler Baudelaire

RT @afterlxss
God I think I just witnessed probably one of the most unique Instagram scammers in quite a while

Overall, this grift was fun, unique, and I think the people are not done yet (multiple since I had to send screenshots of checks to various email accounts). I might update this thread intermittently if it does continue

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Problem 5. Why would the scammer trust me with depositing a $2000 check, hoping that I would send $1700 to them. Who's to say I just dip off with the $2000 and block them? What kind of planning is that??

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Problem 4. Why did they spend 2 days trying to engineer me? Most scammers pull it off in an hour or two, but this person spend time trying to engineer me, fully aware I was a teen since I know the account they found me from, what's up with that?

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Problem 3. They called last night, which is impressive for a scammer and I can honestly respect the social engineering they did, building up the image of a "sugar mom." So what happened today as soon as they tried executing the grift? So strange

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Problem 2. I repeatedly asked during this for the person to accept my FR, they kept saying no, which is weird if this account was hacked and if they did accept that would have built repetoire, so why the no?

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Problem 1. Based off the people this account followed, it was mainly college student accounts, aka horny teens. Why would you be hella religious and conservative but try do grift horny teens?

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At the end of the tirade, I decide to fuck around and ask for.... other... sources of verification

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And that's been it so far, they said they would get back, but I don't know if that will happen. This has been the strangest grit for a couple of reasons:

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This just in, gift cards are now common payment to pay technicians. How this went from me getting $2000 to me giving $200 i do not know

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I ask to video chat to see if I can actually escalate things, and lo and behold technicians don't exist in Albany, NY, whoever this person is made this experience so much worse

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(Note: I never got a clear answer, like, at all, they never called again despite me asking to hear and call them again, might explain why this happened). After I keep refusing to deposit the check and give them 1700, i get this banger of a lie

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The lies, well, they just kept getting better. This has to be the personal favorite. Given this, then who th did I talk to the night before???

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Had to go eat dinner, but lets pick this off. Now, I'm not turning in fake checks that are this poorly made, I tried to find the template but could not. 4/10 for font selection. Now, the desperation ensues. I tried being honest to see what lies they could come up with

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I get the checks from her eventually, and they are in the most comical manner I have ever seen

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