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This kind of articles and journalism makes me a bit uneasy. This article only exists because the Journalist was affected. If anyone would contact the this pape
by sergioisidoro 8y ago
This kind of articles and journalism makes me a bit uneasy.
This article only exists because the Journalist was affected. If anyone would contact the this paper saying company X has fraudsters leveraging their service (which is not uncommon), this article would never have been written.
That aside, I've been on the other side, resolving cases like this. Sometimes cases are complex, take months to figure out while involving multiple stakeholders (police, banks, payment processors, etc), and you have no idea who to trust on the other side of a phone line (it can be a victim, it can be the fraudster).
- Doctor_Fegg 8y agoThis kind of reflex journalism hate makes me uneasy. > If anyone would contact the this paper saying company X has fraudsters leveraging their service (which is not uncommon), this article would never have been written. You don't know that. The New Statesman is an excellent magazine and has run plenty of investigations in its time.
- sergioisidoro 8y agoIt's not journalist hate, and I'm not attacking The New Statesman, I'm criticising this article. If the article would be about the growing problem of online fraud (which is growing quite steadily), and not only about Delivaroo, I would be happy. Yes, I do know that, because as I said I've been on the other side and the number of articles covering individual companies being targeted by fraudsters is low compared with the number of cases. Regardless of the motives that sparked the article, it still brings attention to the topic, which is positive.