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It's absolutely bizarre that TikTok is not only mentioned in the headline but mentioned first. According to the actual Amazon complaint, REKK operates via Teleg
by aragonite 3y ago
It's absolutely bizarre that TikTok is not only mentioned in the headline but mentioned first. According to the actual Amazon complaint, REKK operates via Telegram, Reddit, Nulled, Discord and recruits via Reddit and LinkedIn. Nowhere is TikTok even mentioned in the 44-page complaint!
Amazon complaint (https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24204198/govuscourtswawd32931010.pdf https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24204198/govuscourtsw...)
> REKK targets Amazon's online stores in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Among other places, the REKK Operator Defendants use the Telegram accounts "@refundingelub," "@rekks," "@rekksupport," and "@rekkvouches' to advertise their services and interact with people seeking to obtain fraudulent refunds from Amazon. The REKK Operator Defendants also advertise their services and interact with people seeking fraudulent refunds on Nulled (under username "rekk"), Reddit (under username "rekksalt" and subreddit "/REKKRefundService"), and Discord (under usemame "rekk#5319").
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> REKK identifies and recruits Amazon employees to join ts scheme. REKK recruits these insiders on Reddit, LinkedIn, or directly on its Telegram channel...
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> Amazon respectfully prays for the following relief: That the Court issue an order permanently enjoining all Defendants [from] Using or interacting with any Telegram, Nulled, Reddit, Discord, or other 18 private channel media platforms, accounts, servers, or channels affiliated 19 with the fraudulent refund scheme;
NYT coverage (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/business/amazon-refund-fraud-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/business/amazon-refund-fr...):
> The 44-page complaint said that REKK marketed itself through social media channels like Reddit and the encrypted messaging app Telegram as a paid service that allowed users to buy products from online retailers and pretend to return them, keeping both the product and the refund.
- hulitu 3y ago> It's absolutely bizarre that TikTok is not only mentioned in the headline but mentioned first. No, this is normal journalism. Title is everything, the content does not matter. The main purpose of journalism is spreading propaganda, under the pretext of informing you.