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The article doesn't explain how the backlinks part of the scam works.

• ceejayoz 3y ago
  The linked original article does. https://www.404media.co/a-law-firm-of-ai-generated-lawyers-is-sending-fake-threats-as-an-seo-scam/ https://www.404media.co/a-law-firm-of-ai-generated-lawyers-i... > In this case, though, the email didn’t demand that the photo be taken down or specifically threaten a lawsuit. Instead, it demanded that Smith place a “visible and clickable link” beneath the photo in question to a website called “tech4gods” or the law firm would “take action.”
• leephillips 3y ago
  Yes, it does: “the purported firm needed him to ‘add a credit to our client immediately’ through a link to Tech4Gods”.
  • lupire 3y ago
    Oh! I that was Spamglish for "make a payment (credit) by following a link to their website"
• vineyardmike 3y ago
  “Back links” are a critical part of SEO: if a lot of websites link to your website, then your website will rank higher. By mandating with “legal threat” that they link to a particular website, that website will rank higher.