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There are tons of these out there. In late 2024 there was the whole "Infinite money glitch" tiktok trend that was just check fraud. https://www.bbc.com/news/a

• hyperpape 9mo ago
  Good example, though my impression was that was a quasi-viral TikTok trend that caught up random fools, not organized fraud?
  • mananaysiempre 9mo ago
    Is that contradictory? Seems like organized fraud would need a supply of random fools, and a viral trend, if you can manage one, isn’t a bad way to get that.
    • wredcoll 9mo ago
      You need a central actor who is benefitting from all the fools
    • hyperpape 9mo ago
      Organized fraud preys on disorganized fools, but this fraud didn't require or benefit from organization. You could just go do it on your own, and pocket the money until you got a visit from the cops.
  • wredcoll 9mo ago
    Yeah, I fail to see the organization.
• spbaar 9mo ago
  This is a poor example though, because I don't think anyone got away with it? And it was viral, but not organized.