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Pulling on your heartstrings for profit.

(2 Posts)
Elegran Sun 13-Jun-21 09:50:17

There are more kinds of scam than financial ones. In previous eras, and still in some places, healthy beggars would bandage up a limb and claim to be maimed and unable to earn a living, or borrow a frail-looking child to display. More modern methods are possible, such as the ones below.
"Share this if you have a heart . . " - www.thatsnonsense.com/repost-this-if-you-have-a-heart-emotional-extortion-on-facebook/
Social media likes for sale -
www.thatsnonsense.com/facebook-like-share-photo-scams-dont-make-scammers-rich/

Blossoming Tue 15-Jun-21 20:40:07

Click bait ?