When the scam is the advert
Nearly a third of people who lose money say it started on social media, and a growing share of the rest started with a search. The result you clicked was bought, not earned.
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Online Scams
One scam pattern at a time, reconstructed from the first message to the payment that cannot be reversed.
Marketplace scams: the patterns behind fake listings
Buying and selling second-hand has a small number of scams that recur everywhere, because they exploit how the platforms work rather than what is being sold.