The subscription trap behind a free trial
Sign-up optimised to four taps, cancellation left deliberately tiring, every abandoned step measured. Where you actually cancel, and the order that works.
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The charity scam that follows every disaster
Fraudulent appeals attach themselves to real crises, so the news being true proves nothing. Four checks that take four minutes, and one that is conclusive on its own.
Selling something second-hand without being scammed
When you are the seller, the fraud is on the payment rather than the item — and every technique reduces to one rule about when the money is actually yours.
Checking an invoice before you pay it
It rides on a real transaction between two parties who genuinely owe each other money, with one field changed — which is why it survives the scrutiny that stops other frauds.